Akron, Ohio, March 20, 1852.
Dear Children, — I reached
home on the 18th at evening, meeting with father on the way, who went home with
me and left us yesterday; he kept me so busied that I had no time to write you
yesterday. I found all in usual health but Frederick, who has one of his poor
turns again; it is not severe, and we hope will not be so. I now enclose the
Flanders lease. You will discover that the bargain I had with him for the
second year is simply an extension of the time made on the back of it, except
that for the last year I was to pay the taxes. Owen says he thinks the tooth
fell out of the harrow while lying on a pile of sticks and old boards near the
corner of the barn, between that and the house; and that if you do not find it
among the rubbish, nor in the house or barn, — over the door from the barn into
the back shed, — he cannot tell where it will be found. Expecting to hear from
you again soon,
I remain your affectionate father,
John Brown.
SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of
John Brown, p. 148-9
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