Letter from Addison Lyman on taxes and abolishing slavery
Title
Letter from Addison Lyman on taxes and abolishing slavery
Description
Letter from Addison Lyman to his brother, Reverend Horace Lyman. He discusses paying taxes, family health, and rejoicing for the abolishing of slavery.
Creator
Lyman, Addison
Is Part Of
Lyman Family Papers
Language
English
Identifier
PUA_MS31_36_d
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Source
Pacific University Archives
Format
Letter
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Text
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Sheffield Ill. Feb. 27 ‘65
My dear brother Horace.
I have not heard from you for a long time and know not why it is so. I wrote you late in Autumn [scratched out] should have received a while to that before this but I [?] [?]. I have send the money to give for paying the taxes on your land and my agent informs me that the taxes are between twenty one and twenty two dollars. In one of our late letters you speak of it being hard to [?] the money to pay the taxes and inquire [?] I could not sell a portion of the land to assist in paying the taxes? I have stated in one of my letters that I thought it would be better to manage if possible in some way to pay the taxes for a while. Hoping that the [?] will improve on the railroad progression westward. I am not informed at what [?] your land could be sold at the present time, but I should think it would pay to [?] the land worth [standing?] the taxes till the railroad is through for there [?] [?]. The price will be [?] improved.
I should [?] very well to hear from you, receive the money for taxes and [?] how you are getting along in your [?]. In my Last I required whether you had become disconnected with the University as you directed me to send your letter to [?] [?] rather than to trade tin.
We are in uncomfortable [health?] as a family [?] colds, some of the children are complaining a little with colds and are [coughy?] but as a family we have been very comfortable in health, this winter. I have little to [?] favorable in [?]. We have had some favorable indications but no [?] interest. We had a series of [?] meetings the first week in Jan. and continued in ten days, preaching ever evening. There were three winters [?] and we [?] [?] in preaching. The meetings were full x [solems?] but also very [?] [?]. Except a partial receiving of Christians, and [?] in the minds of the [?]. One draw bach on the good wealth of the meeting, was a want of [?] on the past of some of the leading members of the Methodist Church. For this they ought to be ashamed of themselves.
When will Christians [?] denominations love each other as they ought to do, and be ready to write in efforts to save [?]. May the Lord [spud?] the good day. We are judged over the over the fall fall of Charleston, Columbia, and Washington and the elevating of the flag over Fort Sumter. Which has been removed now almost over four years. Please in addition to the passage of the amendment to the constitution for ever abolishing slavery from the whole territory of the [?] states. [?] the greatest occasion for rejoicing over any event that has [?] these four years unless the reelections of old [?]. This is [?] one of the [?] of his reelection. One [?] to you all, I must close with the hopes of hearing from you soon. I will [?] to write at once as [?] as the [?] comes from son.
Your dear Brother A. Lyman.
My dear brother Horace.
I have not heard from you for a long time and know not why it is so. I wrote you late in Autumn [scratched out] should have received a while to that before this but I [?] [?]. I have send the money to give for paying the taxes on your land and my agent informs me that the taxes are between twenty one and twenty two dollars. In one of our late letters you speak of it being hard to [?] the money to pay the taxes and inquire [?] I could not sell a portion of the land to assist in paying the taxes? I have stated in one of my letters that I thought it would be better to manage if possible in some way to pay the taxes for a while. Hoping that the [?] will improve on the railroad progression westward. I am not informed at what [?] your land could be sold at the present time, but I should think it would pay to [?] the land worth [standing?] the taxes till the railroad is through for there [?] [?]. The price will be [?] improved.
I should [?] very well to hear from you, receive the money for taxes and [?] how you are getting along in your [?]. In my Last I required whether you had become disconnected with the University as you directed me to send your letter to [?] [?] rather than to trade tin.
We are in uncomfortable [health?] as a family [?] colds, some of the children are complaining a little with colds and are [coughy?] but as a family we have been very comfortable in health, this winter. I have little to [?] favorable in [?]. We have had some favorable indications but no [?] interest. We had a series of [?] meetings the first week in Jan. and continued in ten days, preaching ever evening. There were three winters [?] and we [?] [?] in preaching. The meetings were full x [solems?] but also very [?] [?]. Except a partial receiving of Christians, and [?] in the minds of the [?]. One draw bach on the good wealth of the meeting, was a want of [?] on the past of some of the leading members of the Methodist Church. For this they ought to be ashamed of themselves.
When will Christians [?] denominations love each other as they ought to do, and be ready to write in efforts to save [?]. May the Lord [spud?] the good day. We are judged over the over the fall fall of Charleston, Columbia, and Washington and the elevating of the flag over Fort Sumter. Which has been removed now almost over four years. Please in addition to the passage of the amendment to the constitution for ever abolishing slavery from the whole territory of the [?] states. [?] the greatest occasion for rejoicing over any event that has [?] these four years unless the reelections of old [?]. This is [?] one of the [?] of his reelection. One [?] to you all, I must close with the hopes of hearing from you soon. I will [?] to write at once as [?] as the [?] comes from son.
Your dear Brother A. Lyman.