Dedham, Mass
United States, America
Oct. 18, 1850
My Dearest Elizabeth,
I am once more taking the pleasure to write to you in answer
to your which I duly received this week, & I must needs to say that I was
very sorry to hear of your indifference.
I hope that in this you have quite recovered again, so I am happy to be
able to say that I am in the full enjoyment of good health at present, thanks
be to God for his bountiful blessings. I
was truly sorry to hear of your father’s health not being much better. I hope there are many healthful and happy days
for him in store yet, that is the sincere wish of the writer of this short letter.
I must need say that I am extremely obliged for your kind
present which you sent me in your last letter.
I must beg to thank you most kindly on my own behalf & also on
behalf of my fellow wanderer, Mr. T. Price, for your kindness in making for us
both a present of necessities (scarfs) which we hope soon to wear by the first
convenience.
I should very much like to know who these young men are from
Flint that intend coming to this country.
I should most certainly go to
greet them if they are coming to Boston, that is, if they are anybody I am
acquainted with, for I should be most happy to see anyone from the famed old
town of Flint & also to afford then any information after their landing
here, as to the best mode of getting employment & where would be the
likeliest place for them to do the best for themselves. If you or my friend at home are going to
forward them to these men, please to let me know the name of the ship they are
coming in & then I shall be able to know when ship arrives by the Boston daily
paper which I take regular. If they
happen to land in Boston before I get there, you can tell my father to give
them directions to go to Mr. Benjamin Doughty, #42 South Marzen St., Boston, to
wait for me.
It gave me great pleasure to hear of you & your brother
being at Bangor. I assure you that I
feel under great obligation to both yourself and your brother for your kindness
toward my sister on the occasion. I
further assure you that no other in this world would of given me greater
pleasure than to have been one amongst the rest. I should most certainly of been highly
delighted, especially when here was an object there which I feel highly
interested for, but never mind, there is better days a-coming. You have heard ___ no doubt that Mr. T. Price
is working in the same shop with me. We
are working side by side again & am happy to say that we have got one of
the best of shops in the country for both work & wages, & we are both
boarding together in the same house not 20 yards from the shop. Consequently it makes it very convenient for
us to be so near our work.
In regard to you having your likeness taken, I think that cousin
Jones charges to [sic] high when you only want the picture of me for I suppose
you intend having it put in the same locket.
I have no doubt but what you could get it done on Church St., Liverpool,
cheaper, but I think that you had better not get it taken just yet for you may
be going to Liverpool before long and then you could look at the place there
& ask them what they charge.
As to my coming home next spring, I must needs say that I am
wholly undecided as yet. I would much rather you would come over here without
my coming over for you might come very well and take a first cabin passage, for
I should never attempt to cross no other way although it costs a little more in
the cabin, and I hope you will endeavor to do your best to come for you know
that it behooves the both of us to be as economical as we can be, for our
future prospects in a great measure depends upon our present economy. You must know that with the loss of time from
work & the expense of the passage it would cost me no less than the 46 to
60£ which would be ample means to set us up in some reputable trade in this
country for life. (God willing) If I was to lose this shop I don’t suppose
that I should be able to find such another in the United States, as I want to
keep to work as close as ever I can so as to be able to save as much as
possible so as to enable me soon to begin for myself . I think that it is best for me to defer
saying anything more on this subject for the present.
You have never mentioned to me in any of your letters
whether your uncle or any of your friends at Flint has ever said anything to
you about me or whether they know of our correspondence. You must endeavor to get old Bob to pay you
your money between this & next spring.
I don’t think that it makes any difference as to yourself for I think
that you can claim it at any time.
I have to inform you that I did not receive the paper you so
kind to send me. I shall send you one by
this letter. I have sent you one every
week for some time past which I hope comes to hand. I was glad to hear you saying that you were
pleased with those I had sent you. I intend
writing a note to enclose in this for father if you will have the kindness to
forward it for him. I have not had an
answer to that last letter I wrote to him yet.
You can instead of sending me the red postage stamps, get the 2 blue
stamps & place them on the outside of the letter which is as good as paying
postage for the letter which is the change on all letters coming to this
country under ½ oz. When the letter exceeds
that weight the postage doubles for every extra ½ ounce.
I must draw to a conclusion for the present with my love to
your father, brother, sister. Mr. T.
Price unties with me in love to you & all enquiring friends,
& believe me my dearest Elizabeth to remain yours most faithfully,
In great haste
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