Mrs Malvina Gleaves
Mrs. Malvina Gleaves
Mrs. Malvina Gleaves
Mrs. Malvina Buffalo Ford
Dear Mother,
As Ann is going to the Creek I thought I must wait until her return & she would let me know how you are now.
Yes I have some patients that I can't leave now. I have not heard from the Cove since I last saw you. Though I expect Aunt Margaret is much as common, else I must have heard. If Bob is going to West Point, he had better sign the letter & send it to the Department. I would not insist but it is the best thing he can possible do. Tell him I'll learn to write.
Yours truly,
S C Gleaves
Sunday morning
Ann is unknown
Creek is Cripple Creek
Cove is Crockett's Cove
Aunt Margaret is Margaret Crockett, Malvina's younger sister.
Bob is Robert Harvey Gleaves, Samuel's younger brother. Bob does go to West Point, see letter dated 1855-06-18 from Robert to his father, James Turk Gleaves.