Letter from Edward Partridge, 27 May 1839
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Source Note
, Letter, , Adams Co., IL, to JS, , Hancock Co., IL, 27 May 1839. Featured version copied [between 27 May and 30 Oct. 1839] in JS Letterbook 2, p. 15; handwriting of ; JS Collection, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for JS Letterbook 2.
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Historical Introduction
On 27 May 1839, , who was living near , Illinois, sent a brief letter to JS, who had relocated to , Illinois, on 10 May. Partridge included with his message another letter that he was informed was for JS. Because of JS’s recent move, it was possible that mail was still being sent to him in Quincy. On 29 May 1839, replied to Partridge on JS’s behalf, clarifying that JS was not the intended recipient of the forwarded letter. Partridge’s original letter to JS is apparently not extant, but Mulholland copied it into JS Letterbook 2 between 27 May and 30 October 1839.
Footnotes
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JS and his family left Quincy on 9 May and arrived in Commerce on 10 May. (JS, Journal, 10 May 1839.)
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Mulholland may have copied the letter the day it was composed.
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Ill, May 27th 1839
Beloved brother
Sister Bronson has just handed me the enclosed letter which she wished me to forward to you, She and Br H. both say they expect that it is for you— but if it proves not to be your letter you can rectify the mistake. Br W. C. I expect is up that way somewhere, I send by Br Fisher. Br ’ daughter is thought to be rather on the mend, but she is yet very low.
Your’s in the hope of immortality
Prest J Smith Jr
Ill [p. 15]
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