The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-01
July THE 4TH DAY IN THE YEAR 1776.

July THE 18th DAY IN THE YEAR 1776.
Loving wife-I take this opportunity to
let you Know that throw the Devine good
ness of god | am well and in good helth at
Present and hope that these lines will find
you so and all our children and friends
have been Sick, along time and had the
Small Pox and have got well of it ! have
received your letter at Saint Johns the 18th
Day OF June in it | learn that mother has
been sick | understand that YOU are all
well when you writ your letter which is
wanted we're much | wanted that you should
have Sent to me about my oxen and sheep
what is Don with them wheather my oxen
IS Sold or a Eating | shall inform you that
have Sent three Letters one from Bennington
another from mashObah Neshobe, now
Brandon] at father robins [Robbins] another
from Shamberlee [Chambly.1 | learn that
you received my first letter from that Date
shall give you a short account of my hard
ship that have undergon to this Date
came to Crown Point there l remained for
some time where / Lived verei well after
that Drew nothing but meet and flower
from the 9th of apriel to this Date / went
Doun to Quebec there remained about a
week there / nocalated for the Small Pox
then set of for the three Steepels to have
the Small pox little Back the 9TH Day of
may our army retreeted from quebeck
was obliged to come along by the menawar
war-vessels and they fired upon our men
but Did not hurt a man and l came up to
Serell Sorel] where | had the Small Pox
from there | came up to Shamberlee there
L remained about ten Days then | was or
dered to Serell again where / remained
about week then our army was obliged
to retreet in great hast and came to Sham
berlee in two Days that Day was obliged
to take my Pack and came to Saint Johns
the II Day of June the IS Day we burnt
Saint Johns and came to the ailanox isle
aux Noix. then | went from the ailanox the
70 Day and came to the ale anon isle
La Motto in the Lake there / was rowing on
the Lake in gard to gard the Shipping the
Day OF July came to Crown Point where
l am now l would inform you that the
Small Pox has been very hard amongst our
men we have lost out of our company
Leuft. Poull Powell, probably and Sargent
watsens Watson and four men mour with
the Small Pox Some of our men are Disen-
abelled for the Servs with the Small Pox
and are Discharged Brother Jorge robbens
and Jonathan and another field man has
run away from the army at Shamberlee /
shall inform you that the indians have
Killed anumbe a number of our men two
or three offisers the rest Privates at the allie
that mosess watkens Watkins Died the 81
Day OF may alttle before Day he had the
Small Pox very hard and a purgen Tpurging.
perhaps took him befour his Pox turned
the Day befor he Died | went to See him
and watched with him that night he was
very full of Pain the night befour he Died
he was alittle easy and / covered him up
and he fell into Sleep went away with
out any Struggal Benjamin Chamberlain is
here att the Point brave and harty Desired
TO have me right to his father and mother
that he has had the Small Pox and he is got
well and harty again remember my Deuty
TO my Pearents and my Love to my Brothers
and Sisters Loving wife | would informe
you that have not ben unmindfull of YOU
my harts Desire and Prayer to god is that
he would fit and Prepare us for his holy will
ana Pleasuer that we may be maid fit to
Serve him and to Live more mindful of the
create end we Were Made for which is to
Prepare for Death | Desire an intest in
your Preares to god for me that he would
keep and Preserve me from all eviel unto
which am exsposed and that god would in
ms own Due time return me to my famley
II IL be his will that we may return to god
that thanks that is Due to his name for his
create goodness to wardes us god has in his
providence Preserved me when many of my
Ieilow men have been cut Of and gon over to
the grave Brother Elijah remember NV
Love to you and your family | should be glad
II you would See that my oxen is i'm Good
raster and Bleeded well See that my nv is
Saved lift be aposabel thing should be glad
That you would send me aletter how things
go on Loving wife | would have you Send
me aletter sun as you can Send your let
ters to north field to Capt. Hunts and Post
VIII Bring them to Crown Point | have
nothing Streange to wright only that it has
ben very cold Dry time in Canada So No
mour att Present But rename your Loving
Husband NATHANIEL Brown DODGE
Crown Point
July the 4th Day in the year 1916.