THE FOLLOWING IS A TRANSCRIPT OF A LETTER WRITTEN BY FANNIE WALKER PACE SEAY, MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, TO HER DAUGHTER OMA VINCENT, MY GRANDMOTHER.  BELOW ARE PAGES 1 & 2.



  Sunday Eve
Dear Oma, I wrote
you a letter, it came
back to me. I had the
pneumonie in right
side   my nabor kids
would not come in
until they heard me
cough   Mr Craft &
Johnie was all the
ones to help me   Staid
in bed 3 weeks   this
last week was all I
I [sic] have able to stay
up   the grass & weeds


2 has taken the place
Most of my tomato
died but law at the
peaches I have had   I
saved E?il? [Evelyn? Emily? Eula? Erika?]  a lot of [them] so
do you wish any   had
1 trre of enough mad[e]
pickles all from 4 serve
elbird & new derving
this spell got me strong
am notion [to] sell & get
away   What will be
the best to sell at so
you 3 kid & me will
have a portion equal
divid in 4 parts   I can
sell to a man in