1864
			Ashley Ill(?) April the 3
				Dear Cousin Ellin
I received you very kind &
interesting letter yesterday dated
March the 15th  you cannot tell
how glad I was to hear that you
had got my letter for I had
began to think that you would
never get it   from the letters I
got from you & Manda & Harve
I was truly glad to know that 
you had not forgotten me & you
thought enough of me to write to
me   I have writen several letters
since I came home and have never
got any answers   only from you and
Dine I answered  Amanda letter one
week ago today  She seemed to think
that I had forgotten you all  It is
a mistake   I think of you often when
I am at work in my shop or after
my rest at night  I have thought