Coweta County GaArchives History - Letters .....Nathaniel S. Bridges To Elizabeth Moses Bridges March 1, 1903
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Linda Blum-Barton http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000645 February 3, 2008, 3:07 am

Transcribed from a letter in my possession. This letter has some holes in it so 
will try to get as much as possible out of it. It was mailed to Mrs. Elizabeth 
Bridges in care of Lewis McLane in Woolsey, Georgia.

Stephensville, Tex

March 1 , 1903

Mrs. Elizabeth Bridges

Dear Mother,

I received your most welcome letter, to say I was glad but feebly expresses 
myself. We are all in good health, hope this will find you in your usual health.

We are having lots of wet weather farmers all behind no corn plaanted not much 
ground broken.

Ma you wanted to know how my troubles came about. I hardly know how to tell you 
only that I bought land and lands went down before I got it paid for. I bought 
cattle and they went down, then we have had three dry years and no feed stuff 
made and money went so high I could not get it and it just ruined me. My land 
that was worth $15 dollars per acre went at $5 and did not leave me anything to 
buy me a home as you know things do (Page 3 is missing......continue to Page 4 -
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able to M. Baker Phillips who is Maggies brother. the reason I want it sent to 
him, I am still in debt and I want this money ______ pay on my home. I do not 
want these people in Stephensville to know I get it. And don’t let Mr. Walton’s 
people in Senoia know you send it if you can help it. If you cant get this 
exchange I speak of do not send it till you write me again.

I wrote to Ben before I did you but have not heard from him yet hope to in a 
few days if he has left Miss when you hear from him please let me know his P. 
O. Ma how would it do to get the money and let Lewis send it from Atlanta. I 
wish I was able to come to see you and talk _____ trouble _____ over with you 
in time of trouble there is no one can be like Ma. Write soon to your loving 
son,

N. S. Bridges

P.S. ________________ note and I will sign it and send it back. Your son, N.S. 
B.


Additional Comments:
Nathaniel S. Bridges was the son of Thomas W. Bridges of Coweta County, GA.

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