1884 Letters · Crawford Family

March 6, 1884 letter to Sarah Keith from Hiram Crawford Jr.

Barb Triphahn

March 6, 1884

To: Sarah Keith, Galesburg, MI

From: Hiram Crawford Jr., Chicago, IL

Sent $75 and talks of sending some “Balm of Gilead … which may amuse” their mother. Also mentions Ethan being sick all season and Eugene being sick since the first of the year – possibly from lead poisoning while working in the mines.

This letter was originally posted to the Crawford/Comfort Family Letters and can be viewed here.

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