obtained a good stove[1] of Mr Pambran of W. W. & we take up sheet iron enough for the pipe. My Tin ware has all been made within a week past of the first rate block tin. I have six large milk pans Coffe & Tea pots, Candle sticks & moles. Covered pails & a baker, very good, the first of the fashon seen here, &c &c And besides this the blacksmiths have all been employed in making our farming utensils &c and are nearly or quite finished, so that we shall be able to have our accounts closed up & goods boxed ready to leave tomorrow. There are a few deficiencies in the cloth line. No provision is made for beding except blankets & these are dear. No sheets, nothing for shirting except striped or calico. I have found a piece of bleach linen which I take for sheets, the only one in the store price 75 cents per yard. I miss the cotton batting for quilts & comfortables very much, but can make the blankets do me very well, only it will be heavy washing for they are all white. We are supplied with good butter & cheese, which I know you will not expect us to find so soon. Indeed every thing we could wish for to make us comfortable contented & happy is at hand. I could not have received more attention at home than I have here. I feel that I have come to a fathers house indeed, even in a strange land has the Lord raised us up friends & praise be to his holy Name. Beloved friends, all comfort your hearts concerning us. The Lord has provided & "the Lord will provide" for us, even to the end of our pilgrimage here. I expect we shall be two weeks in going to W W where we have another excelent & kind Friend in Mr Pambran & wife they will be our near neighbors, only twenty five miles apart, Mr S 110. We find that we shall be under the necessity of teaching the English language considerably, indeed we cannot escape it. We are in want of books, elementary books in every branch & we shall look home for supplies of that kind, for they are not to be obtained here. We should like all the best help, to teach the English language, cards, prints &c if they could be sent us. We expect to see Brother Weld here from Chocto just as soon as he can come & we could hope many others. Husband & Mr. S has written to Robert L. Porter &
- ↑ This seems to correct a common belief that Mrs. Whitman's cooking was all done over an open fire.
