September 20, 1867
To: Luke Keith, Galesburg, MI
From: Shubael Keith, Palatine, IL
Received the bed springs, likes them very much and is enclosing $4.00 in payment of same.
C. L. Keith Esq.
Palatine Sept 20th, 1867
Dear Sir,
I recd your Bed Springs[1] all right. You did not say what the chg was. Aylmer[2] was out here the other day & said he pd you $4. for his ____. I therefore enclose you that amt and if not right I will correct. I like them quite well. We would like to make you a visit but I do not know now when we shall go down that way. We should be pleased to see yourself & wife[3] at any time. Let us hear from you again. Our compliments to yourself & family.
Yours
S. L. K.[4]
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[1] Luke sold Ulmer’s Spring Bed Bottoms – see August 2, 2015 post on the Crawford/Comfort Family Letters blog here for more information
[2] Shubael’s brother, Aylmer Keith
[3] Sarah (Crawford) Keith
[4] Shubael Lewis Keith, Luke’s paternal first cousin
Letters & Diary Entries From the 1860s through the 1890s 