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Dear Mama,
Me and Charlie have been working in the farm, A new calf has been born but why did you have to sell us out we been doing so good but i will respect your wishes  and we will still hope for the end

Your loving daughter,
Lyddie

PS  love you  1843 / 11/14

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Dear mama,
charlie and i are working we milk the cows and we have been good because we did what were supposed to do and we have recived the letter your putting us to work please come back we all miss you

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Dear Mama ,
Charlie and I are doing good yit. Do you have money yet?If the world ends, then we wont be able to work for the people. So you need to come back because the world is not ending. For this reason one of our cows gave birth to a baby claf. it is so cute. We got your letter about sending us off to work. But we dont want to go to work because we are doing good by our self. The bear has not come back so that a good thing. So please come back we miss you and our sisters.
Yours tuely Lyddie and Charlie.
PS, We love you guys so much.

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Dear Mama,
I and Charlie are doing very well we are both doing what we are supposed to do.Have you made any money yet mama if you do may you please come home and take care of us,are you doing okay? If you are please write back.As a result of you leaving charlie does not have anybody to depend on except for me.The bear has not come back so that a good thing because we don't have anything to protect us when you write back

Love,
Lyddie

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Dear Mama ,
We just got your letter. Im concerned about Charlie . Why must he go alone ? He's not used to being alone or without me . Therefore , Im not going to let him leave alone. Do you really think he is gonna make it on his own ? He's only 10 years old ! If he should go to Baker Mill , then i will go to . Because of your decision that was not the best , we should make our own decisions now . Until further notice , goodbye.

Love,
Lyddie

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Dear Mama,

If me and Charlie have to work, then no one will be there to watch the house. For example what if a bear breaks in again and we cant be there to help. So this is why it won't be a good idea to work. And we are only kids we shouldn't have to work at our age. Why are you so sure the world is going to end?

From, Lyddie

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Dear Mama,
We received your letter that told us to go to the tavern and Bakers mill. Because of this, we are worried about our house and the farm animals. You hiring us out results of no one taking care of the house. Also, you are separating me and Charlie from each other. Will we be able to see each other again? I think Charlie is still too young to work. He's only 10. What if he can't do the work? He should be with you instead. I will go work and make the money for us. This will lead to us still having money. I hope you reconsider.

Your daughter,
Lyddie

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Dear Mama,
Me and Charlie have taken care of the farm successfully by ourselves for months.So we are concered why you won't let us work at the farm anymore. Besides one of the cows gave birth to a calf.Me and Charlie have been able to hunt for ourselves and take care of the animals.We unfortunately haven't hear anything from dad.

Your daughter,
Lyddie

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Dear Mama,
Charlie and I got the letter about who you hired us away to, M. Cutler and Bakers Mill. Why, Mama, Why? Ain't there any other way to get what we need? Ain't there, Mama? The effect of your decision is going to cost us everything. This will lead to Charlie and I being separated. Don't you care about that Mama?  One of the cows gave birth to a calf. As a result, Charlie and I are wondering whether to give the new calf to M. Wescott as well.
Your loving daughter,
Lyddie

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Dear mama,
If charlie and me have to work, then why do we have to work for people we dont even know and what they want us to work as .Therefore they want us to be a slave then how long we have to work for them.For example we dont even there rules and we dont even know how they will treat us as what we are going to do.So we dont know about them and were just going to work for them even though we dont even know them.

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Dear Mama,
Because we are  being forced to work we have to be working hard. As a result of working we might not have a lot of free time.Therefore charlie and I have been taking care of the farm for months now by ourselves .This is leading us to me and charlie sepertiong

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Dear Mama ,
So Charlie and I got the letter and I am worried about the people I am working with and you guys, my family. The effect of us leaving s that we are maybe leaving everything we have here and travel to a different place. Because we might leave everything here, we might have to restart our farm and restart our lives.

from Lyddie