414 John Bacliman. 



<at that time are tolerably fresh in my recollection. 

 Your cousins, the Thomas's, were my associates ; I 

 was most intimate with the mother and the two 

 elder daughters — the second of them a gentle, timid 

 and lovely little creature, died while I was there, 

 and I assisted at her funeral. The Leach family, 

 residing some few miles above Milestown, were my 

 personal friends. Do you remember a family by the 

 name of Peaky ? The old mother had caught the 

 infection for plants from your grandmother, and 

 had an enormous Century Plant (Agave) which oc- 

 cupied nearly the whole room. The Rev. xMr. Ten- 

 nant and his wife, (Rev. T. was the last of a cele- 

 brated family of Presbyterian ministers) I was in 

 the habit of visiting on Sundays and attending the 

 services of the Church with them. We have a small 

 branch of the same family residing here. * * * 

 My inclination is sufficiently disposed to comply 

 with your kind invitation to visit old Milestown 

 once more; but alas! ni}^ travelling days are rapidly 

 drawing to a close. I hope to have strength enough 

 to visit a son who is residing in Georgia, after which 

 I shall be prepared, 1 trust, for my journey home 

 to that better world where, washed from imperfec- 

 tion, we shall dwell with the pure and perfect at 

 God's right hand. * "^^ * 



. The journey to his son's home was not accom- 

 plished. He was again stricken with paralysis 

 before it could be undertaken. 



In September he had sufficientl}^ recovered to 

 permit his grandson, John Haskell, to leave his side 

 for his first visit to the North. We find an almost 

 daily correspondence between his grandfather and 

 himself. Short letters in which the old Patriarch 



