64-06-19 Benton County Oregon June the 19 1864 from Mary Canterbury to Grandma Dear Gran ma for the first time I seat my self to write you a few lines to let you know that we are all well at this time and hop these lines may find you well. brother lawrence lives in 3 miles of us. they are all well. i am very glad we have some of our friends living near us. grandma I would be glad if you were living near us to so that we could See you and grand paw wonce and a while=in deed I wood like to see all the old acquaintences. We have bought 2 hundred acors of land whitch cost 1 thousand dllars. We have a nice young orched on the place. gooseberrys and curents, plums and black berys, strawberys. indeed fruit of all kinds and of the best quality except peaches. they dont do much good here. but beter than all we have peace here. yet we doant know how long this wll be the case--. we have market her for every thing we have to sll. i have 3 cows to milk and sold 80 pounds of butter since the midle of aprile at 25 cents per pound. eggs are 25 cents per dozen. bacon 30 lbs. wheat 50 to 75. oats 30 per bushel. flour 1 doler 25 cts hundred lbs. we get 50 cents a pare for socks. well grand ma we have had our health tolerable well since we have bin in Oregon i had the mumps and floce also i had the socer throce very bad this spring but am tolerabl well at this time. Mr. Canterbury has had his healt very well since the first winter. the health in Oregon is tolerable good at this time brother seers was up to see us a few weeks ago. he was well satisfied with this country. I believe the baptist church the largest church in oregon. We have not heard from almira for nearly a year. we dont know how she is doing. we live about 1 hundred miles from where she lives. well grandma I have a sweat blue eyed boy. he has good hett and grows very fast. he is five months old the 26 day of this month. here is a lock of his hair. I want you to write to me and tell me all the news. we all send our love to all the inquireing friends. give my love to grandpap and except a portin for your Self. Mary Canterbury PS the babys name is Milton Paul. tell Brother Uterback that Mr. Canter Bury received no answer from him since he rote to him. Is this Mary the daughter of L. F. & Ruhamah Canterbury? or is brother Lawrence who lives 3 miles away her brother and Elizabeth Damrell is just a special friend she calls Grandma? Or is she married to a Canterbury?