[Charles Clement Johnston at Abingdon to Gen'l John Preston via Cloverdale post office, Botetourt County Virginia, February 8, 1824. 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 Dear Sir
To do away any uneasiness you and the family may feel about my wife, I write to assure you of her rapid convalescence she is now so well that she sets up nearly the whole day in an easy chair without either difficulty or fatigue. Your Grandson (for I believe we claim the credit of giving you the first and only one) is, according to all the gossips, quite a large, fine boy, and he already exhibited the usual prognostics of future genius: he is however at present more remarkable for a greediness that can't be satisfied, than any thing else.
My wife begs that you will send up her grey mare and saddle by the first safe opportunity. Susan expects to accompany Mrs. McDowell on her return and the mare will probably be waiting for her. As I have no use for the large horse I hope you will keep him as long as yu have any use for him. Hyder Ally has recovered almost entirely from his founder, but his eyes are still clouded and the best ferriers here think he will never regain use of his eyes, and that he will probably be entirely blind in a few months: he is now well enough to travel. What shall be done with him?
Present me affectionately to the family and believe me yours sincerely
Ch.s C. Johnston
[Eliza Madison Preston Johnston (1803-1828) married Charles Clement Johnston (1795-1832), probably at Greenfield, on December 29, 1822.
Their son, John Preston Johnston (1824-1847), was born on February 1, 1824, at or near Abingdon.
John Preston (1764-1827) = Eliza's father.
Susan = Susanna Smith Preston (1805-1857)
Mrs. McDowell = probably Susanna Smith Preston McDowell (1800-1847), a daughter of Francis Smith Preston (1765-1835) and wife of James McDowell (1795-1851).
Horse named for Hyder Ally (circa 1720-1782), a ruler in Mysore, India, in the previous century.]
[Many thanks to Sue Davis, William Myers, Mary Davy and Sally Young for their ongoing research collaboration.]
My Dear Sir
To do away any uneasiness you and the family may feel about my wife, I write to assure you of her rapid convalescence she is now so well that she sets up nearly the whole day in an easy chair without either difficulty or fatigue. Your Grandson (for I believe we claim the credit of giving you the first and only one) is, according to all the gossips, quite a large, fine boy, and he already exhibited the usual prognostics of future genius: he is however at present more remarkable for a greediness that can't be satisfied, than any thing else.
My wife begs that you will send up her grey mare and saddle by the first safe opportunity. Susan expects to accompany Mrs. McDowell on her return and the mare will probably be waiting for her. As I have no use for the large horse I hope you will keep him as long as yu have any use for him. Hyder Ally has recovered almost entirely from his founder, but his eyes are still clouded and the best ferriers here think he will never regain use of his eyes, and that he will probably be entirely blind in a few months: he is now well enough to travel. What shall be done with him?
Present me affectionately to the family and believe me yours sincerely
Ch.s C. Johnston
[Eliza Madison Preston Johnston (1803-1828) married Charles Clement Johnston (1795-1832), probably at Greenfield, on December 29, 1822.
Their son, John Preston Johnston (1824-1847), was born on February 1, 1824, at or near Abingdon.
John Preston (1764-1827) = Eliza's father.
Susan = Susanna Smith Preston (1805-1857)
Mrs. McDowell = probably Susanna Smith Preston McDowell (1800-1847), a daughter of Francis Smith Preston (1765-1835) and wife of James McDowell (1795-1851).
Horse named for Hyder Ally (circa 1720-1782), a ruler in Mysore, India, in the previous century.]
[Many thanks to Sue Davis, William Myers, Mary Davy and Sally Young for their ongoing research collaboration.]
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