The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston, Volume 1: 1839-1845 Page: 347
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Gen. Sam Houston
Houston,
Harris Co.
Texas
Marion, Oct. 8th, 1845
My beloved husband,
Ere this, I trust you have rec'd two letters1 from me, and though
my stock of information is not much increased since I last wrote to
you, and a very few days have past since that time, yet I know you
will be glad to hear that your dear boy and devoted wife are still
living and well. We left the cane brake on last Saturday 4 days ago.
Only Mother, Sam and I came up. Our dear niece Betty preferred
remaining with the girls as Lucy Ann2 was going to school and they
were so unwilling to give her up. I have never seen a greater devotion
than thiers to each other. There must be some congeniality in
the blood! If we remain here many days we will send down for her
and one of Martin's girls.
Soon after our arrival here, I read your letter from Newton3 in
Miss. Oh, it was a sweet letter indeed! The very night before it came
bro. Henry signed a solemn temperance pledge drawn up by Mr.
Dustie. I read to him the portion of your letter on that subject and he
seemed much affected by it. At that very time a hunting expedition
was on foot and he was to be of the party, but he did not go, and
perhaps your advice entered him. May Heaven bless you for it!
And here, my love, I must tell you how sorely I have been grieved
since you left me. You know bro. H's unhappy situation when you
left. I knew it too and might have foreseen the consequence, but I
shut my eyes to it. On last Saturday the case was brought into the
church. Mr. Dustie, the pastor did all in his power to retain him,
pleaded his liberality to the church, his general excellence of character
and told them they were doing wrong. But the Locket influence4
was there even in that holy place and prevailed. They required him
to give them a pledge of future abstinence which they knew he would
not do and on his refusal they expelled him. But thanks to my Heavenly
Father, it has been satisfied to his good. It seemed a sudden
check upon him, and from that day he has been a "different man."
347: JANUARY 24, 1845-NOVEMBER 10, 1845
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Roberts, Madge Thornall. The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston, Volume 1: 1839-1845, book, 1996; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9715/m1/365/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.