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LEVI CHAMBERLAIN·

Journal of End of Visit to the United States
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. and start of ret~rn to H~waii
Sept. 1 - Nov. 23, 1846

Brought in Dec. 4, 1939
By W. J. Forbes with
Original Ms. Notebook

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Copy o.t Journal at Levi Chamberlain in. 1846, from an orig·in.at written with a hard pencil in a small book.

Tuesday sept 1st '1846.
This is tbe: anniversary of: our marriage. Eighteen years ago
to.day I was on the .island

o~

Maui, at Lahaina, and there also

was Maria Patton in whose father's house I am now: sitting. Little
did either of us then think that after· the lapse of so many years
the husband who had no acquaintance with the father or the paternal abode would. be with that father and under that roof in company with two of their sons, while the daughter who had borne
these sons, was still resident in those i slands with fi ve
.

( sicY-)

other~

.

children with which the Lord had crown her nuptial engagement, that
day

consummated~

I voyaged a single man to tho se islands wte re

I arrived in the year 1823.

Maria Patton performed the sa.rr;e. voy-

age a single lady and arrived 1828.
I am now on a voyage for m:y health having entered upon it.
singly.

How singular are the dispensations of Godts providence!

1i..bout nine o'clock I walked with father Patton to the house
o~

the son's widow> where we

provided at an early hour.

sto~ped

till after dinner which was

Evarts was one of tbe company; but

Warren having had an attack of cholera-morbus during the night
was detained at home.

At sister Leah's we met a brother-in-law

of her t s a fur. JJIaradiph (Richard) who took dinner, also Jane Renshaw an

elderly female who had known my wife in former years.

After an early dinner we returned to Father 'Patton t s " and the
horse being harnessed into the carriage, the three of us took our

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seats and rode to sister Ann Buchanan's who resides·about two
miles distant.

Mr. Buchanan was at the door ready to receive us:

Sister was within doors with the children.
Tuesday Sept 8th 1846.
A.t 8 at ck this morning t09k passage on the· ::>te,am boat Rip Van
Winkk from N. York for N Raven.

This vessel had been employed

on nurnose to carry passengers attending the meeting of the Boani •
•

..

oJ..

.

,

Warren &. Evarts attended me. hlessrs ArillBtrong, Merwin & Canon
toge ther with Mrs·. Walker took seats in the carriages employed
to take us to the wharf where the Steamboat lay.

The pas.sage t'?

the boat was crowded with carts &. vehicles so that it was with
difficulty we got through. But once on

bo~d

we found ourselves

in a spacious vessel with ample accoIDIDDdationsand a throng
'passengers, clergymen, ladies

&.

o~

others all going to N Haven to.

attend the meeting of the Board. It ·was not long at'cer entering
betor'e we were under way.

I had but just stepped on board before

I was taken by the hand by Dr. Lafon, who had many questions to
ask about the islands. I was also addressed by a young m.ai. who I
soon recognized as Halsey Gulick. lie was considerably increased
in size and mallily appearance

bu~

he was not so much altered as

not to be almost at once recollected. He was very glad to see me
~

and seemed to desire to be near me, and he asked many questions
about the islands and his parents &c
Hedges mother of hlrs.Hunt.

.1 was introd.uced to Mrs.

She was very

a~fectionate

in heL

manner and seemed delighted to see me, and introduced me to several friends of missionaries at the islands~Yhittelsey

&. Mrs. Cooke step mother of

~~s.

the mother of Mrs.
Coan - I saw also Mrs.

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Scudder, MIs. Griswald - a brother and sister of
Knapp - the
~

~oungest

o~

late brother

of the family. Mr. Knapp is just settled as

minister in the town of tlainfield, Ct, if I remember right.
A prayer meeting was held on b9ard the boat,Bonducted by
Rev. Dr. Woods - Dr Scudder made the first prayer, which was followed by a short address by

"a..h

Dr. W. and an address from the vener-

able Mr. Lowell and a prayer by him. Rev.

~yi

Spalding also

made an address and the exercises were closed with a prayer
in Old Hundred.

~

hymn

Shortly after th~ exercises closed our boat

arrived at the wharf, and the passengers sought their respective
lodgings according to designation among the hospitable inhabitant s of K Eaven. My sons and myself had been a"ssigned to 11i ss
Lyons, and" the carriage was "driven to the door, but here we were
met by an invitation to the house of Mr. J".F.Babcock a brother-inlaw of Dr. Ball} of the China mission.
N Haven Palladium.

Mr. B. is editor of tbe

On arriving at the house of Iir. B. it was

ascertained that my sons could not "have accommodations with me,
as another guest had been invited and more than these they could
Other accommoaations were therefore sought for tba
boys and obtained by the kind agency of

1~.

Merwin. Previous to

this however we were invited in-and dinner provided. While at
" dinner a disposition to cough apprised me of the presence of
blood in the air passages of the lungs and my expectoration was
bloody_

I had a room provided me to which I soon retired and I

contin.ued to raise blood in rrry expectoration during the remaind.er
of the day.

My sons made Iv:lr. Merwin. aC<i.uainted with my condition

and he soon was by my
sician.

side~

and kindly offered. to call for a phy-

Towards evening he called again in company with llir.Rill.

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In the evening I had. a call from Dr. Ives, who prescribed, or
rather left me a portion of ipicac to be taken with water- eight
tea spoons full to the quantity he left - one teaspoon full every
hour or two.
Tuesday Sept 9th

1~46

•.

I arose this morning somewhat
fre~uently

nausea &

refresh~,

though I awaked

during the night and took medicine which produc.ed

fre~u~nt

expectoration of a

bl~ody

appearance.

Had calls today from Mr Ruggles IvIr. Bingham, Mr. Burnham also
Wm. Richards. whom I readily recognized.

Some other persons also

called. I used my lungs considerably during the day, and my expectoration has continued to be bloody.
Wednesday, Sept 10,1846.
lliIr. Babcock was kind enough to afford me the use of his

carriage and Mr. Merwin called to take me out.

We rode to the.

centre Church where the Board hold their Sessions. I was directed
to the stage erected in front of the pulpit on which the officers have their desks. Here I took my seat and SaW the Secretaries,' Mr Hill and some of the Iliembers of the hu. Com.

m. H.

Hubbard and Wm. W. Stone whom I formerly knew, Mr. Rill invited
me to a seat near him where I could obtain a good view of the
congregation and he pointed out several persons of distinction
to me.

Chancellor Wallworth was one - S.Y.S.Wilder I had seen

on board the steamer on my passage fr.om N York.

Dr. Scudder of

the Ceylon mission took me by the hand. Dr. Ward of the same
mission was on the stage, but I was not introduced to him.
At the time for business the meeting was opened by prayer,
/

Chief justice Williams, the Vice President of the Board presiding

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instead of

~r.

Frelingnuisen not present.

Dr. Anderson read portions of the Ann. Report.

After reading
.

