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We saw in the New York Herald (which arrived a few days in advance of the mail via the Nicaragua Mt.) the accident that had befallen the Magnolia and as the paper stated it took place off Mrs J. P. Coupers estate whilest taking in cotton. I of course knew it ment Hamilton, I felt a little uneasy. But could not have drempt of the great danger you had been in. How did my dear little Anna behave? like a man I am sure - I long to get a letter from your own dear hand on the subject. From what Mother wrote I suppose Mr Couper must have jumped over board with yourself & Anna.
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and then when Master King came by you on his own hook. oh how Mr Couper & yourself must have felt.
Tell Mr Couper if I had been in his place I would have had that cowardly scoundrel Ormsly - who made such a fus - given one cool hundred. I suppose this affair has nocked your trip to Savannah "very much in the head". I hope not! I looked forward to the arrival of Adams & Cos express by the last Steamer with so much hope it would bring me the likness of yourself and my own little Anna. Confound the Planter - why did she not come along in the day time as you could have gone on in
(4) her and avoided all this trouble. Poor Capt. Mc Nulty [?] I suppose has not written home to his friends till yet. He must have gone off at a tangent - don't think any thing of my speaking in this way - this Country has made me look with perfect indifference upon the loss of life - But it cannot diminish the strong feeling of attachment I have always felt towards the loved ones for whom I have been with from childhood - Oh if I could but have been with you when this thing occured then I would not have cared so much - How much our beloved Mother must have been shocked.
New Haven March 31st 1852 My dearest Sister I am sorry that your very affectionate letter which gave me so very much pleasure should have so long been unanswered but you may be assured that my silence has not been caused by any want of inclination to write, but rather by the pressure of external circumstances, over which, as you have frequently heard it remarked, ordinary mortals have little or no control. I regretted to learn by dearest Mother's last Kind letter that little King had
I hope you received my letter thanking you for your dear likeness. My lithograph will soon be up from N.G. [indecipherable] they are great friends [?] [indecipherable] [indecipherable] you a half dozen.
Please excuse the bad writing you find in this, for I have not spent much time on it. Mall is well & [indecipherable] [indecipherable] [indecipherable] love & many Kisses to you & dearest Mother & your dear children. Love to Mr Couper & beg him [indecipherable] which Couper you soon [?] will [indecipherable] [indecipherable] to you [indecipherable] H.P. King
been sick, tho' by the same source I was gratified by the intelligence that he was rapidly recovering. I have looked in vain for the Old Man's letter he seems dreadfully averse to writing but while there is life there is hope (as you have also heard it said) and I am not yet in entire despair.
My dear Tootee, you allude to the happy time when we all shall once more assemble under the maternal roof and express a hope for its speedy arrival; I assure you no one can desire this joyous event more [ardently?] than I do - it is that to which I have been looking with anxious longings for the last three years and a half - and my sincerest wish is that it will arrive sooner than any expect.