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Letter from Hugh Auchincloss to Daniel D. Avery, June 28, 1865
Auchincloss writes about the latest news in his and Avery’s families, and also mentions all the good things he has heard about the salt works on Avery Island. He invites Avery to send his ill daughter to New York to recuperate.
Avery Family Papers, Records of the Antebellum Southern Plantations, Series J, Part 5, Reel 11, Frames 668-670
Published here by W. Caleb McDaniel
June 28, 1865
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Hon. D. D. Avery
D[ear] Sir
I take the opportunity by Alexander to write you a few lines, to let you, and your family know how we all are. Our family remains the same as when communications were broken off. Molly & Dudley are our two, Sarah is well & as for myself, with the exception of an attack of congestion of the lungs, have been very well. Mr. Marsh is in Jersey and is enjoying good health. John & Stewart are on business in London. The only death in our family has been that of my sister Jane, some three years since. We heard of you through Mrs Winthrop, and were sorry to hear of Sarah’s indisposition. Now that peace is restored, had you not beter send her North, and recruit herself. My doors are still open to you & yours, and we will do all in our power to build her up. I am going to take Sarah up in a day or two to the vicinity of the White Mountains, and if you send Sarah on, we will take her there. I don’t think her ears will be much shocked with the sentiments uttered here. The North having done what they started to do, viz., Preserve the Union, seem to be settling down to go to work again. I do not allude to matters of the war, for I see no use in it. Words written do not always express the intention of the writer & when we meet, you & I can talk of the matter as a think that was. I must congratulate you on your famous Salt Island, & trust it will prove to you all that we hear of it here. Will you be kind enough to cut me out a sample or two in the square & send it on to me, for my cabinet, and also my Nephew. We hear Dudley is maried & Mary has grown quite a stout hearty woman. Let one of you write & let us know how you all are.
Yours truly,
Hugh Auchincloss
NY June 28 / 65