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Report itemVery interesting 3 pp. letter dated Galveston, Texas Republic, Nov 26 1839, from David N. Wright, to his parents, Rev. & Mrs. David Wright, Westfield, Massachusetts, with partial blue New Orleans, Louisiana, Dec 2 1839, postmark + red manuscript 25c postal rate, manuscript "Via N. Orleans" routing at lower left. The content begins with the writer's joy on meeting his brother in law "Joseph" and sister "Abigail" in the city two months previous. Sadly, Wright continues, "Joseph is no more. His remains lay beneath ... this beautiful Island & his spirit had returned to God. He died on Fri the 22d inst.... after an illness that confined him to his bed 8 days. During his sickness all the attention Sister & myself ... was diverted to him & the most skillful physicians of our City attended him, but to no good ... he has fallen a victim of the fatal Yellow Fever ... He was buried on Sat ... the day was unpleasant & Abigail did not go to the grave & the unpleasantness of the day, if possible, added gloom to darkness. Abigail had born up under the affliction remarkable well & much better than I ... little Josephine ... laughs & plays as ever, unconscious that death has deprived her of a kind & doting father ... Abigail will leave for home via N. Orleans in the Steam Packet NEW YORK on Sun. next ... & take ship from N. Orleans to N. York & be at home probably about the first of Jan. Abigail will give you the particulars of her husband's last illness & death ... It will be a painful parting, but it is best ... I am so far pleased with my worldly prospects -- better that I expected [them] to be, but as the prospect of gain in this place I am not pleased. Out of a population of 2,000 we have only one clergyman & he a Presbyterian -- a good man -- but he wants, to say the least, a good Baptist brother to assist him. This place is increasing in size & population at a tremendous rate & ... [people] ... disposed tp attend church & willing to assist in defraying the expenses of one. But no good Baptist clergyman comes to our aid & that is all that is wanted to build up a flourishing church. Our cry is send us a 'a laborer, a willing laborer he must be & look for his reward in Heaven.' Can the Baptists of Mass. send us one? Can the Baptists of New England send a shepherd to take care of her enterprising sons, who are building up this City, determined to become one of the most important commerce cities in the South. I answer they can & if they do not they have an important duty undone ... [signed] David [Wright]." Fine condition, some minor toning on outside leaf, two small holes, one caused by mouse, other in opening wax seal, which affect only a few words of text. *** We have been in the paper Americana and postal history businesses since 1953 and are members of the Manuscript and Ephemera Societies as well as the American Stamp Dealers Association, American Philatelic Society, Canadian Stamp Dealers Association (Canada), Philatelic Traders Society (Great Britain) and numerous other collector organizations. |
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