WASHINGTON, February
12, 1852.
MY DEAR SUSAN,—I
received your letter of the 27th ultimo, and I had received that of James' of
the 1st. I write now so uncomfortably and so slow, that I take up my pen with
great repugnance. I was very glad to receive both of your letters, and was
delighted to contemplate the picture of your domestic happiness with your
husband and children. As the world recedes from me, I feel my affections more
than ever concentrated on my children, and theirs.
My health has
improved a little within the last few weeks, but the cough still hangs on, and
unless I can get rid of it, or greatly diminish it, I can not look for a
radical cure. The winter has been excessively rigorous, and I have not been out
of the house for eight weeks. You must not believe all you see in the
newspapers, favorable or unfavorable, about my health.
I hope you and James
will continue to write to me, whether you receive regular replies or not. How
has the dairy got through the winter?
My love to James and
all my dear grandchildren.
* Wife of Clay’s son
James Brown Clay
SOURCE: Calvin
Colton, Editor, The Private Correspondence of Henry Clay, p. 626-7
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