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Letter from: Yvan Keller 117 Good Hope Road Landenberg,PA 19350-9621 Dear Mrs. Smith: As promised a while ago I dug through my old slides and found a picture of the house my wife and myself bought at the end of 1968. The two pictures were taken at the end of 1968. The one picture shows the house as seen from the driveway. The other one is a close up. We can give you a few explanations about this house: The left part of the house i.e. the part of the house which is directly behind the covered porch was most probably the first house built on the property and it was a small log house. Later on the right part of the house was added and was made out of stones. When we bought it the stone part of the house had a wood floor laid directly on dirt. In the process of excavating to make a sitting pit we found a dry pit filled with rubbish which did not reveal anything of interest. This stone part was probably added ca. 1850 since we found some news papers of the 1850's which had been used to seal off the frame of the backdoor of the log house. The addition of the stone part seems to have been a major change since wood frame work was set on top of the log cabin to be able to join the two parts with a common level roof as you see in the picture. I should add that the log cabin part had a small basement which had in one corner a small sealed off fire place which was probably used during the first winter before the log cabin was completely finished. The log part of the house has since been replaced. The stone part is still here. I believe that all the researach you mention in your letter is correct. The house on the picture is at the end of the triangular piece of land we bought in 1968. This land corresponds to the survey made in 1798 when your ancestor bought it. I hope I have filled in some of the questoins you had. That's all for now. Sincerely yours, Y. Kellerscale drawing of Smith property from deeds.