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Anne Westfield N.Y. Sept 22 1851 Jonesboro, Oct. 9, 1851 Westfield Sept.22nd/51 My dear brother This is the fourth letter I have written you since you left here last June, none of which it seems you had received when you last wrote me. My last was written when Eliab was here- after meeting Sabbath, we too alone yet together, up in the pleasant chamber at Mr. Rumsey's wrote each a long letter to you in one envelope, which I cannot but believe you have received eve this. Eliab also wrote to Mr. Greenleaf to forward letters to you should any be there, as several were directed to Springfield. Your last, partly to E. partly to myself, came the day after he left- about four weeks ago. I have been waiting and hoping to hear from you again, now you have begun to get letters I hope they will all come to hand, and that you will write constantly and particularly of your health your situation in every respect, I feel a constant fear that you will be attacked by the fever of that country. [unclear] cannot but feel more anxiety all of us about you in consequence of the climate and the lack of easy and regular means of communication with you in that out-of-the-world place. It is much better that you should fail in receiving letters from us than for us not to hear from you, if obstruction needs be, but I trust you will now receive letters regularly. I received a letter from Mother a week since; Samuel and Lucy had just for Deer Isle an excursion on account of Samuel's health which had not been good for some weeks. Mother wrote in rather a discouraging tone of Lucy health and Samuel's prospects but she is apt sometimes to fell much disheartened, I tell her she is prone to look on the dark side- She says she looks at facts, time, however may bring a different state of things and I think we ought to hope the best and trust in