,

the. part relating to the Mission to Greece; containing an unpublished letter from

Mr.

~g

recently recd. giving an account of

the jeo:pardy in which the life of the be:;'oved missionary has been
placed and the danger to which he is still, exposed from the designs of the Ecclesiastics of the Greek yhurch, it was proposed
by Dr. Anderson that the business of the meeting should be interrupted in order to sigg Luthers

Psa~

(46th) and to offer prayer,

to God that ,protection from above may be afforded to that persecuted brother, who in his present cir.cumstances bears a strong
resemblance'to the Apostle Paul when more than forty of his
countrymen had banded together to take his

l~fe.

The Ps. in Watt f sversion of it was sung wi th thrilling interest to Old Eundred - Dr Bates leading in the singing} after, which

a most interesting and pathetic prayer was offered by

- -,-'

The reading of the Report was afterwards re-,
sUIIled and when the .::>ecretary had closed his statements in regard
to the Nestorian Mission he

p~6posed

~

singing

prayer to express

thanks to God for his favor to that mission in the effusion of
the Holy Spirit recently vouchsafed.

Reports of committees were

read which occupied the time till ai'ter one
meeting was adjourned.
the remainder 0.1' the day -

0

f

cL:;ck, when the

Religious services were to occupy
The Lordts Su:p..per was administered;

as one house could not contain all the communicants> two houses
were appropriated for the purpose

one the Centre Church the

other
It had been my intention to be present at the service, and

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in order that I might be near,

lf~.

liill invited me to accompany

him to his lodgings at litr. Whitefs to take dinner - There I met
Messrs Ande'rson

&;

Green. 1lr. W is a lawyer - a :pious man and

member of the Board- lila wife is the (aa~gftte~-e~) niece of
the late

h

Jer~

not eightGoodrich

&;

Evarts.

They have a family of seven
sons - if
,

Mr W. was clasmate in college with D. Baldwin,

MX -Nhitney.

Mr.

I had a bowl of milk furnished for my

dinner while the rest dined on beef pork & ham with all necesssary accompanyments. ' Not feeling well, as my cough

&;',

bloody

exnectorations
continued, I,thought it more prudent to return
'

,

to my lodgings than to go to the meeting, and 2,:r Merwin aft.er
conducting 1irs. Mills to the Centre Church, received me into
the carriage and drove me to the house of

£~.

Babcock.

I went

almost imfuediately to my chamber and laid medovm'upon my bed.1-Ir

l,~erwi_n

called towards evening, kindly inquired. after my health

and engaged to arrange in

~e6ard

to my departure on the morrow.

,-

Friday Sep. 11th 1846
I arose this morning much better than I feared would be
the state of my health from my feelings when I retired and during some part of the night.

lliy expectoration however continued

to be bloody.
had several calls after breakfast - hlr Bingham was tbs

fir st just as 'the family were going to nave :pc ayergone b efo re :;lm.Richards

&

Halsey Gulick came in- and after them.

I had a vi si t from lir Rugglesthe morning.

lie had not

These calls

0

ccuiied most of'.

It was arranged that I sh~ go in the cars frr

springf~~'to leave at 11 otck.
1~.&
l>.~.

Mrs Hill and their son George took passage with us-

Hill heard of the death of his father yesterday and he re-

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turns before the close of the meeting.
In the cars I E.et wi tb. the Rev. :rEI'. Jones whorl I Lwd

;J8eIl

at the islands Chaplain of the U.5.bhip Brandywine.
Saw the Rev. Shubael Bartlett and he seemed very glad to
see me as I could tell him something about his daughter the wife
of the rtev S.

n.

Brown of the MDrrison School Eongkong.

Arrived at Springfield s·ome1lhere about. 3 oTck P.M •

.add~ess­

ed a card to Reuben Chapman Esq~ and rec~ a call from him at
the Massasoit House where I was stoPDing until the arrival of
the train for Northampton •. Rad considerable conversation with
him-

lie does not favor the return of missionaries and did not

seem. pleased with the. idea that his sister Ers •.AJ:m.st:rong should
return to this country.

If they will send I:;ievins he will en-

deavor to do well by him.
Saturday jep. 12 1846.
-AIrived at the house of
residence.

m.

J •• R.Wright, YfarrenTa place of

We weI' e m.et as we entered the house

and his mother a woman advanced in years.
ent absent on a visit to her fatherts.

by ~ir.

{{right

liis wife is at yres-

As the r-amily had taken

breakfast> some special provi sion was made for us: it vias a
f~ugal

\ sic t.c
accute.

repast to which we sat down

&.

my appetite was not very

Feeling ill, I thought "it best to retire and I was

shown to a chamber and I betook

myse~

to bed.

Sabbath 13th called the aid of a physiCian, Dr. Thompson
of Northampton

(0ee small ml~ute book)-

r
Thl.Ir:" sday Oct.·

15 1846.

Rode to East Eam.pton.
In the evening had a call

Saw the Seminary Buildings &c &c.
from~.

& Mrs. Williston.

~s

they

are about to leave for New York they took this occasion to call;

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and Mr. W. renewed his, assurance of ,willingness to exercis:, e a
care over my son Evarts, for which I feel grateful.

I handed ~

a.communication which I had drawn up containing my views and
wishes in regard to the youth, a copy of which I retain.

Mr. Wright with his wife and mother rode to Northampton to
attend a cattle show.
Friday October 16th

Received a l:etter today from Mr.

Hill in which he states that it has been arranged that I stop
at Dea. Proctorts in Boston.

He informs me that three ladies

will take pass?--ge for the ~and. -Isl9:§ in the hlontreal;one of' th.em
Mrs Wm Rooper, another a Miss Morse sister of Mrs. Dr. Yiood.
, I wrote to fuI. Rill stating my purpose to leave this place

for Northampton on MOnday, if the weather & state of my health
would permit, and on. Tuesday morning thkethe cars' at that
place for Springfield and Boston.
Wrote to Rev. A. B. Smith, who addressed me sometiEe ago
from West Brookfield, stating my plan of going to Boston.
Saturday octr 17th 1846.
Evarts drove me out this afternoon in a Chaise borrowed of

Mr. Lyman one of the neighbors.

The weather has become quita

cold and I became quite chilly before I had finished Dur rideThe forests have become quite sear and the leaves are falling
off.

A

great change has taken place in the face of ' nature since

was once
, (sic)
familiar-oaks> birch, poplar, cherry, pine,- wallnut cnestnut,

I

arrived. here.

,alder-

I notice many trees with which I

I have seen robins, blue-birds, bluejays, crows, the

peculiar jargon of the latter,
the sharp jay-note

se~ed

str~ck

natural.

my ear as an old sound; and

It has been pleasant to ride

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by farm houses and notice the rustic ap]aarance of things- to
see the fields gathered of their fruits - the orchards stripped
evidences.o~

or partially so and notice the

ingathering in the

stocked barns and barn floors.- corn being husked- grain threshed &.c.
On my return I found Mr. Russel M. Wri,ght at the house • With
him. I had some conversation in regards to Evarts.
ably have some care of
time.

h~

lie will prob..;.

this winter and perhaps for a longer

There is no particular

~derstanding

as yet between him

and Mr; Williston on ·the matter of guardianship.
Sabbath October 18th 1846.
Some rain today and the appe.arance of the weather is_ unpromising.

