David Baer to David Bucher

David Baer to David Bucher - Letter - undated

Elm Hope

Clearfield Co Pa

Dear Cusen,

I take up my pen to anser your letter. I was glad to here from you once more. I was thinking of righting to you long ago but I still neglect it. I don't mind I rote to last or not. Your letter found us in good health. Father and Mother are tolerable well. The old man has good helth and works every day. He was down to clearfield to cort as a wittness. Well David to rafting was prety slim here this spring again. We just had one good flud but we did not get half of the lumber to market and we need a flud the worst kind. Money is very scearce just now and about your pattent I don't know how it wood bee but if you have a good thing that will do the work right up. Do it quick and if it will not be liable to get out of order why I think it wood sell like hot cakes for this is the place it would be needed. Please just let me know the poticklers about it.I don't know of any man wood buy the county but I might find a man if it is a good thing. I will look around and see about it. Well David we here from Mary and John every noun then. They are getting along fine. They went to farming this sumer. They rented a large farm and are doing well. Times are prety dull their two just now but not as mutch so as they are here. This thing of having no flud is what plays the devil here. Well I have not got very mutch news to right at present. You wanted to know when the hack left Tyrone. It comes over on Monday and Friday. We all send hour best to you and all the rest on the family. When you right again let me know all about your pattent. But it is a bad time to sell anny thing that way on the count of money being so scearse. Well I will close my lines hopeing this will find you in good health.

remain your Cousin David Baer

Letter from the David A. Bucher Collection, Earl Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Transcribed by Caroline Pence

Kate Blocher to David Bucher - Letter c. 1870

Gettysburg Dec. 30th

Home Sunday Morn

can't go to church, Horses all sick.

Cousin Dock Allow me to beg your pardon in the most dellicate manner possable. I know I should have written sooner But curcumstances alter cases. I was determined not to break my word again. Could not write sooner with out doing so. Would not send you an old photo. Then as a matter of corse had to have some taken. I should have gotten them two weeks ago but the weather was so unfairable they could not print. Donte please me now. My mouth looks as though I had it full of mush. I think her looks rail sweete - donte you? To dey is an awful gloomy dey. It makes me feele as gloomy as the weather looks. The horses are all sick through the hole cuntry. If you want to go any place here you have to wach your chance and walk and that donte pay verey well. I pity the poor fellows that have verey far to go to see there girls. I think it tryse there love. Our Town fellows sey it brings them down to a level once they glory in it. By the wey we live near Town and can get there with out much truble when the roads are good.

I spoke of fealling gloomy but my gloome all disappears when I think of our Aunt Beck. She buryed her Husband last Tuesday and now is a widdow with three dear little children. The youngest is but a year old. She will keepe them to gether as long as she can. Is now living on Rosses place. Will stey there untill spring then have sale and move to a small house on the same farm. His deth was caused by Consumption. He took a bad cold just one year ago and did not take care of him self and the result was death. Beck bares her troubles very well. She has not yet realized her condition. As time moves on she will find she will have no one to depend on but the earning of her own hands.

You spoke of the dreary Saturday nights you had to spend all alone. I hope by this time you have found a Virginia lass that you truly admire. If not donte dispare but seak dilligently and you shall find a true Heart that is worthy of your admiration or any other Jents of your nature for if you are not a flirt I am badly fooled. I must say though I admire a flirty Jent.

But they tell me at home that I am to old to think of nithing but flirting. I tell them I am no old maid yet and donte mean to bee yet a while. If I spend my time all in vane it is my falt - not theres. When I was younger there was more stability about me than there is now. I have learned from the Jents to bee a little fickle and deceitful. Probably it is because I have never seen a Jent that I considdered true enuph to be true to. We have some fellows at Colledge that are engaged to girls in town and have there ladys at home a waiting there return. If they are fooled I don't care it is there falt - not mine.

think it is time to stop my scribbling but by the wey I will look for a photo of yours in your next letter. I am awful anxious to see you with a mustache and burnsides. Donte be so cruel as I was but write soon and you will receive my greatest thanks. I shall be anxious to know if you recieve this. Oh yes I allmost forgot Jesses letter. Tell him I was awful glad to hear from him but his letter was so long that I got tired reading it. Give him my kindest regards an tell him I hope he is well.

about full now.

Yours, Kate

Letter from the David A. Bucher Collection, Earl Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Transcribed by Caroline Pence

Rebecca Blocher to David Bucher - Letter 2/7/1861

Gettysburg, Pa

February 7th, 1861

Dear Friends,

I seat myself to drop a few lines to you to let you know how we are getting along. We are all well at present and hope to find you enjoying good health. I received your letter last evening and was glad to hear that you got home safe. I would not have answered it so soon but you wished to know when Bro. Jacob was coming to see you. David and him is either starting on Monday or Tuesday next if nothing happens and they may reach your place about Thursday or perhaps sooner. I cannot say. Tell David I have not seen or heard anything about Sally. I believe she asked when you left for home that is all she asked about you. I suppose she thinks it is not worthwhile troubling herself about you; no more of that. I received a letter from Sister Sarah yesterday. They are all well at present and like Missouri very much. David's family are all well at present; and the rest of the friends as far as I can tell. You must excuse my wrighting for my had trembles. I was washing this forenoon and I want to go to church this evening so I can put this letter in the office. The big meeting is still going on in the Methodist Church. There is to bee three emersed a Sunday in this place. I am thinking it will be rather cold for they will have to cut open the ice pond and that will be rather cold. Well David I must bring my scribbling to a close for the present. Hoping to hear from you soon.

Wright Soon Rebecca Blocher

Yankee Doodle is well, my love to you all DB

Letter from the David A. Bucher Collection, Earl Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Transcribed by Caroline Pence

Nicholas Bucher - Land Survey c. 1765

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