But I sincerely hope that with me you bear your agonies to Christ who carries our sorrows.
O come then with me, my beloved family, of weary heart-broken and care-worn ones, to Jesus Christ, "casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you."-- 2 Peter v.

7.
With these words of earnest exhortation, joined with fervent prayer to God that He may smooth your rugged way, lighten your burden, and give a happy issue out of all your troubles, I must bid you adieu.
Your son and brother, JAS.

P.
_Alias_ J.W.C.

PENNINGTON.
TO COLONEL F---- T----, OF H----, WASHINGTON COUNTY, MD.

1844.
DEAR SIR, It is now, as you are aware, about seventeen years since I left your house and service, at the age of twenty.