Warren and' old Mrs.Wright staid at hom.e; the rest

of the family attended meeting.
, Raised some blood to-day the first time 'for about 10 days,
the reason I attributed to the state of my bowels.

I am. 'troubl-

ed with constipation and IDDst of the movements I have are the
effect of medicine.

I took a Qose of salts but it produced no

effect: ate sparingly during the rest of the day and kept my bed.
MDnday 19th 1846

In the night took salts, which

took effect in the morning and operated freely- rather too much so.
It has cleared off and the prospect is

fav~able

in regard

to weather: so that no tw~ thstandlng the hemorrhage of yesterday,
I think of carrying out my plan of leaving foc' Northampton 'this '
afternoon.
Took my leave of the family and at a quarter befar e
3 otclock set out with my two sons for Northampton.
atmosphere cold

&.

I found the

the wind northerly was pierCing, tho. to per-

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sons accustomed to this climate the temperature would not. have
been particularly

unco~ortable.

We reached the Nonotuck house

in about 3 'quarters of an hour.
Evarts: and I took my leave

0

Rere I put up attended by

f Warren - previous to his: depart-

ure he came up into my chamber where I was to lodge for the,night
and I prayed with hbn.
again in this world.

So we parted

~obably

never to meet

I desire to be thankful that I have been

permitted to see him., and to pass so much time at the place where
he resides ,and to' have intercourse with him from d'ay to d<?y ·f<rfive weeks, besides the opportunity of his presence dUring

o~

visit to the residence of his grandfather & relatives in Lancaster County Penn~ •
liaving sent word to Dr. Thompson that I should be glad·to
see him at my lodgings 'and settle his account against me

f~

medical attendance, he called in the evening at my room> made
inquiries about my present state and gave me a box of pills:
promised also to write to me at the

~ssionary

liouse.

~

At the

conclusion of the interview I'paid his bill from which he made
an abatement of $1.25 leaving $10.- for his services & medicines.
Tuesday October 20th 1846.
gr~w

As soon as it began to

light I made a start.

~varts

who slept in a room adjoining mine connected by a door opening
from mine was soon up: and both of us were prepared without
much, delay to go down.

I ate a

hast~

breakfast at this

ear~

hour at a table where several other persons were sitting who
like myself were about to take passage in the cars-

Evarts hav-

ing procured tickets the night before far our passage to

S~ing­

ri eld, we had nothing to Cio but to pro ceed to the cars near by,
and take our seats.

The air was colde:r than I had f'elt it to be
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any time since I have been in the country.

A white frost cov-

ered the ground and low shrubbery- the breath of men and animals
was (':5i c)
floated in air like steam.- and the morn was to me", wiiat some
call snapping cold; though being Earmly clad it was

n~

unpleasant.

liai{ing a snug seat near the fire of the stove, with which tre
car was

furnished~

my ride to Springfield.a distance of 17 miles

was a~~~santas it was expeditious.
No~thrulipton a~

The cars started from

20 min. past 6 ock and arrived at Springfield at

about 15 min. past 7 otck.

Rere we were detained for the cars

to Boston till half past 8 ofck.
.
(sic)
-VYe arri vee. at the Depo at half past one a t clock; took a
hack and proceeded to our destinations;

Evarts to the 1.;J.ssionary

House and I to the residence o·f 1dr. Pr?ctor- corner at

& Allston streets.

On the stopping of the carriage)

mr.

came out to meet me and invited me in, when I received the welcome of Iirs. Proctor, daughter and sister.

IvIrs. P. I but faint-

ly recognized, the sister I recollected more ciistinctly ~1r.

Y.Jhen

Proctor came home to dinner I was most cordially received

by him.

It is a most delightful family; they have .one son about

17 years of age a daughter grown up - one married and two Quite
smal1- say 7 and 10 years of age.

The son of

1~.

Eill vnose

name is Richard Baxter being an apprentice with Proctor and
But~er

resides also in the family.

Ev'ery possible attention is paid to me) the room.s are kept
at the temperature of?4° and I have a chamber assigned to me
which is warmed anddkept at a

co~ortable

degree of heat) to .

which I can retire at any timE I please.
E.varts came in towards evening:; he had called.. on lirs fiP-cha.ls

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and she has invited him to stop at her housej which being in Bowdoin street and only a few houses reIDDved from Mr. Proctor's is
very convenient for him.

I told

h~

to accept the invitation.

Wednesday Oct~ 21st 1846

.-

Mr. Ni cho Is called t·hi s niorng. to se e m.e. ; but as I was nat.

quite ready to receive company anQ he could· not wait I did not
see him.

Call from Mlss M.D. Brown.

lier deafness prevented my hav-

/

ing·much conversation with her.

She came in yesterday; but as I

Was in my chamber she passed out without seeing me.
Thursday 22nd.
Visited Ers. Nichols and spent mest of the day at her house.
~nile

there had .a call

Holbrook.

from~

old partner in

Saw also Eliza Powers.

did not see him.

lie has a

bu~iness

Mr.

Mr. Nichols dineu out and I

maiden sister who resid.es in the
.

.

family. - I saw four of their children- Two of them. William and
Richard are apprenti.ces to merchants.
daughter and a son.
University.

One son is away at College - at Cambridge

I had much pleasant conversation with my cousin in

reference to eyents of early yearsher sister

The two youngest are a

S~elman

her father ·and Aunt Betsy-

also Uncles f?llily and Aunt Powerts family.

Harriet is married to a brother of Mr. Nichols and lives at
Roxbury.

After dinner a carriage was provided for my return to

Mr. Pr'octor's-

My cousin showed me .much attention and said it

had been her intention I should have stopped at. her house: but
my

reasons for stopping at Dea. Proctor's were satisfactory.
Friday Oct. 23rd. 1846
r

Miss Brown called in company with her brother Dr. Browri,
.

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who had

in~1iliries

to make concerning his son to whom myself and

wife had an opportunity of showing attentions at the islands. He
very kindly offered to take me out in his chaise, of whose kind
offer I availed myself.

Mr. and Mrs Hunnewell made. a call at .

the same time; he shows himself the same kind friend he has a1ways been.

They were desirous I should mals;:e them a viai t at

i

their residence in Charlestown.
AS Dr. Brown was waiting to take me out to ride they did.

not prolong their vi si t. Our ride was a very pleasant one': it· extended to the
tirely

~rown

ne~

and through a part of the city which has en-

up since I

l~ft

the country_

The U. S. Eotel at ·the

South part of the city is a spacious and elegant building; it ..
stands on made ground as indeed do the houses of several spacious streets; the alterations
the city are

~uite

&.

iJIlprovements of this part of

surprising.

