The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston, Volume 1: 1839-1845 Page: 81
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Galveston, Jan 27th [1841]
My Love,
Capt. Todd1 called this morning & informed me that a Mr.
Dawson2 was going up to Austin, and would take a letter for me. I
am glad of the opportunity, for although I have written to you constantly,
I apprehend that you do not get my letters as I never receive
any acknowledgments. I have sent a letter to the care of Judge
Moreland3 which you will perhaps receive with this. I have nothing
amusing to tell you, for I have been so ritual of late that the fluctuations
of society have left me several degrees in the lurch. I write to
you therefore merely because you are very dear to me and because I
love to tell you my thoughts & feelings, although they may be tame
& uninteresting. If you have rec'd my letters, I fear you are vexed at
my urgent entreaties for you to come home. You must not be, my
Love, for indeed I am very lonely without you. I ought to have known
however that it would disturb you and that the prudent course would
have been to conceal my illness & low spirits from you. I confess
that selfishness and the desire of being with you prompted me against
my better judgment to tell you everything. But my husband will
surely forgive this weakness which originated in devoted love for
him! If you do not-I have no other excuse to offer, and if I promise
you to exercise more firmness here after, you will not believe mefor
I made the same promise when you returned from the red lands!
It has been so long since I saw you that the past seems almost like a
dream but such a dream! so bright-so beautiful. Shall we ever see
such happiness again? I trust we shall.
I rec'd a letter from Mr. Bledsoe a few days ago. He mentioned
that he & sister A[ntoinette] had some idea of coming down with
you. I should be delighted if she could as it would be a great source
of comfort to have her with me at this time. Almost every day brings
us some new rumour of war. It will at least serve as a subject of
conversation and that is what the people often need. It is now several
weeks since I have been out of the house. Oh how beautiful and
tempting is the blue sky and even the bare prairie! How often in
other days has my heart bounced with rapture when I could roam
through the balmy woods and breathe the pure air of Heaven! But
alas I did not know what a blessed privilege it was until entirely
deprived of it. I vainly imagine that while I live the flowers would
never cease to bloom-the wild birds to sing for me. Perhaps the
81 : NOVEMBER 10, [1840]-FEBRUARY 3, 1841
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Roberts, Madge Thornall. The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston, Volume 1: 1839-1845, book, 1996; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9715/m1/99/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.