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Henry Eno letters to his family, March 1838-October 1840
1838-11-29 Page 1
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Fort Madison Nov 29 1838 Dear Father -- I have only time to write you a few lines by Mr. Alanson Mory of Washington Dutchess Co who leaves here this morning. I had expected him to have remained several days longer in which case I should have written more at length. My health continues very good & Elizabeth is also tolerably well, she has had the fever [once] again this fall. Our village has been very sickly and so has every place on the borders of the rivers but the interior of the Country has been healthy. I impart my exemption from sickness to my very regular habits & also perhaps to the use of Pulverized Charcoal during the time the sickness prevailed. It may be however that it is a mere fancy of mine. In relation to Rufus for whose welfare I take a deep interest I have of late thought that perhaps he would do better here than where he is. There are less temptations to vice here and there is much less intemperance then [sic] in Dutchess. My plan would be to purchase for him 160 acres of land, build a home a make an improvement with [an?] $150. With $150 more he can make a start [maintain?] himself and in a few years have a better farm then he can buy in Dutchess for $6000. Have the title in yourself and say to him if he is steady and if you receive a good report from him in one or two years the whole shall be his. I will lend him all the aid I can, will buy the land and have the improvement made and he may come on when he chooses. I can now purchase about twelve miles from here an excellent [place for?] Government [proving?]. $150 will build as good a log cabin as very many of the settlers live in, plough ten acres & [fence?] it. I should be glad to have you see Mr Mory if you can, and he will give you a much better descrip
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Fort Madison Nov 29 1838 Dear Father -- I have only time to write you a few lines by Mr. Alanson Mory of Washington Dutchess Co who leaves here this morning. I had expected him to have remained several days longer in which case I should have written more at length. My health continues very good & Elizabeth is also tolerably well, she has had the fever [once] again this fall. Our village has been very sickly and so has every place on the borders of the rivers but the interior of the Country has been healthy. I impart my exemption from sickness to my very regular habits & also perhaps to the use of Pulverized Charcoal during the time the sickness prevailed. It may be however that it is a mere fancy of mine. In relation to Rufus for whose welfare I take a deep interest I have of late thought that perhaps he would do better here than where he is. There are less temptations to vice here and there is much less intemperance then [sic] in Dutchess. My plan would be to purchase for him 160 acres of land, build a home a make an improvement with [an?] $150. With $150 more he can make a start [maintain?] himself and in a few years have a better farm then he can buy in Dutchess for $6000. Have the title in yourself and say to him if he is steady and if you receive a good report from him in one or two years the whole shall be his. I will lend him all the aid I can, will buy the land and have the improvement made and he may come on when he chooses. I can now purchase about twelve miles from here an excellent [place for?] Government [proving?]. $150 will build as good a log cabin as very many of the settlers live in, plough ten acres & [fence?] it. I should be glad to have you see Mr Mory if you can, and he will give you a much better descrip
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