-'Had a call from ]jlrs Nichols .(Harriet Powers) I recognized
. her at once as being of the Powers family, but at first sight
took her to be Mary.
I have had several calls from

I.Irs Anderson.

lV~s

Eill and a call also from

She resemfu'les her bu:'Other and there is much kind.:-

ness in her manner.
Saturday Oct~ 24th 1846.
Lawrence called with a close carriage and offered
me
me a ride which I very cheerfully accepted. lie took as far to
Mr

~s

l\

the South part of the city as So. Boston bridge or rather Dorchester lieights. The improvements in this direction are rrany
and great. Streets are laid out and houses built and instead of
being a waste as it was some thirty years ago it is thickly

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(.sic]

settled.

The assylums in that region are an. ornament as well as

a blessing.

In returning we came in over rEont street- passed

by the U. S. Hotel which stands on a continuation of what was
Beach Street- went as far as South Street crDssed Sumner st.
passed through Eederal street, then down the continuation of

M±lk Straround by new blocks of elegant

stor~s one of Which is

A.. & A. Lawrence- passed into State street up by the old Stat'e

Rouse then into Court Street & onward to the house of Dea. Proctor, where my ride ended.

The attentions of Mr Lawrence were

very condescending & very acceptable.
package of articles for my

co~ort

lie has also made up'a

and same

f~

wife has furnished the sum of twenty dollars to
forts for my vayage.

my children:
pur~hase

h~

com-

All this is unexpected: it was spontaneous

and indeed surprising: for although I had a

knowled~

of hI.

Lawrence I was never very intimate. I knew him well as a merchant, and as a benevolent mali;, but his kindness to me in .tIe
pre sent instance I ackno'wledge as disinterested; and I would give
God praise for pU±ting this kindness into his heart.Sabbath Oct:

25th 1846.

Raving concluded to attend meeting to-day, MI. Rill called
for me and conducted me to the place of worship near by where Mr.
Kirk preaches.

I

was shown to 1.!:r'. Jafford t spew> which is at a

desirable distance from the pulpit and where I could :re.'ar with
convenience.· Mr. Kirk preached a very good sermon from the
words I will be thou clean. Thesubj ect was the freedom of the
will.
A call in the afternoon· from Miss Nichols and also from Mr

William Ropes.-· Saw also this day Mr. Butler Son in law and

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partner of fur. Proctor: He called again in the evening and

talk~

ed considerably about WrBrinsmade.
MOnqay October 26th 1846
I arose earlier than usual this morning and took brea1crast
for the first ti:ID.e with the family and attended fam:ily :p!::ayers.,
it being my intention to make an early call at the house of MX
Nichols with a view of meeting
for business.

h~

before the hour of his leaving

I went there soon after 8

o~clock

just as they had

got through bea1crast and I had the pleasure of an interview

Mr Nichols

I recollected his countenance

~o.

wi~

it 1s changed;

and he has become much more full in flesh than he was when I left.
I had an hour perhaps with him and gave him some account of my
pe·cuniary ·circUBptances.
7lhile here I had a call from my old friend Dea. John Gulliver
also fromMr hunnewell, who called to give me a ride; but as I
ani to go to Roxbury in ·the .afternoon with Kr Anderson I declined

the favor this morning

pr~ing

myself the pleasure ·to ride

with him at some future time, if my health will admit of it.
I rec~ a call also from. furs liolbro.ok wife of my uartner
also from two of my cousins daughters of Uncle Richard by his
second wife-

and Rebecca- the former married to fur.Living

l~ria

a hardware merchant

an~

the other a Mr Tucker

recollect his employment.

These all

cal~ed

I do not now

at the house of Mrs

Nichols where I remained till about half past one and took my
dinner of

ch~cken

ID¥self alone.
P:roctor t s.

broth prepared on purpose fa: me and eaten by

After ,which I bundled up and walked over to Dea.

Between two and three at clo ck :Mr. Ahderson called ,;,

with a hack, and I took a seat with him and rode to Roxbury to

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~~~

residence in Cedar Street.

The Rev. D. Greene is a near

neighbor and fu Kittredge also brother of r..Irs. Clark.
I shall remain

.~ith

Anderson probably during this week, in

order that I may answer as I

~ha.ll

have strength such questions

as he may propose respecting the Sandwich Islands Mission.
house is in a very pleasant

situation~

·T1::e.:

I shall have a chambar

to myself well warmed and from the North window of which I have

a fine distant view (not ve+y distant however) or Boston & a

"

«.

near view of a part of Roxbury, which has grown to a thickly'
settled place and has become a city having recently been incorporated.
Tuesday Oc~f 27th 1840.
Took

brea~ast

in my chamber .this morning. Spent about one

hour in answering questions proposed by Mr anderson.

Had a call·

from l;rs. Greene, whom I formerly knew as lliiss Mary Evarts-

I

recognized her at onee tho. n.ot so blooming as when I saw her
last, yet sne looks young and fair, remarkably so for a lady who
has ten children the eldest of which is not fifteen.

A call from Dea. Josiah Vinton an old friend of

~na.

Wednesday Oct: 28 1846.
(sic)
and answered
Dr Anderson as usual went into the cit.y to the mission-

~eek-eFee~~aet-~~~5-Ea~fBg-n~~E-~ftB-~~~;

(sic)
question.

ary house.

He will not return until late as-he is to meet tbe.

Rev. E.li 3mi th who is soon· to leave for the Mediterranean, and
Mrs. Anderson will go in at evening to oe of a party which assembles at fur. Tappants I think for a parting interview.
Had a call at tea time from tIr. James Clap an old acquaintance of the Hon.ard Benevolent Society.
Kittredge.

A call from. 1.i's_

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Thursday Oct:

29th 1846.

Took breakfast with the family and answered questions. Snow
on the ground thi s mcr:-ning .

.a call from Er. Chamberlain and daughter Ellen- now a widowher husband Mr. Wheelwright brother to the husband. of Angelina
being dead.

.angelina lives in New York.

My aunt was cui te

desirous to have me make her a visit at Dorchester where she resides.

Had a call also from r.irs J"am.es Clap and from.. liil's Grazier

the m.other

0

f Mrs. Kittredge;

-Friday

Oct;_· 30 1846.

Raised some bloody sUbstance from my lungs during the night;
but went down to breakfast & remained to prayers with too fam:i,.ly;
:But after coming into my chamber I had some ind.ications of bleediug and I kept my room during the remainder of the uay and most of the time my bed. Did not this day attend to answering questions proposed by Dr Anderson:

He is preparing his instructions

to deliver to the Missionaries at New York to sail for India~ Dr~
Scudder & §on, 1tr Spalding & others.
Saturday OGt~
Had a call from

t/~.

31st 1846
liva Kittredge brother of

~s.

