Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Jane H. Nicholas Randolph
| My dearest Jane | [4 July 1826] |
My poor grandfather holds a protracted & I fear a painfull struggle. there has been no change I think since sunset and yet every appearance of momentary dissolution. he has passed a restless, struggling night, with a mixture of consciousness & delirium. His pulse sunk. his extremities & forehead cold & a ca clamy perspiration. his countenance & breathing denoting the very air of dissolution and yet continuing: he refused last night to take any thing and is evidently anxious for death, and we looking on in momentary hope of seeing him relieved. [. . .] the Dr thinks that he does not suffer except from sick stomach occasionally
affectionately
Th J Randolph
RC (ViU: ER); on a half sheet; date editorially added based on interior evidence; addressed:
“Mrs Randolph Tufton.”
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July 6, 1826
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