Dedham, Mass
United States, America
November 29. 1850
My Dearest Elizabeth,
It is with pleasure that I am taking up my pen to drop you a
line in answer to your kind and affectionate letter which I received tonight
previous to my leaving here for Northbridge Water about 30 miles from here. A gentleman from there came here to stop to
try to hire a town. Our employers here
would only let me go away on condition that I would come back to work for them
as soon as they can get their new shop ready for as to go to work in. Therefore I deemed it needful to acquaint my
dearest Lizzy of it so that she might direct the next letter to her Johny (to
JB), Northbridge Water Works, United States America. I only expect to be there about one month,
therefore only you can write to me so as I can get it in one month. You can direct as before to Dedham & my
old ___ Mr. Thomas Price will report them for me. If I remain there any longer than that time,
I shall write to you again from there if all is well & let you know what kind
of place it is . I am going to start
from here tomorrow in a train from Boston and from thence on another railroad about
20 miles from Boston. I shall be obliged to enclosed this note in a letter of
T. Price’s to South Wales for them to report it for you, which I suppose will
make a day or two difference or longer in reaching Holywell. I hope that ere you will receive this that
you will have received my letter of last Monday acquainting you of the fire we
had here Monday night 18th inst.
I believe that I told you in my last that I should send you a paper with
an account of another great fire at Medford , but when I went to see for the
paper I could not find it anywhere and that was the reason I omitted sending
you one. You will find a brief account of
it in the Yankee Nation this week, which I shall send you along with this
letter. I hope that you will excuse me
sending you some more papers for a few weeks until I can ascertain whether I can
get any at Northbridge Watery. You will
please let my father and mother know of my moving from here as I have no time
to write to them by this mail. Remember
me to them kindly. I was glad to have
the note from father.
My dear Elizabeth I must need say that I feel very sorry to
hear of your poor father still remaining so sick, & more so to hear of the
poor hope you entertain of his recovery.
I hope that you, my dear, will submit the whole of your trouble to God
and put your whole confidence in him, for he is always present and helps in the
hour of trouble. I hope and trust that
you will not grieve in any way but always think that all will work for some
good end, hoping that the best of your days are yet in store, knowing that
there is a heart here that can feel for another & a one that you can turn to
when all others have forsaken you.
I must now to a close for tonight for it is getting bed time
me. T. P. desires to be kindly
remembered to you. Please to remember me
most kindly to your father, brother and sister, & accept of my best love to
yourself, and believe me my dearest Elizabeth to remain yours most truly,
John Benjamin (in haste)
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