Clark

who wished to have some conversation on the subject of a piano:
I found he had some doubts in regard to the utility of such an
instrument tho.
lledient-

~eady

to furnish one if it should seem ex-

If he should. send one it would be a gift; he will

first writte to Mrs. Clark and candidly make known his views but
should he gain light in the mean time on the subject in

fav~

of

the instrument & be satisfied in the ·case of its utility he will
send

one~

Had a call from }Jrs. Greene who visited me in my chamber.

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Rave

ke~t

my room all day though my expectoration has been less

tinged than yesterday.
Sabbath No~

1st 1846

Little or no appearance of blood to day in my expectoration.
Went down to breakfast & sat with the

fami~

at table and: re-

mained at prayers, which was very agreeable to my feelings.
I sat in the parlor

wh~le

the family was absent at meeting.

In the afternoon I attended ,meeting a carriage having been provided for the purpose of taking me to the house, and returning me
,

,

after service.
Dr • .anderson

The chUJ::'ch which I attended i's the one to which

I~.

Greene

1I:r. Rill belongs or rather 1-Ir. Hill

&,

did belong to it until recently-

and Henry llilr. Hill is still a

member The Rev.

~. Thom~son

good man he seems to be.

is the pastor and a very serious,
There was an admissl on to the church

of a young lady a Miss Bowles and the Sacrament of the Lord t s
Supper was 'celebrated.
\

It was very

pleas~nt

to unite in thfu

solemn service with so many of my old friends.
wife,

ll.::rs~

Dr. Anderson

&,

Greene; Dea. Kittredge and wife, 1lrs. Grosier, 1:ir.

Cla:p:;-& wife

j

lIr. Gulliver

j

wife and daughter - others might have

been there whom I should have knQwn had they been introduced.Mrs. Hill and her son were also present.

~ter

meeting Mrs.

Hill called a't the house of Dr. Anderson; she stops probably at
:M:r. Greene t s.

Monday

No~

2nd 1846

Found myself comfortable this morning and arose in season
to take breakfast with the family and to be present at prayers.
As Dr. Anderson leaves to day for New York it is arranged

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that I

ret~n

this day to the city.

A carriage was provided

and at llo'ck or a few minutes later it was at the door and Dr.

& Mrs. Anderson and·myself were seated to ride to the city.
We had not proceeded far before Dr. A. missed important paper
which he by mistake had left at the house and ~he carriage

was

stopped when he stepped out to return for tte. docum.erit left behind purposing to come in in another vehicle and ]irs llnderson

&

myself proceeded to the ci.ty,
first . stopping at the Missionary
.
House to leave Dr. A's baggage and then proceeding to the house
of Dea. Proctor.

As soon as we stopped the·door of the house

was thrown open to us and we were welcomed by the sister of Dea.

'P. and also by the wife & daughter.
I received the kindest welcome from them all and also from
Dea. P. who came home at the dinner hour.
Mrs. Anlierson aid not remain long; but she has shown herself
I

kinder than I have language to express.
.not the final farewell.

I expect to see her ·again.

noon I received a call from Miss Adaline
joyed to meet me.

She bid me good bye; but

Gooda~e,

In the aft.er-

who seemed over-

Evarts came in anQ I introduced him to her.

She left a few letters & articles for the islands, and bid me
a very affectionate adieu.
I have been comfortable today though much taxed in the use
of my lungs.
fatigued.

I retired at rather an early hour, being much

Evarts took tea and spent the evening at the house. I·

was gratified with his behavior.
Tuesday No~

3rd 1846

This is Isabella's birthday and the anniversary of the sailihg of the Parthian:: from Boston. in which my wife em.barked for:

·-20-

the islands,

This day I would notice with gratitude: The Lord

be with the wife and daughter this day and grant them his blessing •
. A call from Mr·. Cha};lman of the MissionY House who wished

to make some inquiries about supplies.

I had not answered all

his enquiries before I rec~ a call from Dr '. Brow.n, who proposed
to take me out. to ride and show me· some portions of the city
where I had not been before.

lie took me to his own Institution

Street - introduced me to his son Buckm.inster

in

whom he has taken into partnership, showed me some of·his rooms
and ·apparatus for correcting deformities

~

getting into hiS

chaise. again from thaS~1.~ce he drove .as far as the Massachuset~
Hospital - afterward to a point where I had a near view of the
1iedical College Buildings- afterward to his own house in Belknap
Street and was introdueed to his wife and two daughters, who
seeRed much pleased to meet me.

They talkeu much of the son

Arnold Wells Brown, whom.. I had seen at the islands and who had
given a· very favorable account of his visit at our house &, of
the attentions he had received

fro~

us.

I

was driven froll the

house of Dr. Brown to the r.ssidence of his sister 1iary Dexter
Brown in the same street where I was left. for about half an hour
for an interview with her, and afterwards I was taken back to
Dea Proctors.
;a
..6..

wife of
Ot£

call in the afternoon from 1liss Smith - Sister to the.
1:;r

Griffin in

Oregon~

'"

who eX};lresseQ Euch gratitude for.

having forwarded from the islands packages. &c for her Brother-

in law.

In the evening a call from Dea. Willis editor of the

Youthts Companion.

The Rev.

~ustin

Dickenson also called in the
(sic)
evening, not perhaps to see me tho. he seem pleased to have an

-2l-

inter-view.

lie is now a reporter of liiissionary news for- tte sec-

ular papers ,of the city.
,.A gentle:w.an by the name of Oopeland, a graduate of the

Bangor Theol. Sem¥, whose attention is directed to iliissions
called to see me and had conversation respecting the Sandwich
;~issions

Islands. Eis mind had been turned towards
Wednesday lIoiJ~

4, 1646-

It has been raining to-day and I as
cal~ed

in the East.

ke~t

at home.

~

barber

'by invitation of Dea. Proctor and cut my hair he did it

gratuitously as I offered to: :Jay hi:n but he would receive nothing.
Thursday No~
~t

5th 1846

10 atck. I was taken in a carriage to the ~ss¥ House.

After stopping a short ti:ule I walked to

~lashington

to get my likeness taken in Daguerreotype.
of stairs to the artists
were very

roo~,

satisfacto~Jin

st. in order

I walked UD two Dair
(sj. c)

~

where I saw ilany specirues which

respect to execution or

~pression

and gave ille a good opinion of the skill of the artist.

TLere

was one person to be served before me and it becase necessary I
shouli wait half 'an hour.

Just while I was receiving this in-

formation 1lr. Lawrence unexpectedly called. and proposed I should
ride with hDli his carriage being at the door.
hour to wait I very readily consented and it

~3
'\72.S

I had half

a~

arranged I

should be absent one hour instead at half that tDne. I walked
.
~sic)
down the steep stairway support- by the friendly arm. of my distinguished friend and took a seat with him. in his close carriageWe took our course down State Street and went even to the end
R..

of Long Wbarf (my old.

acquain~ance;

but

0

how altered)-

Near the

end a very fine block of granite buildings are going u:p &c &c &c,.

