New York   February 8th 1854

Mrs William Preston*

Madam. I take this oppertunity to wright you these few lines to inform you that I am well at this time and I hope you are the same. Dear madam I sopose you wonder why that I left you. Well I will tell you the Reason one Reason was because you Parted me and my housbond as tho we had no feeling and the Next Reason was because you accuseed me of stealing Mouney and I was not gilty of it but because I am coulard You sopose that I have not got any feelings I have feelings thank god as well as you and I sopose you feel the Loss of me as much as I do the loss of you. I worked for you when I was with you and dear madam I am working for my Sealf and let me inform you that I Loved my housbond as well as you do yours if I never see him again in this world but I am in hopes to meet him in Haven

I sopose you will call this impedance But I do not I have nothing Against Mr Preston he treated me well he would not have sent my husbound away had it not been for you and I would have been yet with you. But Never mind Every boddy must have trubble

I Remane Yours

Jane Giles


* Margaret Wickliffe (youngest daughter of Robert Wickliffe of Lexington, Kentucky) married William Preston (only son of William Preston II of Virginia) in 1840 and lived in Louisville, Kentucky. She is the subject of an interesting dissertation in progress by yours truly.


Wickliffe-Preston Family Papers, Box 49, University of Kentucky Special Collections and Archives

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Posted August 21, 1997
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