The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston, Volume 3: 1848-1852 Page: 61
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Lippincott Company, 1958), 245.
2For Rusk's beliefs on the convention see Mary Whatley Clarke, Thomas J. Rusk: Soldier,
Statesman, Jurist (Austin: The Pemberton Press, 1971), 174.
The following letter is misdated.
Huntsville
Jan 30th 1848 [1849]
My beloved husband,
By last mail, I recd six letters from you from the 25th of Dec, to
the 3rd of Jan. The high waters have been a great hindrance to our
mails, but when I get an arm full at once from you, it is such a pleasure
to arrange all the dates and begin at the earliest. Oh I am almost
repaid for the hours of suspense which I have endured. Yes I may say
quite repaid, for while I am feasting on the words of him I love so
fondly, I am happy, but it is a short lived happiness for when I calculate
the days and weeks that have passed since the last was written, I
fancy many thngs that may have happened, and rmy heart sinks within
me. For the last few days I have had great unhappiness on account of
the cholera. I tried to comfort myself with the assurance which you
gave me, that you would use the botanic medicine, but my love, you
know what trifles will upset our fortitude, and after reading the recipe
which you sent me, knowing your enthusiasm about opium, I saw at
once, that would be your reltorn] and since that, my anxiety at times
renders me perfectly miserable. I can hardly take any comfort in my
children, for the idea of your danger units me for everything. It would
surprise you to know the childlike reflections that sometimes impart
to my sad spirit something almost like joy. Today I have felt happy to
think that after tomorrow but one month will intervene between this
and your departure from Washington. Oh that I could exercise more
of that faith in my Heavenly Father, which is our only support in
times of trouble. And yet my trust in him is all that sustains me. But
for that my soul would sink in deep waters.
61: NOVEMBER 9, 1848-NOVEMBER 4, 1849
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