Letter Response

1. It's about a man who moved out west to scope out what was available for land to purchase and talks about the different styles of homes and trusts and shares this info with his wife back east
2. The broken English and lack of grammar, however due to the cost of paper this began to make more sense after reading it.
3. It was the only way for them to communicate back with their families in the East. and especially due to the cost of paper it clearly meant a lot to them due to the fact of how often they seemed to write letters.

http://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibits/current/binding-the-nation/moving-west/your-letters-are-read-with-eagerness/waterman-ormsbys-letter.html