The
Fassett Letters - Letter #27
Date:
1/3/1856
From: H.H.
Fassett
To:
Mother
To:
Father
Jany 3d
1856
Dear Mother
As I
received your long & very interesting letter last night
& Chittenden was writing to Father I concluded I would write to
you and send there in. I was not very well last mail or would have
written you then.
I have
hardly received a
letter from home with as much news as the last, (dated Nov
28th)
now Mother
thats just the kind of letter I like to receive every time. Chitt
& I both agree in reference to that land. Dont pay it no how,
as Father never has & never can realise anything from it. His
being always perplexed & harassed I do declare is too bad, and
if it cannot be got along without I will come home by, & by,
& see that peace at last shall crown his efforts if at the
greatest sacrifices. I am also very glad to hear that your health is
better hope it may continue so for a long term of years. We are all
well, & none of us but what would like much to visit or receive
a visit from one & all of you. Ann & I spent
Thanksgiving in Sacramento with Tru’s family. they are all
well Tru. is teaming for C- Lucy was up here & made a visit
since then stayed nearly one week. Lydia says she is coming up too
after awhile. We spent 2 or 3 days there very pleasantly seemed almost
like Ohio, when you shut the door & saw none but old Ohio faces
-- but I must close as Father must needs wish to have a few lines
direct to him
Good night
& happy New Year
from
H. H. Fassett
[The
following is inserted upside down before the next part addressed to
Dear Father ...]
(Love
to Grandmother and all the Uncles, Aunts & Cousins. Jane
continue your favors to us. Some mistake about mary I guess. H -- )
[Continued
right side up.]
Dear
Father,
Altho’
it seems you have given up
writing to us, still we think of you just as often & wish just
as much to hear from you as ever. You cannot tell how highly we prize a
letter from you, for since our only knowledge of you must be derived
through the medium of Pen Ink & Paper, pray do not
deny us the pleasure of hearing from you at least once a year by a good
long letter. Here we are scratching away to make money for the family
good, and a few words of encouragement do us so much good in the
struggle for independence. as your favorite quotation on the subject
says
“Not
for to hide it in a hedge, nor for a train attendant, but for the
glorious privilege of being independent.” Write soon
& let us know all your plans & believe us as ever your
Aff-- children. Tell Willie he must hurry & beat Guy. Study
hard & be a good Boy. John owes & ought to write me a
long letter. Mary too it seems is quite enough of a young Lady to write
to her Bros A few lines from Harry would be acceptable. if the colt is
warty let him run till four years old. Must close for want of space.
Your Aff Son H. H. Fassett
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