1842-02-10 SOMERSET MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK---FROM C.W. FARNSWORTH POSTMASTER AT SOMERSET TO HIS BROTHER THOMAS FARNSWORTH AT GLENNS FALLS, WASHINGTON COUNTY NEW YORK---"IT IS NOW ALMOST SEVEN YEARS SINCE I HAVE SEEN ANY ONE OF OUR FAMILY AND CONNECTIONS AND IT SEEMS SOMETIMES AS IF I WERE TO MEET WITH NONE OF THEM ANY MORE THIS SIDE OF THE GRAVE"---WOULD HAVE WRITTEN SOONER BUT DID NOT KNOW WHERE TO REACH HIM, ALTHOUGH HIS BUSINESS IS DOING WELL HE IS EMBARRASSED BY HIS OUTSTANDING DEBTS IN NEW YORK, BUT MICHIGAN PAPER MONEY WILL NOT PAY EASTERN DEBTS, HE HAS A THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, IN DECEMBER THEIR 10 WEEK OLD BABY DIED OF INFANTILE CONVULSIONS, HIS OLDEST SON CHARLES MASON HAS OCCASIONAL EPILEPTIC FITS WHICH AFFECT HIS MENTAL PROWESS AND MEMORY BUT THE OTHER THREE CHILDREN ARE HEALTHY---"AMONG THOSE ABOUT TO UNITE WITH OUR CHURCH IS MY SECOND SON R. RANDALL WHO THOUGH BUT TEN YEARS OF AGE GIVES US SUCH EVIDENCE THAT HE HAS PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE THAT WE THINK IT RIGHT FOR HIM TO BECOME A VISIBLE MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST"---GENEALOGY---3 PAGES---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N

Year: 1842
Date: 1842-02-10
County: Hillsdale
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Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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