[Charles Clement Johnston at Wythe Court House to Eliza Madison Preston Johnston at Abingdon, Virginia, October 26, 1828, Postmarked October 27, 1828. Box 25, Folder 5, Robert Morton Hughes Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library, Old Dominion University Libraries, Norfolk, VA 23529. This is my rough transcription. Instances of the "long s" in the original have been modernized and paragraph breaks added for easier reading.]
My Dearest Love
I write only to say that I am here quite well -- the fatigue of travelling in the stage did not prove in any degree injurious to me. I shall leave this place as soon as I can quit my business for I cannot support the anxiety I feel about you when absent. I am made much easier by hearing from you both yesterday & today.
I thank you my dearest for following my wishes so faithfully in attending to the remedies prescribed.
I hope Sue will be kind enough to write to me by every mail. If you get more unwell, I beg you to apprize me of it immediately and I will instantly break away from every thing else to be with you.
Present my kindest greetings to Susan & your Mama & believe me as ever your fond & anxious husband
Chs. C. Johnston
Your Uncle Frank went on to Botetourt last evening.
[Eliza Madison Preston Johnston (1803-November 27, 1828) married Charles Clement Johnston (1795-1832), at Greenfield, on December 29, 1822.
Sue/Susan = Susanna (Susan) Smith Preston (1805-1857)
Your Mama = (stepmother) Elizabeth Ann Carrington Preston (1768-1839)
Uncle Frank = Francis Smith Preston (1765-1836).]
[Many thanks to Sue Davis, William Myers, Mary Davy and Sally Young for their ongoing research collaboration.]
My Dearest Love
I write only to say that I am here quite well -- the fatigue of travelling in the stage did not prove in any degree injurious to me. I shall leave this place as soon as I can quit my business for I cannot support the anxiety I feel about you when absent. I am made much easier by hearing from you both yesterday & today.
I thank you my dearest for following my wishes so faithfully in attending to the remedies prescribed.
I hope Sue will be kind enough to write to me by every mail. If you get more unwell, I beg you to apprize me of it immediately and I will instantly break away from every thing else to be with you.
Present my kindest greetings to Susan & your Mama & believe me as ever your fond & anxious husband
Chs. C. Johnston
Your Uncle Frank went on to Botetourt last evening.
[Eliza Madison Preston Johnston (1803-November 27, 1828) married Charles Clement Johnston (1795-1832), at Greenfield, on December 29, 1822.
Sue/Susan = Susanna (Susan) Smith Preston (1805-1857)
Your Mama = (stepmother) Elizabeth Ann Carrington Preston (1768-1839)
Uncle Frank = Francis Smith Preston (1765-1836).]
[Many thanks to Sue Davis, William Myers, Mary Davy and Sally Young for their ongoing research collaboration.]
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