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                                                                                                   McConnelsville Jan. 29th, 1853

Dear Brother Kendall-- On my arrival home yesterday I found your message in answer to one I wrote you in Nov. I waited some time, hoping I could get a favorable answer in reference to the boarding of my daughter when you Boarded, but receiving no intelligence I wrote to Mrs. Mixer to See if She would take her. (I had heard that Mrs. Boothe was full of Boarders) and felt verry sorry that She could not accommodate us. I thought if any body was Entitled to any favor of that kind We certainly were. It is not my nature to complain, but really it cast a more dense Cloud over my Spirits that had already Seemed low down, because of misfortune through which I had passed and hundreds of disappts. I had met with while trying to keep up the Institute and promoted its best interests. But let that pass. In answer to your inquiry about the propriety of Being Ordained before you receive letters of fellowship. I consider it would be perfectly proper to do so if there is nothing Expressly to prohibit it in the constitution of the Washington Association. And I do not know as there is. Or if you wished to go out under Unitarian colors it might be proper even if there was a prohibition in that Association. (I suppose that is the Job!!) I do not know certainly as I will be there, because if you are ordained and Mr. W. from Wheeling can be present - there will be Enough to form a Quorum and transact the duties of the occasion. And if you are ordained (if you are careful to get your License) you can do the interesting Job. Mr. Weaver Engaged me to perform last (Dec.) month, not knowing then that you purposed to be ordained. And Especially as I had promised to be in Madison the next Sunday following unless I recall the appt. I could not be there. Beside I wished to go down with my own conveyance and transact some very important business for the Institute on the way.