South Dedham, Mass
March 14, 1864
Dear John,
I have received your letter of Feb. 15. We are very glad to hear that you and your family
are all well. I am also very happy to
inform you that my dear wife is much better, but not able to go outdoors yet. There has been much sickness in this locality
this winter and an unusual number of deaths.
Lung fever has been very prevalent.
There has been 3 to 6 deaths from it in and around So. Dedham.
I sent you a couple of Flintshire Observers a few days ago
and one of them contains the sad news that Pentre Mills has been burned
down. You will read the particulars in
the Jan. copy. We did not receive it
until after we had received the February one.
When it came to us it was wet and I suppose it must have gone down with
the Bohemian Steamer which was wrecked off the eastern coast a short time ago. That
was startling news to me as I know it must be to you. I expect to get a letter from Mr. Gleave before
long. I should like to know what they
are going to do there, if they will build up again or not.
With regards to the letters you sent to your father and Mr.
Gleave, it is perfectly right that you should hold direct correspondence with
them if possible. Nothing would please
me better than to know that you held regular correspondence with you relatives
and friends at home. If your letters do fail
to reach them or theirs fail to reach you, I am willing at any time to forward
a letter for you with the greatest pleasure.
I am very grateful to you for sending me the western papers. I take pleasure in reading them. I do forward some occasionally to Mr. Gleave
and I have no doubt he sends them to your father.
I have enquired about Macbeth l I am informed that he is
still at Bridgewater. I hear that Russell
is not in partnership with Mr. Baker now, but some man that is a carver is in
company with Mr. Baker. Now they are doing
some little business in bedsteads and bureaus.
Mr. Russell keeps a furniture ware room in Boston and is also in the
lumber trade. Frank Baker is turning in
a shop in Boston. The Everett has the
best business around here, and business in general holds very good.
We are very pleased to hear that you are settled again and
we hope your stock will increase and that you will be prospered, and you must
look to God for his blessing to rest upon yourself and your family.
We shall be happy to hear from you again soon. My family unites with me in kind love to yourself
and to Mrs. Benjamin and your dear children.
From yours most respectfully,
Thomas
G. Price
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