Since I wrote to you last we have got our chapel beautifully lighted with gas and have had our anniversary. – John Hawley
We have to be thankful considering our number as a family we enjoy very good health generally but you may be sure me and my partner have quite enough to exercise our minds and occupy our attention. – John Hawley
I desire an special interest in your prayers that my faith fail not in the day of adversity. – John Hawley
The only protection as a historian is to institute a process of research and writing that minimizes the possibility of error. And that I have tried to do, aided by modern technology, which enables me, having long since moved beyond longhand, to use a computer for both organizing and taking notes. – Doris Kearns Goodwin