Hampton                                                                                                                                                  Sept the 17 1884

                     Deare Dauther i will answer your wellcome letter i received a weake [ago] tow day   i was glad to here from you all   i hope you all are giting [on] very well now   Times is dull here   no nuse woth writing   Tomas Poter exspect to Start to move to Texas nex weak   Dr Dunn has bin gon a month Lenard wont move this fall   i heard yesterday Sister Martha was going with Tom   well Julis Brown his bin here to sea us   his Ma was not well   the rest was well he lives near Stokes   they were well   he said they all wanted to move from Union   i believe that i have wrote all that i can think of now   Dolly is takeing music lessons   well i went to sea Ann Poter yesterday for the last time   they expect to come threw millar and stop a few days   well we have very dry wether now   the people say they wnt make mutch cotten   there has been some sickness here and some deths   no one that you no   well i am not as well as i was when i rote to you before   Warners family is well   give love to Matte and Dealia and George and except the same you self

                 Mary sends love to you all and she thinks she will write to you before long So no more for this time

                i remain your loving Mother    farwell

Susan E Frost