BOX OF
OLD
LETTERS
SAMUEL
LATTA
WESTMORELAND
COUNTY
MOUNT
PLEASANT
PENNSYLVANIA
[Folded
as a
packet
letter.
25
written
by the
address]
Adams
County
Ohio
January
3 the
1838
Dear
uncal I
take up
my pen
in hand
to pay
you a
few
lines I
hope
you
will
excuse
my
feelun
as I
hue
never
saw you
but as
you are
my
fathers
brother
you do
ant
appear
en my
stranger
to me.
Iam
just a
going
to giv
you
sunacount
of
Robert
Latta
death
Robert
left
ohio
aprils
last
for the
ilinos
he tuck
with
him a
enline
to
putup a
saw mil
Robert
cum to
see us
ashort
timebefore
he went
on his
Jurneyand
told us
he in
tend
paying
you a
visit
as soon
as he
returned
from
the
ilanois
he was
very
ancious
for
aunt
Robert
Son to
go with
him to
see you
as he
in
tende
going
soon in
the
fall
while
the
weathr
was
plesent
but our
dear
fend
never
returnd
home he
was
actined
thean
longe
then he
expected
he laid
out a
toun on
the
elanois
river
whare
he bilt
his
mill he
sold
thirty
odd
lits at
won
hundre
dollars
a peas
and had
just
got his
mill
started
was
redd to
cum
home
wen he
was
take in
with a
verry
vilent
atact
of the
bilous
fever
he lied
four
ten
days
after
he was
taken
but had
no
hopes
of
recvery
for una
the
first
day of
his
sickness
his
thots
of
eternity
was
fearful
he
lamented
his
past
life he
said he
alwys
feard
the
Lord
but he
had
never
sered
him he
had per
vided
wellfo
time
but had
thot
but
litl of
eternity
to
whitch
he was
lastring
the won
thing
needful
was
neglect
on
being
addressed
by
atendent
of his
to not
dis par
the
goodness
of god
the
thot it
un
reasonable
for to
expect
para on
his
death
be when
never
sot
before
he
warned
all
about
him to
not put
off
repntence
to a
deathbed
has he
had dun
he head
too
doctors
and
gooy
nurses
but all
to
nopurpose
But it
peased
the
Lord to
grant
him
parde
and he
dyed in
full
hope of
a happy
reserection
he cale
on
pious
peple
to pray
for him
the day
before
he died
the ast
his lan
Lady to
sing a
hymn
whitch
was the
ninth
hymn of
the
second
book of
wates
whitch
is
solas
and did
my
savious
blead
and did
my
sovren
die
he kept
sing
that
hymn
clear
thorve
and
repeated
the
last
vrce
him
selfhe
remaind
quite
secible
to the
last
and was
perfctily
re
cined
to the
will of
god in
his
will he
left Mr
Foste
the
forth
of his
and
left
him to
settl
the
rest of
his
living
Mr
fosters
hous
bean
roberts
hom
wile
hestaid
in that
cuntary
he was
the
first
of
October
commited
to the
silent
grave
I paid
his
sister
a visit
in
November
and
found
her
verry
poorly
she had
bean
verry
sick
all
summer
and had
got
better
till
she
hard of
the
death
of
brother
whitch
maid
hir
mutch
worce
but she
had not
for got
hir
brother
Joseph
death
yet and
it
appears
if she
can
nevr
for get
them
Aunt
Robertson
send
hir
Love to
youall
respecfly
yours
[to]
Samuel
Latta
[from]
Jane
Latta
NB
seeas
giv me
a line
in
haste