Cassimere Churchill, Washington, to "Dear Brothers, Albro and Nathan", 1862 January 16

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                   Washington Jan 16th. 62

 

Dear Brother Albro & Nathan

                                I have

wrote you one letter and have had

no answer from you & I will still

write you an other for I must say

that I have you in my mind very

often  I have often thought of what Sovia

wrote (that you had gone to meeting) I

wish you to direct your most serious attention

to the importance of character – moral

and religous character what is evry

thing else with character how worthless

is evrything else with out it he may

have wealth but he can neither enjoy it

improve it nor be respected for it

without character  I want you to remember

that character for life and eternity

too is usualy formed in youth Set

out with this idea written upon your

heart in orter that it may be