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From. the end of Long ''/l'narf we took our course back to Commercial Street rode in that direction till we came to a new block
~~ ~irst

rate stores built of granite- terminating the

~rincipal

stores in that direction say Lewis Wharf and then turning we
passed through Ann and Fire ?treets up by Dock Square into

w~at"

was formerly Old Cornhill but now Washington Street. Thence we
rode along Wash~ St. u~ say School" Street to the house of Mr.
Lawrence on Park street where we stopped and I was introduced to
Mrs. L.

I cannot tell all I saw there "nor how much I was grati-

fied with the call. Prompt to his word I was taken back to the
"place whence I was taken- stopped there half an hour gat
likeness and at the expiration of the

t~e

f~

my

found Mr L. with his

carriage again at the door - and with the greatest kindness I
was taken by the Miss. Rouse where we stopped for a IDDment to the
house of Mr. Proctorts .

.All theBe "attentions from fur L. were

offered in the most condescending kindness and are remarkable and
certainly undeserved".
In the afternoon had a call from my three cousins furs.Wheelright, Living

&.

Tucker ie Ellen,

lI~ria" &.

"Rebecca and a small

daughter of Mrs. Tucker of 5 years, and a son of Mrs. Living of
about 10.
A

call also from Mrs.

~rsh

formerly tiiss Lucy Gilpatrick.

In the eveJ;ling company 1ir. &. 1ir s Rill, Eenry 11!:. Hill and "Mr. "
Bingham. My son Evarts was also present.
sides in the family.
1Ir liunnewel1

Rich~

Baxter Hill re-"

I forgot to mention that I had" a call from

4

Friday Nov~

6th 1846

Visited the Miss. HOuse where I staid till naar one orck.

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& then I was taken in a carriage to the house of Mrs. Nichols

)

where I spent the rest of the day till half past 4 otck.- Here
I mE?t Miss Mary Powers and :M:rs Y'lheelright ie Elilen- and the

little daughter of Mrs Tucker-

Mrs Tucker played a few tunes

upon the piano and the little daughter of Mrs Tucker onJi[" 5. ·years
of age· sang two of the tunes in a very pleasing manner:. it was
tluite a surprising p.erformance for a girl so young. Mrs.Nicholts
daughter only 10 years of age played tluite prettily on tba

p~o.

I was entertained with the inspection. of some very.choice books

of picturesshown me-

A splendid edition of Audibonts Ornithology was

the Fac Simile of Washington's accounts with theU.B.

Govt. during the Revolution also was exhibited.
pro·vided for

mY

A carriage was

return.

Saturday No~

7,. 1846

Wrote a letter to the Rev. Amos Bingham, now resident in
Philadelphia, in answer to one recently rec~ from him.

At 10

o'clock a carriage Cffilie to the door to convey me to the fuissy.
I sa'N
House. At the Gissy. House I met Dr. Chapin- liere also Messrs.
Hubbard & Stone old

ac~uaintances

These were inMr Andersonts room.

"

and members of the Pru. Com.
In Mr Treatfs room I met Mrs

Hooper & her little son.
The excitement & increased action in the system occasioned
by the employments of the mo:rng. produced slight hemorria gee But
notwithstanding this, I accepted an invitation of
to ride with him to Charlestown.
St. at a tailors
garments.

establis~ent

~

Hunnewell

On our way we stopped in Court

where I got measured for soma

We rode down state street along commercial street and

turned up by the new Market and Fanuel liall taking a view of the

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new building-

and passed through what used to' be the avenua

from Oliverts Dock to Ann street by the Roebuck tavern now a
wid~

Street.

We crossed Warren bridge- rode by what used to be

Dr. Fayts meeting hOUBe proceeded to the part of the town where
my

grandfather's Estate

P~

formerly was-saw the house now oC,cu-

the very spot where the paternal mansion stood-

Thence we

proceeded to Mr. Hunnewellts habitation near which ¥tr. Peirce
resides.

stopped say 15 minutes, saw Mrs(
,

(other ?Jand 'an adopted

daughter~

~~ewe11,

SlC)

their son

,

the forcer 14 the

'

7 years old- Rode

to the MDnument Bunker Hill proper was pointed out: it is not
, (sic)
distant from the saite of the IDOnumBnt which stands on the battle
ground- being Breeds Hill-

50 feet base 15 feet summit & 220

feet high enclosed by an iron fence about 400 feet s<l.I' •
Returned by the way of the Navy Yard- (saw state prison in the
distance- this when coming in)-

Returned over Warren Bridge

,keeping the Street to the right which is nearly where was the'
old 6ause way, pro,ceeding up to a point not far from that where
(sic)
formerly Dunlapts'Brewery stood, where in my b~ish days I used
to go for yeast.

~Ve

turned up from this point and rode to the

house of Dea. Proctor,
Raised some blood this afternoon.

rur.

Bingham called.

~aw

also Dea. Palmer, who was a teacher in the Mrican'Sab. School
at the time I was.

Dr. Anderson at 3 otck caQe & read

Sabbath No~

1et~ers.

8th 1846

1Tot so well today as usual. continue to raise a littlB blood.
Dr. Brown called- kept my bed till afternoon- but after I got up,
I came down stairs and remained until evening.
Rave felt very

uncomfortabl~

in my mind.

A.te

sparing~.

Conversed some with

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Dea. Proctor, his conver'sation very spiritual and com.f'orting-

In the morng. he prayed with me and his prayer was very comf'orting:

Evarts attended meeting this arternoon with Mr Nichols

ramily at Brattle Street Church,

~itarian

~

-

sorry to have

him attend such preaching - MI. Lothrop the preacher.

~IT.

Law-

rence attends this meeting.
MDnday Nov:

9 1 1846-

Dr. 'Brown & his son and Dr. Warren were here at 9 otck by'
appointment to attend to my case'. .Dr. Warren examined me .by
percussion and the ear -

so also did the young Dr. B..

spake encouragingly of

case and think I may return to the

'a~ands

in safety and live several years yet.

make prescription
quire.ti~e

~-

~

They

Dr. BroWQ will

provide me such medicine as my case shall re-

Continued to expectorate blood -

such as oozes from

to time from the veins.
Tuesday No~

leth 1846-

D:L. Brown the son calle d. thi s . mo rning and. spent more than
half an hour in examining my chest:
v'

(He 7)

He was very thorough and
('sJc)
lungs
hi s report as ravorable as could be ex~ected. The found mv;i~
a better state than he had supposed them to be, the breathing
very fair-

no cavity discernable; he thinks I have good ground
to hone 1 shall get back to the islands comfortably.

A call from

~

& furs Jarves (Deming).

As 1 was coughing and

on the point of raising blood, they stopped but a few minutes.
tsic)
Dr. Brown 5cen~ called with medicine, which he rurnished
gratuitously.
Wednesday Nov;
~iversary

11th 1846.

of my depsrture from Boston in 1822 .

