Anshutz-Simpson Letters from George Anshutz, Jr.

I Recd a line from you this Day by Mr. Alexd Johnston and am very happy to her that you ar all in good health. Thank god we are all in the Same State of health -- We all got to this place Safe and are very well Satisfied with Our Situation. Buisnefs is very Dull at this Season of the Year. I have as good in Courigment as I could Expect. I think I will Be able to doe an Equal Shear of buisnefs with the Rest of My Neighbors against Spring. -- We all join in giving our Love to you all and to Mr. Pattons Family -- You will Be so good as for to Remember me to Mr. John MCabe and you or Mr. MCabe will remember me to Mfs Janer and all the rest of our acquaintance that may inquire after us.

I have the pleausher to Inform you that the 26 of April we had on adition to our famley of one Daughter and Maty is midling well. She sat up the Best Part of yeasterday and is rnending very fast. The Last of this Month or next I will Be Down and Bring any Down with me. I should Be very Glad to See you out her. I think if you would See this place you would not hisatate in moving up her thar is twenty ways four you to make rnoney her.

Mr. Morow will hand you a paper for Mr. M Earhan (?) witch I wish you to sent to Mr as soon as he gives it to you thar is plenty of news in it I think your Huntingdon Soliders has got a scouring from the British we ar all well.

I have the pleausher to Infourm you that we have got an addition to the family. Nothing 1efs than a sone and all most larg a nough to head nails and. Martha is as well as could be Expected. it was Borne the 10 Instant. I wrot to .James and John Sometime ago if the have not started yeat I wish you would turn them Both of and then perhaps the would come this way. We are all well

We all wish you to come to see us this would be a good opportunity to come out with John and Anne. The can take care of you if you should be a fraite to come by yourself. You sertainly can spare so much time and Bring Esabe1 with you if Posibl. We should be glad to see you all come to gather. Don’t keep John to Long at home as he will be much wanted by Eadmen and all the reast of the family. Tell Ann to ride out my Bay horse as he goes the most pleasant and Don’t forget to come along.

We have all to Join in Letting you know the lofs of your Dear Daughter Martha. She Departed her Life on Saturday Last in the after noon after Being confined for a bout six weeks, the child is very well but we are all rackt to pieces at present. I hardly know how to Expres my fel1ings to you for my Lofs and yours — Margaret has taken the mezels on Sunday and is very sick but hope she will be better in a short time — we must all be satisfied with our Lofs as it was the will of God to call my Dear wife a way — we must try and be reconciled.

Since my Last letter to you thar has been more trouble added to our Unfortunate family -- nothing in comparison to the first of out troubles. Oliver is Laying very sick and had no hope of his recovery until yesterday morning he is much Better to Day and hope will get well. Margaret is got well – George Simpson has been very Bad and is yeat confined But recovers very fast. Eadmon is taken with the mezels this morning. I hope he will have a light turn of them -- I wish you would sent me the Date of the year Martha was Born in and the year So that I may have it ingrave on my mind and on her toume. I wish James would come to see ous when the road gets good and we ar all well we will pay you a visit -- and par haps remain in Huntingdon. My mind is not yeat Settled to know what plan to take or what in the name of god to doe. I hope when I see you we will be Better able to make some a rangement.

We have this Day recived your favor of the 21 instant in witch you Exsprefs your uneasynefs of our Situation -- thank god we have all recoverd – the Children ar all got well and Anne is got well. I wish James to cum to see us when the road gets good. I want to send the children down to see you all and stay in that country this sumer. I want James to take them Down in a carige we have some time in May if James can cum about that time. Let James writ to ous if he can make it. Answer about that time. Let James writ me on this Buisnefs if he can cum the Beginning of May or the Last of April.

Some Day this week George is going down to the Funace to stay this summer, he is going down with Mr. Bery. When he sets down I wish you to goe to the Furnace and take him Down to se his Grand Mother - If you should cum out this Summer Margretta mite go down with you if you could take her.

I am very much at a Lofs to know what to doe - I wish you to take my Daughter under your Care for witch I will pay any Ecspense that may be – I wish my Children taken Down to Huntingdon county – I wish James to cum and take them Down – I have a carig and if James would Bring a horse I could Get an other one – I wish them to Spend this Sumer in Your Country at all Events – I can not Lefe home as yeat or I would not troble James with my conserns – if James will cum let it be Don in the corse of this month as the weather will get to warm – after a while – thar is a wagnor that hauls Iron from Tyrone forge that has six horses in his team and will be up her by the Last of the month that will lend me two of his horses if James would take the trouble Drive them Down – he is the name of John Blose – He started for Tyrone yeasterday – James could find out at the Forge what time he could meet him here – if James will cum or not cum pleas Let me know by next Post without fail – any Ecspens that may Be I will pay them all

By the Bearer Mr. M. Conel I Let you all know we are all well and hope you are all in the Same State of Health. I Should of wrote Long ago but I Exspected to ben Down my self by the first of April but our Buisnefs would not admit of going. If Posible will be Down in this month for the Children – if I should not be able to Lefe home my self Mr. Rahm and my Sister will be Down. I wish you to Send them to Thos King and he will make them a new Suit of Close if the ar wanted. I have wrote to Mr. King on the Subject if thar is any thing wanting for Margret let her go to Mrs. Newingham’s Store or any other and get what She wants and I will Settle it.

