Letter from Marcellus Bucklew to D. A. Landes
March 5, 1884


March 5, 1884
Pleasant Dale Hampshire Co WVa
To D. A. Landis [sic]   Dear in a few lines hope when those few lines come to hand they may find you all well & doing well  we are only tolerable well at this time  my woman is not well  times seems to bee du? ? hant got much work in the shop now & i am a little hard up now & i would like to have the rent on my land in grant i suppose this years rent is dew now. now i world like to have it & if you havent payed the taxes for the first years rent take out the rest due you and the Recording of the deed & first years taxes i suppose you have it down  & send me the rest & i will write to the sherriff & get the amt & settle them the too years rent is $40.00 i think as well as i remember the taxes and Recording deed was something over six Dollars that arto come out of the first years rent of $20.00 & you payed me $25.00 an that now take out the rest & send me the rest as soon as possible for i am in need of some money now  hope to hear from you soon & let me know how you are getting a long with your suit with Borror so now[?] more at present & let know sheep market is whether there could bee a smawl [sic] lot got up there as many as fifty  good weathers  write soon

yours Respectly [sic]

Marcellus Bucklew


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This letter from Marcellus Bucklew was found in with the stack of deeds, and it remains there as found.

Daniel had interaction with Marcellus Bucklew and writes about it in his 1880 diary.  However, there are no diaries between 1881-1886, so no first-hand comments can be found regarding this letter.

In the 1880 diary, dated February 18, 1880, Daniel writes: "Went down to Wm Ours wth Bucklew and conditionally traded him my land in Grant Co for Bonds vs Simon Borror."

Also in February 1880, Daniel was building a shop and was working at framing it (Feb. 16, 1880). The next day, Feb. 17, 1880, he "Finished and raised it Wm & Marcellus Bucklew stayed all night with me." We can assume that Wm and Marcellus helped raise the frame and then stayed all night.