WASHINGTON, December
25, 1849.
MY DEAR THOMAS,—I
received a letter from you while you were with Henry Wilkins, at your saw-mill,
but none since. I expected to have heard of your return home, and to have
gotten a letter from you, ere now; but I suppose that you have been detained
below longer than you expected. I shall be glad to hear from you, the prospects
of your mill, etc.
I am afraid that
your mother and John have had much trouble and anxiety at Ashland. The loss of
my man by the small-pox, and the fear of its spreading must have given them
much uneasiness. It has become necessary to purchase or hire two additional
hands for the farm. I should prefer the latter, and I have so written to John.
I wish you would give him all the assistance you can in procuring them. His
mill, too, has got out of order; but I hope that he has been able to get a
millwright to repair.
Give my love and the
compliments of the season to Mary and the children.
SOURCE: Calvin
Colton, Editor, The Private Correspondence of Henry Clay, p. 594
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