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Henry Eno letters to his father, January 1835-July 1837
1836-02-14 Page 1
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Penn Yan Feb 14 1836 Dear Father I have deferred writing from time to time until I find that I have been guilty of so much carelessness that I can hardly excuse myself. I have for a long time had it in contemplation to leave this place for some other of the west and have been weighing and balancing the reasons in my mind both for my going & for my staying here and not having satisfied myself exactly is one reason why I have not said or written any thing to you before about it. I have had opportunities of seeing and hearing much concerning the western states of late. Many have left this section of the country & many more are going thru who have gone have bettered themselves and of course those who intend going on in hopes of so doing - I made in the month of December a little tour to the west. I had some business at Chatague Co and I thought I would take the notes with me against Sabin and if travelling was good go thru I found good sleighing and went on to Ashtabula & saw W Sabin introduced myself to him. I found him very infirm unable to do any work and in fact he appeared almost unable to leave the house - he seemed to be prematurely old and much depressed in his spirits - He lost his wife & his son William something more than a year ago - his son Wm estate was insolvent he has now but one daughter Mary a young woman of rather interesting appearance - he has a comfortable house and a small farm which he has had to pay for twice the title having failed. I made a good many inquiries respecting him in the neighborhood & found he had the character of an honest man - I presented him the notes and requested him to us something about securing or paying them - he complained of the hardship & the improbability of his taking them up but he acknowledged his giving & said he supposed they were not his - but seeing his situation, broken down with infirmities and the loss of his wif & son & having an only daughter (illegible) when him and knowing that even to raise a small sum would distress him
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Penn Yan Feb 14 1836 Dear Father I have deferred writing from time to time until I find that I have been guilty of so much carelessness that I can hardly excuse myself. I have for a long time had it in contemplation to leave this place for some other of the west and have been weighing and balancing the reasons in my mind both for my going & for my staying here and not having satisfied myself exactly is one reason why I have not said or written any thing to you before about it. I have had opportunities of seeing and hearing much concerning the western states of late. Many have left this section of the country & many more are going thru who have gone have bettered themselves and of course those who intend going on in hopes of so doing - I made in the month of December a little tour to the west. I had some business at Chatague Co and I thought I would take the notes with me against Sabin and if travelling was good go thru I found good sleighing and went on to Ashtabula & saw W Sabin introduced myself to him. I found him very infirm unable to do any work and in fact he appeared almost unable to leave the house - he seemed to be prematurely old and much depressed in his spirits - He lost his wife & his son William something more than a year ago - his son Wm estate was insolvent he has now but one daughter Mary a young woman of rather interesting appearance - he has a comfortable house and a small farm which he has had to pay for twice the title having failed. I made a good many inquiries respecting him in the neighborhood & found he had the character of an honest man - I presented him the notes and requested him to us something about securing or paying them - he complained of the hardship & the improbability of his taking them up but he acknowledged his giving & said he supposed they were not his - but seeing his situation, broken down with infirmities and the loss of his wif & son & having an only daughter (illegible) when him and knowing that even to raise a small sum would distress him
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