Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, Volume 6, Number 2, May 1996 Page: 96
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Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal
since which time I have had plenty. My crop
being late hit the seasons, tho' I should have
planted early if I had been proposed to do so.
After a wet winter I think we should always
plant early but after a dry one I do not think it
so wise
I hope Ma & Co [obscured] got home safe
& well Give my love to all. Louisa sends her
love. Your affectionate son C Wm Tait
Jas A Tait Esqr
Black's Bluff
4. Charles William Tait to James Asbury Tait,
August 11, 1848
At Home Near Columbus Texas
August 11th 1848
Dear Father
Your letter of the 7th July, was received by
the last mail. It found us all doing as well as
usual, & in good health. We have been re-
markably healthy in this country so far this
season; less sickness than I think I ever knew.
We have had some hard rains in the last two or
three weeks, which has produced a supply of
mosquitoes, which we were free from before
the rains commenced.
My corn crop has turned out very well, &
my cotton promises to make as much as I can
pick out. The rain set in here on the 6th June, in
time to save my corn, as I planted late.
As the Mexican war is ended I hope we will
have more speedy mail communication hereaf-
ter. Your letter was mailed on the 7th July &
received on the 8th August. Passengers come
the same distance in ten days.
Louisa joins me in love to you all. Your af-
fectionate son C Wm Tait
Jas A Tait Esqr
Black's Bluff
Wilcox County Ala.5. Charles William Tait to James Asbury Tait,
September 22, 1848.
At Home near Columbus, Texas
Sept 22nd 1848
Dear Father
Your letter of the 28th August was received
by the last mail; by which we were glad to hear
from you all. It had been so long since we heard
from you, before the receipt of your letter, that
we were getting rather uneasy.
The neighborhood still continues remarka-
bly healthy. We have had several cool days this
month & it is now quite cool & blustery with the
wind from the North. We have had only one
case of sickness among our folks this year, &
that was Jackson who laid up a few days with a
kind of Rheumatic fever.
We are now picking cotton as fast as we
can, & make more probably than we will be able
to gather by Christmas. The cotton from the
seed Ma sent me is (a good portion of it) lying
on the ground from the weight of the bolls,
which however are not so numerous as on the
other cotton, but much larger. I have not yet
housed my corn, but think there is enough to last
us until next crop. The mast this year is fine,
particularly the pecans the gathering of which
for the market would be more profitable than
cotton. By the by tell Robert that the bears will
be very fat this fall & to come out early; that
Strahan & myself have a fine pack of dogs. Our
chimney is not finished yet, but is up to the roof
& probably will be in a few days. The masons
have worked at it very irregularly.
We have had a good deal of rain this fall,
which has somewhat injured the cotton; the cat-
terpillar is said to have injured the cotton in
some parts of Texas, but we have had none in
this neighborhood. We had so much jobbing to
do that we did not get to picking until Septem-
ber. I do not think however that we will lose any
thing by it as the weather was so excessively
warm & the cotton so tall & thick, that we96
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