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[1820-1821] 



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Thursday — Ohio River Oct — 12th 1820. 



I left Cincinnati [today at] this afternoon at half 

 past 4 o'clock, on Board of Mr. Jacob Aumack's flat 

 Boat — bound to New Orleans — the feeling of a Hus- 

 band and a Father, were My Lot when I kissed My 

 Beloved Wife & Children with an expectation of being 

 absent for Seven Months — 



I took with me Joseph Mason a Young Man of 

 about 18 years of age of good familly and naturally an 

 aimiable Youth, he is intended to be a Companion, & 

 a Friend; and if God will grant us a safe return to our 

 famillies our Wishes will be [most Likely] congenial to 

 our present feelings Leaving Home with a Determined 

 Mind to fulfill our Object = 



Without any Money My Talents are to be My Sup- 

 port and My enthusiasm my Guide in My Dificulties, 

 the whole of which I am ready to exert to [meet] keep, 

 and to surmount. 



