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teachers were of the same persuasion; but this should never in-
fluence me to join a church the usages of which I did not relish.
Mr. King and family are in tolerably good health. Caroline has
been sick and is still in ill health but not very seriously ill. Thos.
Bell was well a few days since when I had a letter from him. I can
hardly say what he is doing, whether anything advantageous or not.
He was sick sometime back but has recovered so far as to be able
to work. I meet with many persons from Gibson and the adjoining
counties with whom [I] scrape acquaintance among the rest the
baptist preacher Murrell12 who formerly preached at Spring Hill.
His health is entirely recovered since coming to Texas.
Tell all that I am well. Yes indeed better for the last two weeks
than for all my life before and that there remains but one thing
to complete my happiness on this earth and I hope soon to attain
that, God being willing. I must close; imploring the blessings of
Almighty to rest upon you and all.
So remains your affectionate son. THOS. W. BELL
W.A.B.
P.S. When I speak of the college being conducted by methodist
influence I do not mean that it is sectarian. It is far from this; but
it has been started by persons of that denomination and [is] still
under their patronage and supervision. There are not not [sic]
expected to be any particular doctrines disseminated in the institu-
tion. The students of course are required to attend church on the
sabbath, though not any particular church.58
Yours &c THOS. W. BELL
DEAR FATHER. RUTERSVILLE Nov 17th 1841
I have taken the notion to drop you a few lines to inform you
something respecting my health and other little matters of im-
portance to myself and no one else that is of not material interest
to anyone except myself. I always think little of hearing much of
other mens bussiness [sic], and I therefore dislike to trouble others
with long harangues on such subjects. I hope I am doing very well
my health is very good, my prospects better probably than ever
or at least I am very much in hopes of it. I feel that I had a new
life to commence, and am thinking very seriously of a lady with
52Z. N. Morrell (1803-1883) moved to Texas in 1885 and to LaGrange, Fayette
County, in 1838.--Flowers and Fruits in the Wilderness, 1o7.
asThe Congress of the Republic would not grant a charter to a denominational
school; so the trustees made the institution purely "literary and scientific" al-
though all of the trustees were Methodist and the Methodist Conference "patron-
ized the school."-William Franklin Ledlow, History of Protestant Education ... in
Texas (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas, 1926), 138.462
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