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THIS LETTER IS FROM A MARTHA CLANTON OF SENATOBIA, DESOTO CO. MS TO HILLIARD DORSEY OF WHITE CO. GA.   HILLIARD, WHO WAS IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO, HAD BEEN STATIONED IN DESOTO CO. PRIOR TO BEING SENT TO NEW ORLEANS & THEN INTO MEXICO.   THIS LETTER WAS SENT TO HIM IN NEW ORLEANS AND FORWARDED.     Submitted by Diane Ethridge
  
December 18, 1847
  
Dear Sir: 
 
I received your friendly letter in due time whitch gave me great pleasure to learn that you were fine and had the good fortune to reach your first destination safe and find all our friends are well and cheerful.   You say that they ware very glad to see you.  I expect that I should be as glad to see you as they ware.  I am glad to here that our company is so much respected by the people below.   Truely it is a considerable recommendation to our neighbors and country to rase such a quantity of perfect gentlemen.  I am truely glad that you understand the art of cooking as well.  I have no doubt but you will find it a great convenience and if you allways get a plenty to cook there will be no danger of your starving.  You have assured me that if your bravery is tested you never will betray that confidence in whitch your friends have in you.  Well, may I not believe you will and ware I to believe you should prove a trator or act cowardly in any way whatever I would rather not here of it.  You said that I should write you a long letter but I don't think I could interest you as much as I have but little interesting news.   There has been no wedding since you left.  Mr. J. Nash and Miss Sulavan they ware married a few days before you left.   Dr. Bonner came down a few days ago and hired Mr. Hartsfield for the next year.  He is very much interrupted about Mr. Hanes, he says that he never in tends to pay him a sent. 
 
The subject Sir you so directly allude to is one that I have not spent but verry few thoughts about.  Since you mentioned it as I am quite young yet and as I have no intention of marrying for some time to come yet I do not feel willing to go into any special obligation but I do assure you that I fully appreciate the value of this affection whitch you have manifest for me and the time ever will come I assure you when they shall sease to be remembered and properly appreciated by me and I hope that my conduct will ever be such as will meet your regard.  I will be pleased Sir to hear from you at any time it may be convenient.  With the highest esteem and respect dear Maj I am very truely your friend. 
 
                                                                          Martha Clanton
 
You said that you wanted me to excuse your hand writing and grammatical phrases as reguards the writing.  You are quite excuseable and I was not able to detect any.  If you should find any errors in mine I too hope that you will excuse them. 
 
 
Posted by Diane Ethridge
gg granddaughter of Hilliard's younger sister,  Mary Salena (Dorsey) Jarrard of White Co. GA

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