Letter from Joseph C. Hathaway, Waterloo, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1840 [March] 4
Description:
Joseph C. Hathaway writes to William Lloyd Garrison that James Caleb Jackson "is still upon his back by my side in a deranged state of mind singing 'Auld Lang Syne.'" He reports that Jackson is "in a very precarious condition ... [and] yesterday he was perfectly insane for more than twelve hours," but "he receives every possible attention from this kind hearted and benevolent family (Thomas McClintock)." Hathaway is "anxious ... that he may be saved and I not only hope but think & believe that he will be." In the postscript, he tells Garrison that since writing the letter, two doctors have arrived and "are decided in the opinion that his symptoms are favorable."