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removed to Louisville — Men with whom I had Long 

 been connected offered me a Partnership. I accepted 

 and a small ray of Light reappeared in My Business 

 but a Revolution occassioned by a Numberless quanti- 

 ties of Failures, put all to an end; the Loss of My 

 Darling Daughter affected Me Much; My Wife ap- 

 parently had Lost her spirits. I felt no wish to try the 

 Mercantile Business. I paid all I could and Left 

 Henderson, Poor & Miserable of thoughts. 



My Intention to go to France to see My Mother and 

 Sister was frustrated, and at Last I resorted to My 

 Poor Talents to Maintain, You and Your Dear 

 Mother, who fortunately [now] apparently became 

 easy at her Change of Condition, and gave me a 

 Spirit such as I really Needed, to Meet the surly 

 Looks and Cold receptions of those Who so shortly 

 before where pleased to Call me Their Friend. 



in Attempting the Likeness of James Berthoud, Es'^'^ 

 a Particularly good Man and I believed the Only 

 Sincere Friend of Myself and Wife We ever had — to 

 please his Son & Lady I discovered such Talents that 

 I was engaged to proceed and succeeded in a Few 

 Weeks beyond my Expectations. 



Your Mother who had remained at Henderson to 

 come by Watter, was at Last obliged to come in a 

 Carriage, and for the second time You had a sweet 

 sister born. How I have dwelt on her Lovely features, 

 when sucking the nutritious food from her Dear 



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