Use the excerpt to answer the question.
Dear brother it is most dreadful the state the potatoes
are in in... they are all tainted [poisoned] in the
ground… it is the opinion of every one there will be no
potatoes… in very short we are greatly afraid there
will be a famine this year if the Lord does not do
something for the people…
letter dated
November 24, 1845; Historical Society of
Pennsylvania
This letter was most likely written by someone from
what location?