78-07-07  Winters Cal  Yolo County  (a piece has been cut out of the center of 
this letter but I will do my best.)  from Eliza E. Norton to E Damrell

Dear Grand Ma          
We received your welcome letter.  wich we all ways  ___________so gladly.  It 
found us___  well and much rejoiced_______you was able to write again._____-
all most ready to start________sit you.  I would start_____15th of July if I 
could find a lady to keep house for me.  but will have to wait about two weeks 
longer.  I have the Promise of a Widow woman in two weeks from to day. today 
is Sunday.  we have the thrashers over Sunday.  I have a Negro man to cook.  I 
have bin trying for a month to find some one to keep house for me while I was 
gone to MO but have failed on every side.  I told you in my last letter that I 
thought I would start_______the 5th of August but______ to come sooner if I 
can.____I have bin so discouraged about finding some one __hous I thought I 
would______give out going but I think___am all right now.  I _____send you a 
Postal card when I start.  I hope you will still improve so you can visit with 
me when I get there.  tell all of my relatives that I am coming but I cannot 
go to see all that is scattered around so far but they must come to see me 
while I am there as I exspect it will be the last time that I will ever visit 
my old home.  Well Grand__I am so nervous I can hardly write I am so a 
great___of the time.  I weight___pounds that is vary___-for me.  I am 
fleshy__then a month ago.  I was down to see Alice today she is not vary well. 
exspect to be confined the last of August but She is not or poorly as she was 
before.  She is vary anxious for me to visit you she says tell you she would 
like to see you but is impossible.
Pa read your letter and say he write to you.  Ma's health is improving I will 
not write much for I am no nervous I can hardly write I dont know whether you 
can read this or not.  I will write some more when the Harvest is done so I 
can tell you how much wheat we have.  _the rust done a great deal of damaged 
to crops this year.  This is Tuesday morning.  We are done threshing.  John 
had 15.88 saks of wheat and barly.  I will start the 22 of July if nothing 
hapens.  I will send a postal card when I start.  You must excuse this short 
letter I will tell you the more when I come.  All well Father and Mother 
Norton sends love to you and all enquiring friends.  Eliza Norton 

small undated blue piece of paper
Well Grand Ma as I have nothing to send that is valuable I will send you 
pieces of my new dresses to look at when we get our Photoes taken we will send 
you one.  Aunt Theny please send yours, Uncles and the children.  Oh we would 
be so glad to see you.  this leaves us pretty well, and hope this may find you 
all well. Uncle L. F. Canterbury says he heard of cousin Braxtan Damrell in 
this country.  He is married and has several children.  I do not know his Post 
office address or I would write to him.