1835 December - Letter from John Hankins to Susan Hankins
On December 3, 1835, John Hankins wrote to his wife Susan in Damascus, Wayne County, Pennsylvania from Trenton, New Jersey. [1] He had taken at least two rafts from Sullivan County down the Delaware River. He sold the lumber from a raft from the Basket Mill for 5 1/4 cents per thousand feet and sold the second raft at Columbia. John had encountered snow, rain, hail and high winds during his trip. He opened his letter saying “I am Not frose Quite to Death yet.” [2] John planned to visit his Uncle Lukes the following day. [3] After he finished his business in Trenton, he planned to travel to New York, where among other things, he would buy goods for the family and send them back to Newburgh. Trenton Dec 3 1835 Dear Wife I take my pen in hand to Inform You that I am Not frose Quite to Death yet and am in Good Health at present and have Sold the Raft the Came from the Basket Mill for $ 5.25 cts per Thousand and the Raft that Was Run from the pa?? mill is at Shomak...