Parts Unknown, Sept. 9, 1859.
Dear Mother, Brother, And Sisters, — Knowing that you all feel deeply interested in persons and matters
here, I feel a wish to write all I can that is encouraging, feeling that we all
need all the encouragement we can get while we are travelling on through
eternity, of which every day is a part. I can only say that we are all well,
and that our work is going on very slowly, but we think satisfactorily. I would
here say that I think there is no good reason why any of us should be
discouraged; for if we have done but one good act, life is not a failure. I
shall probably start home with Martha and Anna about the last of this month.
Salmon, you may make any use of the sugar things you can next year. I hope you
will all keep a stiff lip, a sound pluck, and believe that all will come out
right in the end. Nell, I have not forgotten you, and I want you should
remember me. Please, all write. Direct to John Henrie, Chambersburg,
Pennsylvania.
Believe me your affectionate son and
brother,
Oliver Smith.
SOURCE: Franklin B.
Sanborn, The Life and Letters of John Brown, p. 547
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