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1844-03-02 Springfield IL

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    1844-03-02 Springfield IL
  • Author: Patricia Kasbohm Schley, David Davis Mansion ; Davis, David ; Davis, Sarah W
  • Subjects: African-Americans ; childrearing ; family ; I&MCanal ; money-banking-loans-wills ; Politics ; servants ; travel ; weather
  • Description: Springfield IL March 2 1844 (AL 2) DD+SWD -WPW Page 1 of 3 Not for publication, reproduction, sale, or release to other persons or institutions without the express written permission of the archive which holds the original document and of the David Davis Mansion Foundation. Springfield- Illinois March 2, 1844 My Dear Sir The Legislature closes to morrow, and I feel very anxious to go home – Sarah has been with me, for the last six weeks, and I hope has enjoyed herself some – Georgie1 grows very roguish & stubborn, as he grows older – Our boarding place has not been the best, though we have had good company – I do not think that the legislature has done much harm – we never inquire, whether it it has ever done any good - The rate of interest is reduced to 6 per cent – The penitentiary is so leased as to encourage the growth of hemp2 – Our Canal3 will go on – Operation will likely commence as early as the 1st of June – It is anticipated that a new life & impulse will be given to business – Govr Davis4, was here as the agent of the foreign bondholders5 – He is a very plain, pleasant old gentleman – but his appearance does not indicate greatness – He left this week past week – Sarah has been very uneasy because she has not heard from home – I am uncertain (having mislaid my copy of Catharine’s6 indenture7) whether the $20 per year was due last October or next – In other words, whether I was to pay at the Commencement or the end of the year – However, in order to make it perfectly sure, I herewith enclose a $20 bill – The Hamilton Bank – Boston, Jany 1, 1844 – No 249 – Letter = F - Springfield IL March 2 1844 (AL 2) DD+SWD -WPW Page 2 of 3 Not for publication, reproduction, sale, or release to other persons or institutions without the express written permission of the archive which holds the original document and of the David Davis Mansion Foundation. I regret that I did not send it sooner – We are extremely anxious to hear from Lenox – I write in great haste Affectionately yrs DDavis Dear Father We hope to leave for home tomorrow & I hope to get a letter from Lenox when I reach Bloomington – I have formed some pleasant acquaintances during my stay but would rather take a good look at you all in the Walker mansion8 than to see all the dignitaries of the United States. I should be sorry for that person who could outlive the home feeling. I wish some of the family could visit me next summer. I wrote to Fanny9 a few days since. We have a prospect of rain tomorrow – Lyman10 came down with a wagon last night – I feel impatient to get home. The weather is favorable to the transplanting of Shrubs and I shall take home a few. Do you look for Cornelia11 next Summer? I hope to see you all another year if we all live – Perhaps this State will advance when the Canal is finished – It is not pleasant to live in a State whose reputation is as poor as Illinois. We like to be thought well by our neighbours – tho their opinion affects nothing but our feelings – I hear we are to have another sister in June – Can George tell me?12 Love to Mother13 Richard14 and George – and John15 when he comes home – George16 sends love to “Danfather” and Danmother” – Your affectionate daughter – Sarah – Springfield IL March 2 1844 (AL 2) DD+SWD -WPW Page 3 of 3 Not for publication, reproduction, sale, or release to other persons or institutions without the express written permission of the archive which holds the original document and of the David Davis Mansion Foundation. Hon. William. P. Walker Post Master Lenox Berkshire Co- Massachusetts 1 George Perrin Davis, age 21 mo. 2 The hemp industry flourished in Kentucky, Missouri, and Illinois between 1840 and 1860 because of the strong demand for sailcloth and cordage (Ehrensing 1998). Ehrensing, D.T. 1998. Feasibility of industrial hemp production in the United States Pacific Northwest. Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State Univ. Expt. Sta. Bul. 681. Oregon State University, Corvallis. www.css.orst.edu/Hemp/body.html 3 Illinois and Michigan Canal 4 John Davis, governor of MA from 1834-35. 5 See letter dated, Lenox MA May 25 1844 WPW-DD (AL 2) 6 Catharine was an African-American girl/young woman who returned to Bloomington with Sarah Davis in the spring of 1841, after the stillbirth of their first child in May of 1840 and the subsequent visit of Lucy Adam Walker, Sarah Davis’ mother. Sarah had accompanied her mother home to Lenox MA to recover until the spring of 1841. See letters dated Bloomington, March 25 1841 DD-SWD (IHPA); On the Ohio River, Maysville KY SWD-DD (AL 5); and Bloomington, April 25, 1841 DD-WPW (LL 3). 7 A contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term. 8 Walker home, Lenox MA 9 Frances Mary Walker [Mrs. Daniel Rogers] Williams, younger sister of Sarah W. Davis 10 Lyman W. Betts, half-brother of David Davis 11 Cornelia Walker [Mrs. Joseph Hand] Scranton 12 Sarah Davis’ older brother, George Walker, would marry Harriet Hull of Sandisfield MA, daughter of former MA Lt. Gov. George Hull & Sarah Allen Hull, on 25 June 1845. 13 Lucy Adam [Mrs. William Perrin] Walker 14 Richard Henry Walker, youngest brother of Sarah Davis. 15 John Adam Walker, younger brother of Sarah Davis. 16 Twenty-one month old George Perrin Davis, son of David & Sarah Davis. Part of: David and Sarah Davis Family Correspondence -- Illinois Wesleyan University -- ALPL https://www2.illinois.gov/alplm/library/collections/Pages/Manuscript.aspx
  • Publisher: Tate Archives & Special Collections, The Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL 61702
  • Creation Date: 1840
  • Language: English
  • Source: Open Shared Collection
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