Letter from John Van Riper to Henry Van Riper, March 28, 1855 Van Riper, John creator History United States 19th century Letter from John Van Riper to his cousin Henry Van Riper, in it he talks about having an injured foot and asks about members of the family. There is also a short letter to Willis Van Riper on the back. March the 28 1855 Dear Cousin <p> I now take my pen in hand to let you know how I are ageting [a getting] along now I are all well except my foot has troubles me wak [walk] now but it broke open last night and it feels bet[t]er now I wrote to you last but Mary wrote that you did not get the letter and I will write another now it is agood [a good] while since we saw each other I hope that we will see each other before another six years pass by I haven’t went to school but three days this samer [summer] so far I wrote a letter to mary yesterday gary lives about two miles and a half from here tell uncle nick that he must write to me and aunt mary ann that she must write to I are agoing [a going] to write a little to willis to in your letter write before long and try not to forget me this is your cousin </p> John Van Riper To Henry Van Riper <p> Dear Cosen [Cousin] Willie I now take my pen in hand to let you know how we are ageting [a getting] along out here we are all well excepting me I have got a sore foot tell little mary that I have not forgot[t]en her yet I sup[p]ose that you live where you used to live you musent [must not] forget to write to me Willie </p> John Van Riper To Willie Van Riper xxu United States 1855-03-28 text eng letters(correspondence) reformatted digital jpeg MSS-001-003-004 The transcription was provided for your convenience. Please refer to the original letter for research or quotations. Van Riper Family Correspondence Van Riper Family Correspondence MSS:001 Finding Aid - VANRIPER FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE The original letters from this collections are located in the Special Collections at the Wayne State University. Please contact Special Collections to view the original materials. Special Collections, Wayne State University Library System Users can cite and link to these materials without obtaining permission. Users can also use the materials for non-commercial educational and research purposes in accordance with fair use. For other uses or to obtain high resolution images, please contact the Wayne State University Library. wayne:MSS-001-003-004 eng Wayne State University. Libraries This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System. Author. <i>Title.</i> Year. Wayne State University, Detroit. <u>Van Riper Family Correspondence.</u> Date Visited Website (URL for letter) http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:MSS-001-003-004 http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:MSS-001-003-004/thumbnail