..after laying down last night ..1 felt the movement of.: "blood

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in my lungs' and raised several moughfs full-

medicine provided by Dr. B. was raised up

I took

high~r

SOmB

of the

in bed by having

something placed at the feet: was pretty cOmUortable the rest of

In the morng. took salts- have been very low spirited

the night

and more unhappy than usual) owing to my bodily state.
Mr. & Mrs. Proctor who have been to Wrentham to attend the
funeral of her brother Col. Felt returned this morning.

She

began at once her kind offices, & by brin?ing food and inviting

& Urging meta eat my spirits were. restored.
A call from Ti-'I'.· Hill & M:r.. Charle s Stoddard also from 1:Ir s •

Marshall-mother of .Tam.es F. B.the islands.
hliss B. called and gave IDa words of encouragment.

Dr. B.

also.
Thursday . Nov:

12, 1846.

Feel better to day than yesterday.

Dea. Proctor after hear-

ing the physiciahs opinion of my case and the remarks of 1Ir.
Stoddard

o~

mr looking so much better than when he saw me at New

Haven seemed disD0ged to banter me about my health by asking me
sic)
whether flI am not mar scart than hurt .• n Would it were so !
.>.

A call from

\

1~

Living husband of cousin Maria, who stopped

about half an hour; .he is a hardware merchant.
of Rebecca is a Shoe

~erchant

or Dealer.

l!ir TUcker husband

I obtained from him

his own address also that of 1rr. Tucker & Mr Yiheelwright: viz
Robert G. Living
Dock

S~uare)

Boston

.Tames Tucker Jr
Cha th~ st. Bo stan
Gardner

~Vheelwright

Wall street, New York-

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;., call from.. Dr • Brown} who gave me encouragement and advised to a generous diet, eat as much as my stomach can bear

~

easi+y digest.
Mrs Wheelwright- cousin Ellen, called this' afternoon and
brought with her

SOmB

books which once belonged to her father-

The' works of Josephus I Vol. wanting:
Vol. I of Dr. Dwightts Ser.
Northern and Southern

She presented to me also

She also made a present of the

Harp for:my daughter who plays on tl:e piano •

.A call from Mrs Porter) 'of Munson an aC<luaintance of Mrs.

ArmBtrong at the islands.
author:

o~

the hymn,

it I·.

The mother of the Rev. Sa:ml R. Brown

love to steal awhile awayH &c

Dr. Ander-

son also made me a call and inquired whether he could do anything
for me.

AJPS+ty for the Ceylon Miss. at the house of John Tappan.
Friday

Nov:

13th 1846

The weather continues unfavorable for the vessel.

I· have

kept my chamber all day, but have.had several calls- Mrs. Hooper
Mrs Wheelwright & Mr. Eill were admitted to my room. Mess~s Bingham and Eunnewell called but were not admitted.
I wrote some and felt pain in the side.
Mrs. Wheelwright presented me six bottles of Cherry Pectoral
which cost four dollars.
every provision for

~-

Saturday No~

My friends are very kind & are making

comfort.
14, 1846

An alarm twice of fire last night.

This morning read with

much satisfaction the following verses of the 71 Ps. r:How also
when I am old and grey headed forsake me not &c.- Thou which hast
shown me great and sore troubles shalt <luicken me again, and
shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

Thou shalt

-28-

increase my grea tne ss and comfort me on every side. tt
Calls from'Mess~s
~ll

Pierce & Brewer Mr. Hunnewell Geo. E.

& from Mrs. Obrien,

~ss

MOrse & another lady friend

o~

missions.
Raised blood in the evening:- The constant excitement under
which I come is doubtless the cause.
~arewell

Miss Brown has 'made me a

call.Sabbath

rNov.

15th 1846.

My mind this morning is in a more quiet frame than usual.

For some days past my feelings have at times been excrutiating.
I would. praise God. for any peace or comfort.

In reading the

119Ps. all the sentiments of which are excellent, the. follow.irg
came with great acceptance to my mind:

nIt is good for me that

I have been affli·ct.ed; that I might learn thy statutes. tt I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my
to thy word unto thy 5ervant.1l

may

e~rience

ma~adies

Thi s) Lo rd., I b eli ev.e

of the mind and body. 0, grant, I

both: Heal, dear J"esuB- body and soul, for thine

own name t s sake, and to that name be all the
Evening-

according

Said the leper to J"esus, flLord,

if thou wilt t bou cans t make me clean. n
Thou canst heal the

co~ort,.

trLet.,

:rr aise.

Have had a very comfortable day.

ing of the Missionarie s bound to India

A parting meet-

Dr. Scudder Levi Spald-

j.n.g and others is held this evening at Park St.

Evarts and some

of Dea. Proctors ·family attend.
MDnday No~
Occupied

m~/-self

l6th-1846
much of this day in wri ting-

c,-d;ce a letter'

'(Nr..

to father Patton to' accompany my likeness in Daguerreotype,
which I send to him, wrote to

rur.

Luther Wright PrinCipal of

-29-

Williston Semf

commenced one also to 1tr. Russel hl. Wright a

teacher. Wrote also a note to l1iss Brown.

All this effort and

consequent excitement made me very tired and at evening I raism
some blood.

A call from lIre Nichols

Tuesday No~

&;

tIr. Spelman.

17th 1840.

This has been a pleasant day, Rode out with lir·. Lawrence
&;

Go~ Briggs.

I was taken around the COmmDn as far as the old

burying ground, the old wall of. which has been removed and the
surface

beautifie~

with trees and walks: it now presents a very

handsoB.e e.:.!:gearance .. '111:e :c ide

';12.?

cont illu.ed dcw:-n Boyls tone ..street

t\IT":;:J.ed t:"le COI.'ner into .what 'Was old
by the Old

~outh C~.

st~eet-

State
Ann at

the~

through

IS~ewbury

down Cornhill to
lierc~ants R~L

Street t..:B.rlboro St
old state EDuse- down

t~e

as far as what used to be

through Union St. round to Eanover street and thence

round to the corner of Alliston & Bowdoin 3t where we stopped and
I was handed out of ·the carriage by GoVS' Briggs &:. X:r. LawTence
and by the

fo~~er

assisted into the house -

Such honor have all

the Saints not that it is illY due, but I regard it as bestowed upon
me for Ghrist t s sake and to lim be the :2!'aise 8.':. glory.
Cousin Ellen who had called to see Ke rode with us.
A..

'parting call also frau Dr. Brow,n who handed me a letter froID.

his son.

A parting call also fromMarf D. B.

Dea. Gulliver

Called and afterwards sent me a book. Rev. Levi Spalding and
his wife took dinner.
~s.

kIs. S. when she came was attended by

Doremus of New York city and

Day

~s.

Jersey the latter is acquainted with L..:r

cc

o~

Newark, New

lIJ:rs Hhi ttlesey &:. fur.

&:. kIs. liunt and wished to be particularly remembered on my re-

turn to the islands. She mentioned her christian name but I have

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for-gotten-

She had no card

OT

she would have left it.

