Akron, July 9, 1847.
Dear Son John,
— I wrote you yesterday to urge your coming here to keep up the family for a
few months, as I knew of no way to provide for Jason or Owen's board; but that
matter is all got over, and the probability is that Jason will have a wife as
soon as you. We mean to have the business done up before we leave, so as to
have no breaking up of the family here. I would now say that if you can get
ready and meet us at Buffalo on the 14th or 15th, we shall be glad to have you
go on with us. I would be willing to delay for a day or more in order to bring
it about. It would seem as though you might bring it about by that time, so early
as to get here on the 16th, as you wrote. As matters now stand, I feel very
anxious to have you go on with us, — and partly on Frederick's account. I sent
you yesterday a certificate of deposit for fifty dollars, directed to Vernon,
care of Miss Wealthy Hotchkiss.1 Should it so happen that you get to
Buffalo before we do, wait for us at Bennett's Hotel; or we will wait for you
awhile. Inquire for us at Bennett's, or of George Palmer, Esq. If you get this
in season, you may perhaps get to Buffalo before we can. Mary is still quite
feeble. Frederick appears to be quite as well as when you left. Say to Ruth I
remember her.
Affectionately yours,
John Brown.
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1 Soon to be Mrs. John Brown, Jr.
SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of
John Brown, p. 144-5
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