Letter from Alice Agnes and Isaac Phillips (Muncie, Indiana) to Sarah Belle and William Phillips (Ayersville, Ohio), March 14, 1862

March 14th 1862

I thought I would rite you a few lines to let you know one that we all are well.  I have been going to school and it was out two weeks ago after winter almost gone it is warm and pleasant.  How much we have been looking for you and your folks out here but we have near about give up seen you.  Price [illegible] was in Ohio last fall.  We was at your grandfather Spences april Shawhans.  We have heard from your grandfather Shawhans and they were all well but grandfather Shawhan.  Well Sarah belle has broken the silence better men you and me.  I had much to rite to you for I cannot remember ever seeing you.  You must give mi best respects to your little brothers and sisters.  I would be glad to see you and your little brothers out since this fall  to stay a week as to I had got one letter aunt spense and too from Maggie McClause [illegible] your little cousin I had told you about whoo but as soon as you git those few lines you must excuse me have spelling and writing and am young and little now you must rite soon to me so good by. 

From Alice Agnes Phillips
To Sarah belle Phillips

Well Uncle William I thought I would drop a few lines to you as [illegible] I haven’t heard from you for so long that pap had begun to think that you had gone to war My pap has begin to think about going [illegible] his ground for plowing Mother sends her love to you and aunt Mary from Alice


Well William Alice has not left mutch room for me to write but I will scratch down a few words I have been looking for you or a letter from you one for a long time but have not seen either I wrote a letter to you last august and have heard nothing from you some times I think maby you have gon to war but if you aint gon write a few lines as soon as you get this I heard from father Shawhan a few days ago he has had a severe stroke of palsy but had got the room with his cane so he could walk round

Isaac Phillips to Wm Phillips