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Letter from Warren Parrish, 25 January 1836

 
Brother Joseph,
My great desire to be in your com pany & in the Assembly of the Saints where God opnes [opens] the  heavens & exhibits the treasures of eternity is the only  thing that has stimulated me for a number of days past  to leave my house; for be assured, dear brother, my bod ily affliction is severe; I have a violent <cough> more especially  nights, which deprives me of my appetite, & my strength  fails, & writing has a particular tendency to injure my  lungs while I am under the influence of such a cough  I therefore, with reluctance send your journal to you  untill my health improves
Yours in heart
Warren Parrish

10 Jan. 1803–3 Jan. 1877. Clergyman, gardener. Born in New York. Son of John Parrish and Ruth Farr. Married first Elizabeth (Betsey) Patten of Westmoreland Co., New Hampshire, ca. 1822. Lived at Alexandria, Jefferson Co., New York, 1830. Purchased land at...

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P.S.
 Brother Joseph,
 pray for me, & ask the prayers of the class  on my account also. [p. 142]

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