Name/Title
Sept 19, 1829 regarding death of Thomas Bull of Fredonia, NYEntry/Object ID
002625Tags
Ebenezer Bull, Peter Bull, Thomas BullScope and Content
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Friend & Neighbour { Sundown, Saturday Evening
Sept. the 19th 1829 . . .
——— Received a Letter from Fredonia Dated Sept. the 10th to Doct. Eager, from Hezekiah W. Bull and Electa his wife ——— purporting the Melancholy News, of the Death of their Brother Thomas ——— My unfortunate Nephew . . . Who has gone to the ground, and who Died of a Typhus Fever, on the 16th of August ——— Whose Memory, Will Ever be Dear to me, While memory Lasts ———
Many Years he Lived with me, Until he Went to Cornwall and took Charge of the Sloop Sarah . . . ——— From a Youth, a kind-hearted Boy ——— Yet his fate, has been but Little more, than a Child of Sorrow ——— for near forty-nine Years ——— Who has now gone to his Long home . . . "the House Appointed for all Living,, the Bosom of the Grave" Whose hope, While Living, was immortality — [glancing into futurity]
Nevertheless, for many years, I have had my fears, that some Melancholy, might overwhelm his Senses . . . so as to take the Course of some friends, who have gone before him ——— from this Concern, I may say, that I feel some Relief ——— and as it were a Comfort in Distress . . . Adieu for the present, farewell
Ebenezer Bull | Peter Bull
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P.S. — Remember the Late Conversation We had about Cornwall . . . perhaps about the time of Thomas's Death . . . With a Wish, that he could visit the place Once more ——— I am Seldom there, But Something fresh transpires, Relative to his Concerns. Let us, while We Remain, Ever act for the best at the present . . .
Because, the present Act, is the Mediatorial Step, Between the Past . . . and the Future . . . "As it Was and now is, the Same, Yesterday, and to Day, and forever ,, "Without End ,, in Process ——— . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to infinitude . . . . .
Hannah Bull
[The bottom of the page contains decorative flourishes and the name Hannah Bull repeated.]