The Barer Mr. McConel will Deliver you a Smal packig you will pleas Except until I See you my self – I wrote to your mother to get some Close made for the Children. I wish you to see to it and if the want any hats Let them get them from Mr. Ramsey on my acct. This month I will be Down for them or Mr. Rahm. Give my Love to all the children and your Brothers.

The Barer Mr. Rahm will Bring out my family – I wish them all to cum if Posible I wish Ann or Essebell to come a Long – I will See them Safe Back a gain when the wish to return. We Shall be Down to See you this Sumer Som times. The Barer will Deliver you a packig in witch thar is a Drefs and a crape Shall for you witch I hope you will Except with my Thanks for Your Past favors I have recived

I am about Starting the tanning if you wish that John Simpson Should Larn that Buisnefs I will try and make some arrangements to have him Lerne. Let John write to me and Let me know if it is his wish to be a Taner.

I have nothing partickler to write. We are all well and harty – the children is all going to Schule Escept Edmon. We Exspected to have been Down to See you this faul but the wet whather Prevented ous. Eadmon and oliver ar growing very fast. The ar all very good and atentive to thar lerning. Remember ous to Mr. Pattons famly.

By the Barer R. Allison Eq I have the Pleausher of Informing you that the Children ar all well and harty the are all going to Schoull and Eadmon is the first man ready in the morning to Start. He is remarkable fond of his Book and is Lerning very fast and So is Margeratta if I can get off this faul with my famly I will bring one or two of them Down to see you. I sent By Mr Allison one canton Crape pattern for a Drefs for Mfs An and would of sent one for Elizebell but Mr Allison could not take it. I willSent her one by the first oppurtunity. Give my Love to all the family

This document is an account statement and, apparently. M. C. and Ida Adams did not transcribe it with the other letters. I will do my best to transcribe it. However, I am working from a copy (sent to me by Don Worth) of a copy (sent to him by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania) and some parts are difficult or impossible to read. Please feel free to send me any corrections you feel need to be made!

March 13^th	To a Draft four Leo Noris	$70.00
	To ___ ___ _______	57.00
19^th	To pay check	700.00
20	To hildebern	27.00
May 1	To cash pay order four Yoder	352.00
15	To cash for Ingram and Postig	150.37
	To cash sent by Bery	500.00
	To my check sent by mail	350.00
		$2206.37
	To cash pd his ordr localwill	25.00
	To cash pd ritenour	100.00
27 July	Cash Sent by Dearemel	860.00
	By _____	542.00
	To cash sent by mail	158.00
	Do sent by walker	328.00
	To carig pd on Iron
	To Prestty	99.00
	To Laneton forearig	29.00
		$4347.37
1818	Cash by Sales of Iron	(illegible)
March 25	By cash recd of Brigs & Hernebut	$300
May 1th	By 2 Iron(?) bar For Sale for cash	360
27	By Brigs & Hernebut	189.89
August 4	By Colwell & Betz	580.25
	By 5 ton Bar Iron	950.00
		$2380.12
9.19.00	By sale of Iron to Clasher	1791.00
2.11.3.12	To Ander son & Bell	440.83
		$4611.95

On the other Side (?) you will see a Short ____ of your Account witch Leafs ___ Balance __ on this Balance Due you as for act -- $264.58

The Last ___ you have D____ an ___ __ not __eat to the man __ D___ Sent me a Letter D___ t o …………. (Several words unreadable on my copy)…. Order you will find that the Order you Say was never charged in our ___________

***MCA Note***(There are three short letters to their grandmother from the children and as these show very individualistic handwriting, they have been photostated and are not being included as far as their contents are concerned, in this letter. The last part of the letter is from George Anshutz, Jr. in which he says:)

Inclosed you will se a sample of the hand writing of three of the children. The ar Lerning very fast. Eadmon is trying very hard to Beat Oliver. The ar very good at going to school. Geo is gon to virginia to an Academie – he is a bout 40 miles from here. We recie Letters from him every week. I Exspect he will write to you very Shortly. We ar all well. I Should be very glad if som of you would cum to see ous. We all Join with our Love and respect to you all.

***Don Culberson Note*** I am transcribing the children’s messages as I am certain any reader who does not have a copy of the letter will wonder what they said, and, also, the first introduces a new little Anshutz, my great, great, great grandfather Alfred Pithon Anshutz.

We are all well and I hope that you are all the same – and we all go to School and George is gon down the River to go to School ant Rahm famly is all well. Alfred can run a Bout.