~1;rS.

Gray, widow of Cap. Gray who di scovered the entrance to Colum.oia<River, called with her daughter.

She is a very pious and

estimable lady as is also her daughter.
A daughter of Dea. Proctor, Harriet, who ia a scholar in
Bradford Academy has return.ed and affc::rr?·ded me the. pleasur e of:"
seeing her.
2:irs. Froctor "lent. on hoard the ship Eontreal tc see Illy accO~EIDdaticLS

..d...

and reports favorably of· the2 .

call tbi s evening from.. !:..i'. Hichol"s accompanied by his.

son Fre·lerick, vIlla has cOlJ1l:'..enced hi.8 second ye.ar at Cambridge
. College.
ride with

.:..-IS.

::..:r.

Nichols was at t"he house on my return from the
Lawrence.

She stopped an hour or mer: e and then

gave me a parting salutation-

I parted froa cousin Ellen at

the sa.:;".:.e tir::.e.
Jhy goods are now all nacked and tho se

at

the Liss. Rouse

have gone On board the hontreal.
"dednesday, l{ov~

18 1 1846.

The weather is favorable. to day.

Cousin ::'i.ebecca and her

husband k . Tucker called for a f:::.rewell ?arting also
ols & ~iss Powers (£liza)-

l~iss

1::ich-

Lx. Bingham & Wr. Hunnewell, ~'i3S

Brown but being occupied. with r:;:r. iulderson she did not s'peak to me.
The M:i ssionary brethren t·:)r India

(~:adras)

3palding and others embarked this morning.

Dr. Scudder

Their ship the Flavio

lay at Union wharf at the north end.
At 2 otck a carriage called to take ~e to the ~ntreal, w~
lays at the end of India. wharf.

Iirs. Proctor &:. daughter liarriet

took seats with me in the carriage.

rur~

Proctor, JOM and Eary

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walked.~uite

a throng collected upon the wharf and on board to

witness our sailing •
. A I passed from the carriage to the vessel I met Mr Holbrook
and I was saluted by an old friend Thos. Tarbell.
saw Mr. Living husband of cousin Ellen.

On board I

Others on board and'

'who gave the parting hand were 1Cessrs Hunnewell, Pemrce

&.

Brewer-

also Mrs Brewer, Mrs Marshall and daughter and another lady to
whom she introdueed me.
daughters, Mr.
son-

& Mrs.

Of our

~iends

were Dr. Anderson wife &

full and entfre family. to part with their

b:r & Mrs. Greene &. two daughters, 1.ir. Treat, Rev. 1ir.

Thompson who offered a prayer after the singing of the: hyrilD..- uThere
is a land of pure delightltBetween three

&.

four

0

f

clock the vessel was hauled fr'omthe

wharf &. proceeded dONn the harbor.

I TIent on deck several times:

a large concourse remained on the wnarf until the vessel was gox
under way.

Eandkerchiefs were'waved back in token of parting. I·

saw Evarts among the spectators who were standing on the whart:
what his feelings were I do not pretend to know.

He stood as

though he J:::..ad thoughts in hi s mind ·as there was something 'pen.

sive in his appearance.

(~)

(

Ee had been attending upon

.

in some

form for two months and had the principal superintendance of my
baggage and its shipment to attend to.

The glance I had of him

on the wharf is probably the Ja..st sight I shall ever have of: him
in this world.

He had been much occup:ie.d on my account during

the day, and was on board at tbe. service and he came and bid me
good bye as I sat in my state room and was among the last that
parted with me.
his cheek.

I gave him my hand and i2printed a kiss upon

The Lord be gracious to the

~d

and accept the .dedi-

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cation which has been made or

~

to His service.

I remained on deck a short time to take a look at tlB city
as V!e moved dolVIl the harbor:" I was on deck again. near sun set"
and the strong rays of the setting sun shone

obli~uely

over

t~

tops of the houses and illuminated the steeples) .aom.e at "the.
State house and turr"ets of the lofty buildingS.
South Boaton were also

stri~

Dbjects.

East Bo stan and

We touched on the flats

and the ship was held a little time till the rising of the tide
enabled us to proceed which was in" a very little time and we
passed down through the main channel by the light houses - dis~
(sic)
charged our pilot and streached. off into till o:pen. sea, with a
favoring and brisk breeze.
I have now bid adieu the secona time to my native land: its
sh~es

and its soil I cannot expect again to see, nor the faces

of those rriends I have left behind. My prayer ascends to heaven
in their behalf> and I set my face towards my home in the Sand- "
wich Islands.
. .,,,:~.

I retixed to my berth at an early hour my bed being ready
(sic)
to receive my and it was well furnished with pillows and coverings -

a comfer table.

S:pr:.'

ead and blankets" having been provided

by the kind thoughtfulness of Miss Brown.

The breeze was fr.esh and the ship strode at no very measured pace over the waves.

Some of the passengers

bec~e

sick, but

not so with me, I was not in the least affected.
I raised a little blood in the night; but tha raising was
not attended by that looseness which indicates coming fresh from
the veins.

It was coagulateQ and in the for.m of small clots.
Thursday

Nov~

19, 1846.

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This :is:: the anniversary of my departure or rather embarkation from New Haven (1822) on my first voyage to the Sandwich
Islands.

Ho"w different are my circumstances now from what, they

were then.
man-

I was then entering on my missionary work - a

si~gle

Now I am returning to that work after a period at inter-

mission and a voyage balf round the world for the recovery of
m:y health.

I am returning to my wife ana. five children- two

others I have left behind in my native land haVing had'the pleasure of meeting them after a separation of nearly ten years!
We are on soundings on st. Georges Shoals, and continta. t·o
be favored with a fresh breeze.
I find the cold 'll-"Qcoillfortable, the thermometer ranging
from 54 to 57.

A foot stove having been provided and put on

board the vessel

f~

me, coals were placed in it, and by setting

over it in my stateroom with the door closed I gained heat so
as to be comfortable.
My statelIloom
is much
.
,

c~ered

with baggage. 'il..ll of my et-

fects being stored away in it; but I hope in a few days to be
able to make some other dis?osition of a part of my baggage so
as to have more room to be more couiortable.
Friday

Nov~

20th 1846.

strong wind from the

W,S,Vf.

ly towards the Gulf stream.

and a heavy sea, advancing rapid-

Vessel was ,have to

i

for a few hours-

close reef sails during the latter part of the night', Most": of
the. passengers sick.
MDnday Nov~

23rd.

The wind has changed into tba S.

and blows so strong as to require reefed sails.
All the passengers at the table indicating recovery from

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sea sickness.
O~ened

a keg

o~ gra~es

presented by Mr. Runnewell: he has

also provided me with various li ttle. cOmi"orts'- such as arrow. root,
iceland moss and preserves, for which I am obliged to hi:m..

J _
(Thus ends the small·journal bookY<'J-T)

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