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Bishop Chase writes to Henry Jackson about his family's illness, his long days in England, and hopes to meet him in Tutbury or Birmingham.
Date
3-21-1836
Keywords
Philander Chase, England, Birmingham, Henry Jackson
Recommended Citation
Chase, Philander, "Letter to Henry Jackson" (1836). Philander Chase Letters. 1038.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/chase_letters/1038
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London - March-21-1836
My dear Sir,
I had great pleasure in receiving your kind letter of the 16th, particularly as it[?] me some hopes of seeing your Brother and Sister, for whom I have long entertained so sincere a friendship, before I leave England. I am however now so much engaged and by the advice of my friends in London, and by invitations of my former acquaintances in the [n]orth, have so many reasons to draw me into [y]orks hired Durham, that I fear there will be a great uncertainty in any appointments. I might make to meet you at Tutbury or Birmingham.
If it should be the divine hill that I stay in England till the Religious [?] in London, in the month of May , (which, however, I can not fully expect) the pleasure of seeing your dear Relatives and yourself on that most interesting occasion, will be, by me, most gratefully enjoyed. In any event, pray assure [?] of my tender and affectionate regards.
The calamity which has lately befallen my loved family seems to demand my immediate presence with them. They are alone as to any efficient earthly [?] in a hew Country. Every day spend in England, although marked by the kindness for which its inhabitants are so justly celebrated, seems long to me; [and] when the sun dips his golden face in the [heitern] wave, he seems to speaks of my [hife], and dear children; [and] to invite me me, by smiles, if not by words, to go quickly with him to pay them a visit in their affliction.
With sentiments of respect and affection, I am,
Dear Sir,
Your faithful Friend and humble hero.
Philander Chase
Bishop of Illinois.
[?]W: Henry Jackson