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fatherless & the husband of the Widow
who can show us great kindness
in the midst of his severe dispensations, yes he can raise up friends
to the widow & devise means to recall his banished ones. I had intended
to write to Sister Jane a letter before I was taken down in Mch. last,
but I was confined before I done so, & now writing is, to say the least
a
severe job to me. I must close & be brief- My kind
love
to
my
Sister
Jane & family also to Sister Dinah & Br. Robt. Dickey Sister Amelia &
3r. Cordner Bro. Robt. & Sister Mary Jane & also Br. Wm. & his Lady &
their relatives if the will be kind enough to accept it, I hope you
will make allowances for the disjointed manner letter
(.(Cover.)
when I tell you that I write proped half way up in bed & scarcely enough
light admitted to enable me to trace the lines Our relatives here
pretty much as usual. Sister Eliza complains a good deal of ill health
but kepps about. . She sustained the loss of a valuable female servant
some weeks ago. She was a member of the Methodist church, but I trust
she is now with the church above, many die around me on the right hand
& on the left & I a poor broken reed am yet left. How necessary for me
to watch & be also ready, give my respects to Br John & also all my
Aunts Uncles & Cousins & if I have forgot any name ascribe it to my
head which is very weak, Your affectionate Brother
A.Richey
Care of Mr.
Robt Cordner
Paid-25-
-Lisburn
Ireland
Mrs. Eliza-Fhenix
Maze
County of Down
Via
Near Lisburn
N.York
Ireland
Fostmarks- -CLINTON NOV I5 M1.
DE-22-42-LIVERPOOL-SHIP
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Andrew Richey, Clinton, Mississippi, to his sister, Eliza Phenix, Ireland, 17 October 1842
Description
Andrew Richey writes from his bed to his sister Eliza, where illness has confined him, to discuss his sickly condition in relation to his faith and God's commandments, along with news of friends and family.
Title and transcript by Professor Kerby Miller. This transcript includes handwritten corrections to original transcript from PRONI, made with reference to original letters. Letter description by University of Galway.
