Akron, Ohio, Feb. 13, 1855.
Dear Children,
— I have deferred answering your very acceptable letter of January 30 for one
week, in the hope of having some news to write you about Owen and Frederick;
but they are so negligent about writing that I have not a word to send now. I
got quite an. encouraging word about Kansas from Mr. Adair the other day. He
had before given quite a gloomy picture of things. He and family were all well.
The friends here were all well a few days since. John and Wealthy have gone
back to Vernon, John taking with him my old surveyor's instruments, in
consideration of having learned to survey. I have but little to write that will
interest you, so I need not be lengthy. I think we may be able to get off in
March, and I mean to sell some of our Devon cattle in order to effect it, if I
can do no better. I should send on Watson within a few days, if I thought I
could manage to get along with the family and cattle without his help. I may
conclude to do so still before we get away. The last of January and February,
up to yesterday, have been very remarkable for uninterrupted cold weather for
this section. We were glad to learn that you had succeeded in getting the house
so comfortable. I want Johnny should he so good a boy that “95 will not turn
him off.” Can you tell whether the Stout lot was ever redeemed in December or
not by the owners?
SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and
Letters of John Brown, p. 192
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