In the closing years of his useful life there was but one thing that disturbed him greatly.

He foresaw the Deluge that was to come.

December 12, 1850, was his last Thanksgiving.

He wrote: "The annual time-honoured Thanksgiving-day throughout the state.

No nation, ancient or modern, ever had more causes for thanksgiving, and reasons to praise the Author of all good, than the people of the United States.