Sir I have had the Pleasure of hering that you have got Pupliok Speritted and got into office. I hope before you are don to here of your being a Serciety man next and for our Pleas Let the Family know that we are all well and these lines may find you all the Same. The Children are all going to school and are making good progrefs in thar Lerning. George is down the river. He will he home at Christrnafs. He was her in August he promised me that he would write to his Gran ma but I never could her whether he did or riot, if he has not he shall do so. The Children will all write to her shortly and to thar aunts. Margreta is Lerning to play on the Piano. She has made but poor headway but here of Leat She is doing purty well at it. She lernes to sew very well and reads arid rite very well tho Eadmon he will beat them all at lerning he is very a tentif to his Book. Master Oliver is not so partickler tho I cannot complain the are all doing very well. Next Summer I will bring them all to see you if we are all spared. Tel the family we all join in our Love to you. I wish you would write and let me know how you all ar.

Sir we have sent George to see you. I wish him to be sent to scho11 in your place and not let him run about. Sent him to Mr. ason. I will sent money to Defray the expense. If he should want any close Let him get them at Some Store and I will pay for him. Give our Love to all the Family. I hope we will be able to come to see you all this summer.

Sir to morrow morning Mr. Rahm Leafs this plase for your country. Margretta will go with him to the Furnace. I want her to go to Huntingdon to School and I wish her grand mah to keep her to woork and not Let her neglecht her Book. I will write you shortly again and her Som mony if You see Mr Allison I wish You would tell him to bring my account along the one I sent him by Robert Stuart two years ago and call on Mr Orbeson for one I wrote him a bout remember me to all the Family

Sir You will be so good as to inform margretta that we recd both her letters and Georgee has wrote to her this week by Mr. Bery. Tell her gran ma to make her read a chapterr in the Bible Every Night. Not to mifs one single night for the have all to doe it at home here and she must keep up the old rule. We are all well and hope this spring to cum and see you all. Keep her close at her Lerning.

Tell Mr. J. Patton that he can get a good Barke mill for about $5O -- If he sends an order by some wagnor for anything he wants I will send it on.

Sir we have sent a Ban Box By the stage for Margreta with a Bonet witch I hope will go save if Posib1e we will be down this month som time if not I will Sent her some money to pay her Schoulen and other Exspences. We ar all well

Inclosed you will pleos find an account against Robert Allison, Esq., of your plase. I wish you would take a copy of the account and hold it by you and then give Mr Allison the account I have enclosed put a waifer on it so that it will be sealed when you hand it to him — —

I suppose you. have seen George since he has returned to your Country. Eadmun is getting some what better but not able to walk. I hope when the wether gets warmer he will get beter. I have had two doctors with him and no person can tell what is the matter with him. He has no pain and Eats very harty but remains very weak tho as we1l contented as a prince. He pafses the whole of his time in painting and reading and sometimes plays Captin. In marchin the Children in the room he gives the command. The rest of the Famly is well. perhaps I will be down to see you in April or May. I have rented the salt works for 2 years at 750 Bar1s salt per year. I shall bore 2 we1ls more this surnrner if Posible and it is very likely that I must make an a segnement this spring if I can not get an arangement mad with the Bank tho this need not make any of you uneasy, thar will be a nough left if I get the a rangement with the Bank or at any reate. Your atention to Mr. Allisons account will oblige

We all join in our love to you all. Eadmon is goin to writ to his Friends next week.

Sir, Inclosed you will find your rent account the 540 $ is rent that was not paid the time Armstrong & Ewing had the house and part of the time Layd Idle. I payd C Anshutz his ½ for you this has never been Setled. There was Six months setled with Stewart & Lyon to 1^st Apr 1819 whitch with the above change would make 2 years -- owing to a Land finance from Philla by a Mr. Singen & Co has compelled me to make an a signment to the Bank of Pittsburgh of this amount on what Ever the balance may be. You will also see the amount of rent of the ware house in money in account of rent which leaves a balance coming to me.

	Ac To Geo Anshutz, Jr
1 Apr 1818	18 months rent I setled with G Anshutz to 1^st October 1819	$540.00
	7 years rent of the ware house at $360 is $2520 my half is	1260.00
	Taxes I payd for house	28.00
	commifsion on 97 Tun Pigs(?)	97.00
	rent pd D _rede when frays(?) was Stored	15.00
	By six months rent to Oct, 1819	180.00

1 Apr 1819 setled by 29	By 6 months rent setled in a note with Stewart & Lyon	180.00
1826 up to Apr 1^st	By cash recd of Ware house	1798.83 my half is 899.41 1/2
	By my Draft G Anderson	206.00
	Pd Wm Berry	60.00
	1 Tun pigs to Rowling mill	50.00
	5 Tun Sold R Bowen	175.00
		1570.41 ½
	old Balance	539.59
	Intrest 7 years	226.38
	Ballence due G.A.	765.97