Donaldson, She has truly been a steady friend, & possest of great
patience & scruplously particular, in all she says or does, & better
than all she possesses that faith that works by love & purifies the
heart
So you see I have many friends & worthy ones too.- Sister
Eliza is a good deal taken up with the ffairs of the world, all the
children have been going to school, until a few days since when summer
vacation commenced. I have not had & line from Sister Jane Waugh or
or. or Sister Dickey I suppose they think
precarious that I might
not
be
alive
to
get
their
but if I only could learn where to
direct to them I would write them,'to say I was still alive. I would
truly feel glad to hear of their safe arrival; Say to my
Dear
Old
Father that I hope his path may be that of the just, shining more &
more unto the perfect day:
Our Father is now really an old man, I
think about 82. I suppose I shall never see him on this side the great
"flood" but I hope humbly hope he shall see me together with all his
other children, & our dear departed Mother, among that Blood washed
throng that no man can number
Say to Br. R. Cordner that I am in his
debt a letter or two but I hope he will make allowance on account of
my condition. The last letter I wrote was to Br. Wm. & the one before
that to Sister Eliza Phenix, Br. Cordner don't mention in his letter
of the reception of the one to Sister Eliza but I hope it was recvd.
Give my kinden love to my
4. (Cover. )
Dear Father & also to Br. Wm. & Sister Jane, also to Br. Jno. Phenix &
Sister Eliza & Br. Cordner & Sister Amelia & accept of the same for
yourself & Sister Mary Jane. I hope my little Nophew & namesake (your
son) grown to be astout little fellow by this time. you did well
to keep up the old name of McCauley. I am glad you done so, I need
hardly say how glad I would be to near from you all individually &
to know how my father enjoys his health, my condition is so uncertain
that I know not that I should receive a letter from you- but I will
at any rate request you to write immediately & also let me know the
address of Br. Dickey & Sister Jane Waugh perhaps a kind Providence
may spare me longer than I expect it has been so heretofore; but oh!
Robt. what matter how or when we die so we die victoriously in the
harness, having fought the good fight of faith, or what does life
signify unless it secures to us a life of immortality above, My best
respects to all my Aunts Uncles & Cousins & excuse any omissions
Your affectionate
Br.A. Richey
Single
Paid 25
Mr. Robt. Richey
Morusk-
via
Near Lisburn
N.York
Ireland
Fostmarks
CLINTON
July-29
AMERICA-L
AU-3I-44
Andrew Richey, Clinton, Mississippi, to his brother, Robert Richey, Ireland, 15 June 1844
Description
Andrew Richey writes to his brother Robert from his bed, thanking God to be still alive, though still very weak as he had suffered "an additional affliction of disease" last winter so much so that he thought he would die. Relating that his colon is affected by a chronic disease, Andrew cannot say if a recovery is probable. He thanks his many friends for their care and attention including "an old maiden of my sisterinlaw, an Irishwoman by the name of Miss Donaldson" and notes that Sister Eliza is taken up "with the affairs of the world" including the children attending school. He asks in partiular after his aged father now aged 82 and other friends and family at home. In an addendum to his letter he notes that the Methodist church "is about to have a general division the North from the South on the Subject of Slavery".
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.
