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UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL CENTER FOR LOWELL HISTORY
WRITTEN BY JAMES C. BRADFORD1 TO SARAH BROWN BRADFORD2
Lowell3 Aug 3d 1839
Dear Friend I suppose you will
disappointed in not seeing me at Mont
Vernon4 before this time but my
health is better then it was when
you went home I do not know when
I shall go home know - if my health
is good not til September
I want to hear from home
very much indeed I want you
to write as soon as you get this letter
I want you to go to Lyndeborough5
to Johnsons6 and to Fathers7 and see all
the folks tell Johnson to write all
the news and how things are doing
at our house - - - -
I don’t think of any thing more
to write now and so I must Bid
you good By til I hear from
you again
yours with Respect
James C. Bradford
to Sarah Bradford
Remember me to your mother
I know nothing but what - Abel
and the girls are well
dont forget to write soon
1James C. Bradford b: 2 Sep 1813, Lyndeborough, NH d: 28 May 1860, Lyndeborough, NH; parents: Thomas and Patty Bradford; married 1837, NH: Sarah Brown b: 24 Jan 1806, Mont Vernon, NH; employed: Boott Cotton Mill – watchman. 2Sarah Brown b: 24 Jan 1806, Mont Vernon, NH d: 15 Sep 1888, Lyndeborough, NH; married 1837: James C. Bradford b: 2 Sep 1813, Lyndeborough, NH d: 28 May 1860, Lyndeborough, NH. 3Lowell, Massachusetts. 4Mont Vernon, New Hampshire. 5Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. 6Joseph A. Johnson b: 1819, NH; residence 1850-1870: Lyndeborough, NH. 7Thomas Bradford b: 1793, NH; residence 1820-1850: Lyndeborough, NH.