Letter to Editor, 17 March 1843, Draft
Letter to Editor, 17 March 1843, Draft
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[, (Viator, pseud.)], Letter, , Hancock Co., IL, to the Editor of Daily Bee, , Suffolk Co., MA, 17 Mar. 1843, draft; handwriting of ; three pages; “Truthiana No. 1,” Truthiana, 1843, drafts, CHL.
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
See Historical Introduction to Letter to Editor, 22–ca. 27 Apr. 1843.
and even minute circumstances of every description which he supposes will have an influence on the happiness, misery or destiny of himself, or his fellow men, and especially, of those his followers, who refer to him for council.—
I have taken a survey of the location of the and many other things, such as its charters, number of inhabitants municipal organization & discipline, politics, , General & particular relations, as individuals & body politic, literary institutions, Marols [morals], commerce, currency, wealth & poverty, prospects, Revelations, faith, &c, &c, so far as the intense cold would suffer a man, with safety, to push his nose out of doors, which has been seldom; but will say no more till I have examined more critically; for there has been so much speculation concerning this people, I am determind to write nothing, but from my own observation.
Yours, Viator
, March 17, 1843.— [p. 3]
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