71-11-05 to E Damrell from R Canterbury St Helens Napa Co Cal  November 5, 
1871

My Dear Father and Mother.  your kind and welcome letter Came safely a few 
days ago.  it a gives me grat plesur to read your letters.  it found us well 
as common.  I am sorey to here of your a Father many a flictions I wold like 
to be thar with yo but alas wee ar seprated faire a way of may our memy 
afliction in this life reward us in heaven.  o may we meet in that beter land 
whare parting is no more.   tis there I have my tresure and ther I long to 
rests my sold.  O mother and Father all praiuse to our redeeming lord.
who joins us by his grace a____this subject.  We are doing the beste we can at 
the present.  this is a hard yer in California.  we have pleanty.  We went up 
in Yolo to see our frends.  I went to the grave yard.  for the firs time I 
ever saw my Der Childerns gravs as I was in bed when tha was berid.  Mr Houg 
went backe to see his frnds.  his mother dont know everything about his family 
almost loste her mind.  I wold like to wright a long letter don't know that 
you can read teas liens.  tell brother Elisha to write to us. we have not had 
a scratch of a pen form him this sumer.  pa is a stonish about that money. _it 
is not much.  every little helps.  we got a leven hundard dollars in gold  on 
our land.  fourteen hundard dollars due us next fall a intrus on it. We have 
made lots of money a spent lots.  I have to take pills and the time I use 
wrights pills and bath with turpentine and take inward as medison.  I use 
mustard polices on my side at times. I must close by saing good by for this 
time.  I remd affettion child,  Ruhamah Canterbury to A & E Damrell.