Letter from Newel K. Whitney, 29 October 1841

I am in this place in good health and spirits, tho some what worse for ware riding in the stage knight & day, I have not recd. any information from Brother Patten since I left , I calld. at the Post Office in Rochester expecting to receive a letter from him but found none. we have purchased near 5000$ worth of Goods & have the most part of them in this place and the balance I expect Brother Chase will be here with within about 10 days, I think I will forward what I have here to Portsmouth by the first boat & wait untill Br Chase arrives at this place and assist him in geting the balance through the Canal, and ship all of them on one boat on the Ohio river as I do not like to have them too much scattered— The goods we have purchased consist mostly of Woollen clothes Calicoes & domestic Cottons— I drop you this line that you may be made acquainted as Earley as possible with the amount of our purchases &c— and you may expect we shall be at as Earley as possible— I trust you will not fail to Call & let my family know that I am on my way home &c—

P. S. I shall pay a short visit to while waiting for Br Chase [p. [1]]