
          New Haven. Oct. 4th 1816

Dear friend,

I rec’d yours post-marked Oct. 1st
this evening. I am near the P. office, and will
write a few lines.

You have heard of the catastrophe in
my family, which was caused by the barbarous
conduct of those who compelled me to
leave the State. The attending physician certified
to Gov. Tompkins, that he had no doubt such
would be the consequences of my leaving Mrs. E.[Eaton]
In four days she fell into a state of total
derangement, from which she never recovered.

I have made arrangements here in such
a way, that I shall have a family in housekeeping
in two or three weeks with two of
my sons. If you and Doct. Roe [probably Stephen C. Roe] will come
here and attend [Benjamin] Silliman’s lectures this winter,
I will have you boarded very comfortably
for two dollars twenty five cents per
week each. Two clever fellows can be conveniently
accommodated by me for that.
        