cough so much so that my Father never thought
I should never leave the home alive but when
they brought me the request of my dying uncle and the
day came for the Funeral, I told my Father to get his
hors & buggy ready for I was going to attend the funeral
He thought I was very presumtious as I had suffered
with the chills and fever some 15 days for and to
attempt to speak in my weak state and to begin
at the same hour that my chill was to come on
was quite alarming to my parents yet according to my
request my [Father] got up his team and I rode with him
and my step Mother five miles through a cold chilly
wind and I commenced speaking to a large congregation
at the same hour still my chills was to come on
and I spoke over one hour with Great freedom
and my chills left me from that hour and I
had no more return from it for many days
On the Monday following Oct 7, I felt sufficiently
returned to health to continue my journey I took the
parting hand with my Father, Mother, & Sister and
left for New York where I arrived in the Morning of the 8th Nov

cough so much so that my Father thought I should never leave the home alive but when they brought me the request of my dying uncle and the day came for the Funeral, I told my Father to get his hors & buggy ready for I was going to attend the funeral He thought I was very presumtious as I had suffered with the chills and fever some 15 days and to attempt to speak in my weak state and to begin at the same hour that my chill was to come on was quite alarming to my parents yet according to my request my Father got up his team and I rode with him and my step Mother five miles through a cold chilly wind and I commenced speaking to a large congregation at the same hour still my chills was to come on and I spoke over one hour with Great freedom and my chills left me from that hour and I had no more return from it for many days On the Monday following Oct 7, I felt sufficiently returned to health to continue my journey I took the parting hand with my Father, Mother, & Sister and left for New York where I arrived in the Morning of the 8th Nov