he was in his grave and his store occupied by his Administrator
and clerk.

I had an interview with his clerk and made
enquiries concerning my brother's sickness and death but defered
attending to his business until the following day. It was
with difficulty that we could get entertainment in the city
for the night but finally we obtained an empty house.

The next day December 13th I spent mostly
in enquiring into and attending to the affairs of my brother
Asahel. I learnt from Messrs Smith and Ray that he
died at 3 o'clock on the morning of the 18th of October and
that he was sick ten days and deprived of his reason
four days before his death. While in this state his
mind in its wanderings was principally upon his business
but he occasionally spoke of his friends. His disease was
the congestive fever on the brain.

They farther said that his mind for
several months previous to his death had seemed to them
occupied by some matters unknown to them. They was not
so well acquainted with the secret of this as I was for
I was corresponding with him and knew by his letters
that his mind was deeply interested upon the subject of the
Gospel and the Church of Latter-day Saints

Of his character they testified that he
was moral in his life temperate in his practises beloved
and honoured as a citizen and his loss deeply felt

Asahel was indeed a young man of very
excellent talents, firm and indipendent in mind and also
indipendent and liberal in his principals

I had not been privileged with an interview
with him for about seven years but we had corresponded
with each other by letter. He had a peculiar art in
letter-writing which gave much interest to all the productions
of his pen. Both of us had long anticipated much upon
our meeting but my hopes were thus suddenly blighted but
I said the will of the Lord be done: All is right!

His entire stock of books with his personal
property was sold but his private letters journals manuscripts
account books pocket watch penknife pencil letter stamp bosom pin

he was in his grave and his store occupied by his Administrator and clerk.

I had an interview with his clerk and made enquiries concerning my brother's sickness and death but defered attending to his business until the following day. It was with difficulty that we could get entertainment in the city for the night but finally we obtained an empty house.

The next day December 13th I spent mostly in enquiring into and attending to the affairs of my brother Asahel. I learnt from Messrs Smith and Ray that he died at 3 o'clock on the morning of the 18th of October and that he was sick ten days and deprived of his reason four days before his death. While in this state his mind in its wanderings was principally upon his business but he occasionally spoke of his friends. His disease was the congestive fever on the brain.

They farther said that his mind for several months previous to his death had seemed to them occupied by some matters unknown to them. They was not so well acquainted with the secret of this as I was for I was corresponding with him and knew by his letters that his mind was deeply interested upon the subject of the Gospel and the Church of Latter-day Saints

Of his character they testified that he was moral in his life temperate in his practises beloved and honoured as a citizen and his loss deeply felt

Asahel was indeed a young man of very excellent talents, firm and indipendent in mind and also indipendent and liberal in his principals

I had not been privileged with an interview with him for about seven years but we had corresponded with each other by letter. He had a peculiar art in letter-writing which gave much interest to all the productions of his pen. Both of us had long anticipated much upon our meeting but my hopes were thus suddenly blighted but I said the will of the Lord be done: All is right!

His entire stock of books with his personal property was sold but his private letters journals manuscripts account books pocket watch penknife pencil letter stamp bosom pin