ASHLAND, October 15, 1849.
MY DEAR SON,—I
received your letter dated at Liverpool the 27th ultimo, and was very glad that
you had all safely arrived, with so little inconvenience from sea-sickness. I
hope that your excursion to Paris proved agreeable, and that you were not
tempted by its many attractions to run into any extravagant expenditures.
The elections in
Ohio and Pennsylvania have gone against the Administration, and, judging from
present prospects, I do not see how it is to be sustained. If, therefore, you
do not come home sooner, you may prepare to return on the expiration of its
term. I understand indirectly that it is counting much on my exertions at the
approaching session of Congress; but I fear that it is counting without any
sufficient ground. I intend to leave home the first of November, but not to go
to Washington until about the opening of Congress. I expect to pass two or
three weeks in Philadelphia.
I suppose that you
and Susan hear regularly from Louisville, from which I have heard nothing of
any interest. Here we are all in health, and things move on in their ordinary
channels. Yesterday (Sunday) Thomas and Mary dined with us as usual. He goes
down in a few weeks to his famous saw mill, from which he calculates to make a
great deal.
We expect H. Hart
and his family here to-morrow or next day to make their farewell visit,
preparatory to their going to St. Louis, for which he has made most of his
arrangements.
Give our love to
Susan and your children and to Henry Clay, and kiss dear Lucy for your
affectionate father.
SOURCE: Calvin
Colton, Editor, The Private Correspondence of Henry Clay, p. 589-90
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