69-10-31  Buckeye Yolo Co. Cal  Oct. 31st 1869  to A & E Damrell From LF & R 
Canterbury               
                              
Dear Father & Mother      Your Letter dated  Sept 29 came safely to hand about 
Ten days past and found us all as well as common.  Vary glad, indeed to hear 
from you all once more.  We have moved since I wrote to you before.  We now 
Live, within 3 1/2 miles of Buckeye, I have Rented about 180 Acres of Land.  
Some of good and Some of it Rather poor, but we ain to Sow it all in wheat, we 
have sow'd about 30 Acres and it is coming up, and we are plowing away as fast 
as we can,  we plow with a gan plow, that is 2 plows, fast togeter, put on 4, 
and Sometimes 6 houses.  We aim to start another plow this week.  I have 6 
work horses of my own, & Bud, has two, we had a fine Rain about ten days past, 
which put the ground in fine fix to Plow.  it is about one month Earlyer then 
we usually have Rain here, vegitation is all up and the fields & hills Looks 
Just Like spring of the year, and the most beautiful weather I eaver Saw.  
Well, you will See to put in 180 of wheat.  We will have our hands full.  Ill 
tell yuou how we work, get up before day, feed, curry & harness our horses, 
then eat Breakfast and as soon as we can see start to the field, and plow til 
Dusk, stop a little while at noon.  We think we can get done sowing in six 
weeks, or by Christmass.
Now Grand Ma you want to know Robt Henderson & Ben Damrells Post Office.  Well 
Rob is on his way to Cal.  I shall Look for him in about a week.  I have got a 
house for him so his Post Office will be Buckeye.  Ben's Post Office is Fort 
Symco.  Washington Tertory.  Now Grand Ma, I am still determined if I can't 
get Land of my own to Leave the Country, I calculate to go in the spring and 
Look.  Vacant Land, or where it is cheaper, then it is here, and if I fail, 
then I shall fix to Leave the Country, and yet I hate vary much to Leave the 
Country.  The Climate is so fine, and is a healthyer Country then Mo. and 
again, while you fixing for winter, we are fixing for Plowing, & when you in 
that Country, an Contending  against snow and ice & the cold, we are sowing 
grain, the contrast is vary great,
Amor's health is about as it has been for a Long time.  Sometimes better and 
sometimes worse.  tell all our friends there that we don't aim to slight any 
of them.  I try to answer all the Letters, we Receive.  If we have Received 
any Letters, that we have answered, we don't Remember them, now we don't think 
any of them has any right to grumble about pictures as none of them have ever 
sent us any.  When we sent, they ware all we had, & have had none taken since. 
 We did not aim to show, any Prefference in Those we sent, any there, that 
wants ours tell them to send us theirs, and ours shall come.  Well welll give 
our Love to all. No more at Presant, Your children.  LF Canterbury   R. 
Canterbury