Shelby-Montgomery County IN Archives History - Letters .....Letter Sent By Casad Family From Shelby Co. IN 1843 March 22, 1843
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State of Indiana, Shelby County, Blackhawk Village.
March the 22nd 1843
Dear Brother and Sister, We have not had any word from you for about six years 
past. We would be extremely glad to have a letter from you. We moved into this 
state about 18 months ago. We have had good health since we moved into this 
state. We have a son three years old, a fine promising child. We have joined 
the separate Baptist church and Father Hall and the most of his family have 
joined the same church with us. We recommend to you to join some religious 
society as soon as convenient. We hope to meet you in happiness in the other 
world if we never see each other's faces here on earth again. Henry Clark and 
his wife lives in this state in Montgomery County near Crawfordsville and they 
have both joined themselves to the Methodist Church. Father and Mother Casad 
are both living yet and in good health except a lame ankle that afflicts father 
very much. Brother Jacob and wife was in good health the last time we heard 
from them, they lived near Palmyra in the state of Ohio. George Carpenter and 
Susannah was in good health the last time we heard from them. They had lost 
their second daughter. John Thompson and Orpha, his wife, were well the last 
time we heard from them.
This is one of the most fertile countries on the globe. Every kind of 
production grows in great plenty. Wheat is now 37-1/2 cts per bushel, corn 
could be bought for 10 cts per bushel, pork $1.50 per [cut?], dried apples 50 
cts per bushel, dried peaches 75 cts per bushel. Labor the common price is 
about 50 cts per day. I have not farmed any since I have been in this country. 
I have generally followed making shingles, for which I can get about $3.00 per 
thousand. We add no more, but remain your kind, loving and affectionate Sister 
and Brother until death.
Isaac Casad and
Sarah Kasad

Additional Comments:
This letter was sent to Isaac Casad's brother Daniel, and his wife, who were 
living in Greene County, PA. Most of the people referred to in the letter were 
Isaac and Daniel's siblings and their spouses. "Father Hall" probably refers to 
Sarah's father.

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