Tyler Co. TX - Collier Family Letter, 2 Feb 1858

Submitted by Barbara Yancey Dore  rootslady@msn.com

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                          Collier Family Letter 
                                 2 Feb 1858
                                      
                                                     Austin 2nd Feby 1858
                                                                         
   My Dear Elizabeth,
   Your very kind and affectionate letter of the 8th inst. came to hand
   on Saturday last which is the first received since leaving home. I was
   exceedingly sorry to hear that the children were unwell, and that you
   have so much trouble with them in your feeble and delicate health. I
   hope however, that the health. I hope however, that the health of the
   children as well, and that your strength and flesh may be regained.
   
   My health has been very bad ever since my return, and I have lost what
   little flesh I had gained, and am still suffering with sore throat and
   cold & cough.
   
   Mr. Hicks has got leave of absence for the balance of the session, to
   attend business at home and will leave today or tomorrow, and I
   thought perhaps you might get a letter by him before I could get home,
   as we shall not adjourn till the 16th inst.
   
   I do not know how I shall get home when we adjourn, the roads are too
   bad.
   
   My Poney is in the woods and I do not know whether dead or alive or
   run away as I have not seen her since she was turned out. I understand
   that you have had a great deal of rain and I should not be surprised
   to hear that the mill is broken again.
   
   I may go by the way of Galveston if the waters keep up, or I may have
   to go that way to get money as I have not yet disposed of the order
   that Brother Thos. gave me on Wood & Power of Galveston.
   
   Do not be impatient for my return, as I may be detained after our
   adjournment, in getting my Poney, or by high water, or in going by
   Galveston. You certainly can not be more anxious for my return than I
   am, but I can not leave till we adjourn.
   
   I regret to hear of the death of Old Man Hare and cousin William. You
   did not say whether cousin William had got home or not, but I suppose
   he had.
   
                                                Your affectionate Husband
                                                         James G. Collier
                                                                         
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   (above letter in possession of Barbara Yancey Dore, Nederland, Tx)