Story: The Tumultuous Relationship of Hamilton Moore and Lucy Ann Searcy

January the 10th, 1856

Dear Wife, the Bearer of this is your Cousin and he set to me that you would like to have a talk with me.  My Dear you can have a talk with me and I would rather tonight if all possible than any other time as there is no Company of Consequence at Mr. Boltons and you will have a good fire for us to talk buy.  

All the Lucy you have treated me so badly I will hear what you have to say now if you love me as you say, prove it by your actions in Defiance of all the (?) and your mother, life is but short with us and why should you Doe so for the sake of a few negroes.  Damn the negroes I hear nothing about them.  

Yours, H. G. Moore