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J. Mccarthy

APPLE STORE, Maine.

MY DEAR FRIEND-If Edward Foley, my old friend, advised you to emigrate here he did well. I have been here now for five years, and no inducement would tempt me to leave it. For half of your £1000 you can buy as many acres as you wish to farm, and our little settlement is growing so rapidly that in a short time your land will be worth double what you pay for it. Come to me straight, and stop with me, all of you, till your log hut is built.

The climate here is healthy and invigorating; the soil fine, and a little river of good water is close by, while the woods give us all the fuel we require. You can come to within thirty miles of me by rail, but I'll have horses and wagons at the station to take you and your family here. Let me hear full details of your starting, and give my warmest regards to Edward Foley. I wish he was coming too with all my heart.

Yours faithfully,