Item 19c: A Letter from Andrew T[odd] McClintock to Henry L. Southard, 1842 July 3
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19c
Dates
- Created: 1842 July 3
Creator
- McClintock, Andrew Todd, 1810-1892 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letters/Photocopies
Condition Note:
Fair. The general condition of the photocopy makes it difficult to read in places.
Measurements:
8 ½ in. x 11 in.
Description:
The following item depicts a letter written by Andrew Todd McClintock to Henry L. Southard, dated July 3, 1842. In the letter, McClintock is sending his sympathies to Southard after the loss of his father. McClintock writes that the country has lost a true valuable representative, and explains that he understands the depth of Southard’s grief from the depth of his previous affections when talking about his father. He sends his wife, Augusta’s, sympathies as well as stating that all he has spoken with since have shared the same sorrows for Southard. In the conclusion of his letter, McClintock writes that he and his family wish that Southard would stay with them when he has the ability to visit. He states that they have a spare room and he would be pleased if Southard would stay for a while.
Henry L. Southard was a nineteenth century figure in the region, known widely for his work with mining and railroad companies.
Location:
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Transcription:
Wilkes Barre 3 July, 1842
Mr dear friend:
I feel almost unwilling to obtrude
myself upon you at this period of affliction, but I
cannot refrain from assuring you how much I
sympathise with you in that dispensations of
Providence, which has deprived out Common
County of one of her most valuable citizens
and you of an honored and beloved father — I have
so often heard you speak of your father, and know
so well how much you respected and loved
him, that I can realize how poignant and
overwhelming must be your grief at his loss—
You must not however, my dear friend, give way
to sorrow. There is an existence beyond the grave;
and, as I firmly believe, those who love on earth
will be there much to be no more parted— The
dead are not then lost to the living— they but
go before to that better Country where death cannot
enter—- How consoling the reflection to us, who have
followed those we loved to their silent resting
place— And how entirely it reconciles us to the change
that so surely awaits all the living, to believe
that friends on earth will meet beyond the
grave— I trust that you have derived support
and consolation from such reflections, as will I
from those still higher consolations which He
alone, who chastens can administer—
Your friends here all most sincerely sympathise
with you in the loss of your father and grandfather—
I have heard from very many the expressions of sympathy
for you and I believe the feeling is general even among
those who were your mere acquaintances as well
Back:
as your friends— You have many warm friends here and I hope you will be able to visit us during the summer— When you do come, you must drive to my house and stay with me— This is Augusta’s invitation as well as mine— We have a spare room, wh[ich] we will be most happy to have you occupy, and we will be very much disappointed if you do not accept an invitation — I shall always expect you to come directly to my house whenever you visit us — I need not say how much I will be pleased to see you & that soon— I’ll also be pleased to hear from you, and promise you an early answer — I have many things that I want to say, but will not at this time write you a long letter— Emily & Augusta both send their love to you, and desire me to assure you, that they feel deeply for you in the loss of one whom they know you so much loved — Mr. B. is now in Pittsburg— S. is well & very desirous of hearing from you— Farewell– And believe me most truly Your friend And[re]w. T. McClintock
Henry L. Southard Esq[ui]r[e] Envelope:
18/4 18 ¾ 37 ½
Henry L. Southard Esq[uire] Washington City, Trenton D.C. NJ.
Single—-
A.T. McClintock 3rd July ‘[18]42 Ans[wered] :
Back: In pencil: 4
Back:
as your friends— You have many warm friends here and I hope you will be able to visit us during the summer— When you do come, you must drive to my house and stay with me— This is Augusta’s invitation as well as mine— We have a spare room, wh[ich] we will be most happy to have you occupy, and we will be very much disappointed if you do not accept an invitation — I shall always expect you to come directly to my house whenever you visit us — I need not say how much I will be pleased to see you & that soon— I’ll also be pleased to hear from you, and promise you an early answer — I have many things that I want to say, but will not at this time write you a long letter— Emily & Augusta both send their love to you, and desire me to assure you, that they feel deeply for you in the loss of one whom they know you so much loved — Mr. B. is now in Pittsburg— S. is well & very desirous of hearing from you— Farewell– And believe me most truly Your friend And[re]w. T. McClintock
Henry L. Southard Esq[ui]r[e] Envelope:
18/4 18 ¾ 37 ½
Henry L. Southard Esq[uire] Washington City, Trenton D.C. NJ.
Single—-
A.T. McClintock 3rd July ‘[18]42 Ans[wered] :
Back: In pencil: 4
Creator
- McClintock, Andrew Todd, 1810-1892 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
Contact:
84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu