[No envelope. Letters from Janet’s two younger brothers, mostly from Thomas. Thomas would have been 6 and Bob would have been 5.]
Barney’s River Nov 30/00
dear Janet Thomas
i got your letter and was glad to hear you were comening home in 3 weeks and that you are going to speak to Santa Claus John caught a rabbit in his snares to day We are going to set some more to morrow be sure and be a good girl try and be as good as you can tell Hiram i would like to see him
good bye t thomas
thomas dear Janet cairnns
I am going to send you a ten cents piece I am going to send you my knife. I lost my other in the dam
Thomas Christopher Cairns
Bob says “there was a noise in the wood house when Tom was away with Papa. Amy made some pot pourri and a few days afterwards it was a good deal sweeter.”
Bob
the rest is Toms writing