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Philander updates Laura on Henry's marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet's move into the Cottage, his health, his touring, and the hiring of new employees.
Date
11-7-1842
Keywords
Simeon Chase, Dudley Chase, Alice Chase, Rachel Denison, Henry Chase, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Bennet, Janette, Quincey, Rushville, Jubilee College, Philander Chase Jr., Cottage, Mary Chase, Mr. Flint, religion
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Chase, Philander, "Letter to Laura Chase" (1842). Philander Chase Letters. 1159.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/chase_letters/1159
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1842
Jubilee College Nov’r 7
My dear Laura
Indeed I shall always think of you and love you my sweetest Grand Daughter!
How pleased I was to read your last of the 28 [?].
All our friends are [well] Simeon - Dudley Alice and (I wish I could add also dear Sister Rachael! -- I have written to James W. to come right home & see his mother and get her blessing. -- If he can’t come immediately to write and say how he loves his Mother…
You remember the twin Sisters of Mrs Chase’s brother: and perhaps you recollect that my Son Henry married one of them. The other Janette was married yesterday by myself in Jubilee Chapel. The day was rainy: and quite unpleasant walking: yet the congregation was quite full. It was Communion day also and all things seemed so holy [that] but few could feel unmoved at the whole Services. The older I grow and the oftener I repeat the offices of our primitive Ch’h the better I am pleased with and edified by them. I would not return to the meagre & [?] ceremonies - (if the extemporaneous effusion of the Dissenters deserve the name of Ceremonies) - for any consideration. Exclusive of the superiority of the Church [imprint] of her [Classics] to a divine origin (which are acknowledged by all who examine them fairly)) the prayer book holds a proud pre-eminence above all other ways of worship. It obtains the admiration of her friends and the envy of all her enemies.
But all this you know better than I tell you. Mr Mrs [sic] Bennet will live at the Cottage this winter. They have apartments prepared for their accommodation. He (Mr B) is a good man & very useful in the [store].
My own health is better than before I was sick in Oc’r. I have made one Episcopal tour to Quincey and [Rushville] and other places since I wrote you. The Church (where there are any stated services) is in a flourishing state.
[?] increase at home: We have now nearly twenty hired persons on the Hill all of whom I have to direct. & pay too. What shall I do? - Depend on divine Mercy as I have done! - Dear Laura! - May God support your aged Grand Father for Christ’s sake.
Do make my most affectionate regards to your dear mother & sister & brother in law, Mr Flint. Mary & your Aunt and the Sarahs are well & beg to be remembered to you.
Philander is studying hard & likes his Mathematical Teacher very much.
And now Farewell dear Laura
May God bless & comfort you & give you a sound & prudent mind for Jesus sake so prays your loving G. Father