[Eliza Madison Preston Johnston at Abingdon to Louisa Smith Bowen Johnston (near Tazewell, Virginia), March 6, 1825. Box 25, Folder 6, 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 Sister
I am glad to have so good an opportunity of answering your kind letter which I received by Doct. Tate two days ago.
My husband and Sarah arrived here a week ago after a disagreeable journey. Sarah was very much fatigued and is scarcely recovered yet I wish most sincerely you were with us. Sarah is so lonesome that she scarcely knows what to do with herself and begs that you will if possible come over with Syd.
I am afraid that it will not be in my power to go over to see you. I have grown so clumsy and Preston is so much in the way that it seems almost impossible for me to leave home. I am sorry you should have burnt your beautiful eyes out and that for no purpose but if we could get hold of the sugar we would shew you that it was a [sic] to very good purpose. We have no news here that is worth the carriage from here to Tazewell but if you will come here we will try to muster up some to amuse you.
All the family join me in love to you and John and are very anxious for you to be with us.
My affectionate love to your kind parents and tell them that I still have hopes of seeing [them] again before I die although it does seem fated that I shall never get over Clinch [Mountain]. God bless you my dear Sister ad believe me with sincere affection your devoted
sister E. M. Johnston
[Eliza Madison Preston Johnston (1803-1828) married Charles Clement Johnston (1795-1832), probably at Greenfield, on December 29, 1822.
Preston = John Preston Johnston (1824-1847) was born on February 1, 1824. Eliza Mary Johnston (1825-1909) would be born on July 3, 1825.
Louisa Bowen Smith Johnston (1800-1873); John, her son = John Warfield Johnston (1818-1889). Her mother = Eleanor Stuart Tate Bowen (1778-1833). Dr. Tate = probably a sibling of Eleanor.
Peter = Peter Carr Johnston (1793-1877)
Sydney = Algernon Sidney Johnston (1801-1852), often called Sid or Syd.
Sarah = Sarah Radford Preston (1806-1848)]
[Many thanks to Sue Davis, William Myers, Mary Davy and Sally Young for their ongoing research collaboration.]
My Dear Sister
I am glad to have so good an opportunity of answering your kind letter which I received by Doct. Tate two days ago.
My husband and Sarah arrived here a week ago after a disagreeable journey. Sarah was very much fatigued and is scarcely recovered yet I wish most sincerely you were with us. Sarah is so lonesome that she scarcely knows what to do with herself and begs that you will if possible come over with Syd.
I am afraid that it will not be in my power to go over to see you. I have grown so clumsy and Preston is so much in the way that it seems almost impossible for me to leave home. I am sorry you should have burnt your beautiful eyes out and that for no purpose but if we could get hold of the sugar we would shew you that it was a [sic] to very good purpose. We have no news here that is worth the carriage from here to Tazewell but if you will come here we will try to muster up some to amuse you.
All the family join me in love to you and John and are very anxious for you to be with us.
My affectionate love to your kind parents and tell them that I still have hopes of seeing [them] again before I die although it does seem fated that I shall never get over Clinch [Mountain]. God bless you my dear Sister ad believe me with sincere affection your devoted
sister E. M. Johnston
[Eliza Madison Preston Johnston (1803-1828) married Charles Clement Johnston (1795-1832), probably at Greenfield, on December 29, 1822.
Preston = John Preston Johnston (1824-1847) was born on February 1, 1824. Eliza Mary Johnston (1825-1909) would be born on July 3, 1825.
Louisa Bowen Smith Johnston (1800-1873); John, her son = John Warfield Johnston (1818-1889). Her mother = Eleanor Stuart Tate Bowen (1778-1833). Dr. Tate = probably a sibling of Eleanor.
Peter = Peter Carr Johnston (1793-1877)
Sydney = Algernon Sidney Johnston (1801-1852), often called Sid or Syd.
Sarah = Sarah Radford Preston (1806-1848)]
[Many thanks to Sue Davis, William Myers, Mary Davy and Sally Young for their ongoing research collaboration.]
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