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John Early Andrews Collection of Letters
Letter from Galveston Texas September 16, 1848 from Robert N. Slack to his brother James Brown Slack, Bardstown Kentucky
MAIL:
Dr. Brothers & Sisters
I arrived her on the 14th instr from NO which
place I left on the 12th, without much of interest transpiring only two
our Lafes are apreable trip to this point, where I shall tarry a few days
long in for the purposes of restoring myself and horses to perfect health
as we are both rather way worn with our travel. I find this place much
altered since last I was here; that is in a business point of view. There
had been some little improvement made by building, but it is not as
populous quite as then was. Still quite pleasant and agreeable, with a
soft and sling breeze constantly blowing. My inclination is to move
forward than ususal Hise. I have eat sheers peas, cabbage and Irish
Potatoes, wiht a great variety of other vegetables belonging to this
climate. I have rode out on the sea beach twice a day morning and
evening, which is one of the most delightful rides or drives on earth as
admted by [ ] and travellers who have visited this place, and at on a to
be brief - and concise I do think at one of the pleasantest and most
delightful spots on gods earth. Society, I suppose from appearances to be
tolerably good above mediocrity. I have just returned from thew wharf,
where I parted with three Kentucky friends. They took shipping hive for
the western part of Texas. And the parting with them brings me to a sense
of my great lonelisiegs - I feel which (writing this) if I could only
suiance find famiuliar face, from old tiash Co that I could love it, dote
on it and cherish it own more affections than is common after so short an
absence. But it can not be, at least soo in and I must abide my fate, tho
a very lonely and fuheaffy answer. The sounder of sweet in the crarcy
just fallin on my ear from oven adjacing charishes accompianied by the
soft and painivetones of the frsinace was is where I must hasten to drive
away this growing melancholy. I shall enclose in this a note too Mrs.
Payne which you will hand her immedicately. When I arrive in Houston I
will write again expecting to hear from you soon direct to Houston Texas.
I forwarded a pair of canary birds on to T.A Hebh from N. Orleans to
sister Ella. Keep them with good care in memory of me. Do not neglect
writting immediately upon the reception of this - Give me all, everything
in which you know. I take an interest care not for your manner of
writing, for you know to whom you write, as it will palliate and sooth
some of my cares.
I am your sincere and affectionate To brother ever
J.B.
Slack R. N. Slack
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Notes: Dr. Robert N. Slack, age 36, died on October 21, 1857,
at "McMurtry's Ferry". A death notice was published in the Shasta
Republican on October 24, 1857 and apparently noted that he was born in
Washington County, Kentucky. Read Death Notice & Obituary of Dr. Robert N. Slack ["Shasta County, California 1852-1880:
Births, Deaths, Divorces and Marriages Recorded Elsewhere," by Corinne
Graves Hoffpauir, self-published in 1986-only 100 copies printed, Library
of Congress catalog card number 86-198225, but the marriages included in
it are only the ones which were NOT published in a different book, "Early
Marriages of Shasta County".]
Reading between the lines of his letter, it
sounds like he gambled away a lot of money that he had saved up. The
description of the place he was ranching sounds like it was in the
vicinity of what is now Cottonwood. Shasta (now a state historic park) is
7 miles northwest of Redding, which is about 10 to 13 miles north of
Cottonwood. He is found in a binder of cemetery records, buried in the
"Shasta Catholic Cemetery." His partner's name appears to have been
Daingerfield. There was a Judge in Shasta County named William P.
Daingerfield. William P. Daingerfield and his wife (first name Eliza) had
a baby boy on December 31, 1859 in Shasta and named it Leroy. Leroy, 7
months, died on July 31, 1860. They also had a daughter, born on
December 7, 1864 in Shasta. Judge Wm.P. Daingerfield, 56, died May 5,
1880 in San Francisco; he was from Virginia. By subtracting his age from
his death date, we get an approximate birthdate of 1824 (which turns out
to be 3 years off), so he was of approximately the same age as Dr. Slack.
Also published in the Shasta Republican newspaper was the death notice of
a "Juliet O. Daingerfield, 68, in Warm Springs, VA" on May 27, 1856 and
the abstract says she was the wife of Leroy P. Daingerfield. This is an
older generation these could be the parents of the Hon. William P.
Daingerfield. Only one William Daingerfield was born during the right
time period - William P., born 17 May 1821 in Virginia, and his parents
are listed as Leroy Parker Daingerfield, born about 1786, and Juliet
Octavia Parker. Bingo! It can then be surmised that William's middle
name was Parker since he had a double dose of the name in his ancestry.
Dr. Slack is not listed in the 1852 census for Shasta County but that
doesn't mean he wasn't here. He is found in our Cemetery Index: Slack,
D. N. Dr. died 10/21/1857 age 37 yr. The notation says scattered graves,
which means he is not buried in a cemetery. He is not listed in Early
Marriages for that time period. There is an old probate record for a R.
V. Slack, but this might not even be the right person.
Read more letters in the John Early Andrews Collection
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