Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
my native place on the and
2nd We walked to New Haven & called upon
Lewis Allen No. 10 Collage st, we dined at
Brown's Tavern I then took the parting hand
with Elder Davis & took the stage for
Farmington I had many peculiar reflections
while passing through this town whare I had
spent much of my youth I arived at my
fathers house in the evening & found my
father & mother well, Eunice & Br Webster
was better than they had been I was glad to
see my fathers Family one more & enter under
the roof of my youth it gives me peculiar
reflections to pass through the town & over the
places whare I have spent my youth in company
with Brothers & friends who now sleep in the
dust I spent the night at Father Woodruff
I found my Father attending Both saw & grist
mill alone although he was 65 years of age
[FIGURE] I received a letter from Mrs Woodruff
which I was glad to get felt to rejoice to
hear from my family again Distance of the day 30 m
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