WASHINGTON, February
24, 1852.
MY DEAR SON,—I
received your letter of the 10th. I should have written you oftener, but I am
so feeble, and write with so little comfort, that I take up the pen
reluctantly. I hope that you and Susan, notwithstanding my apparent
delinquency, will write me frequently, giving me full details of all your
plans, improvements, and business. There is nothing now that interests me so
much as to receive full accounts from the members of my family frequently. Although
you have got more in debt than I could have wished, you ought to be very happy.
In dear Susan you have an excellent wife, and you have a fine parcel of
promising children, and you have ample means of support.
I gave my deposition
in your case with Miller week before the last, and it was sent to Lexington. It
proved all that was expected of me.
My health continues
very delicate. I have not been out of the house for upward of two months. I can
not recognize any encouraging change. My cough still hangs on, although I
sometimes hope that it is a little abated. If I can not get rid of it, or at
least greatly diminish it, I think it must prove fatal. But I may linger for
months to come. I should be glad to get home once more.
My love to Susan,
and kisses for all the children. I would be glad to write more, but you can not
conceive how this little letter has exhausted me.
SOURCE: Calvin
Colton, Editor, The Private Correspondence of Henry Clay, p. 627
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