Orestes wrote Henry a long letter and addressed it to him simply at Chicago. Brownson now has the proper address but the letter had been sent before receiving it. In his letter to his son Brownson suggested several acquaintances but neglected to speak of Mr. Bellows who, as a boy, must have known Brownson inasmuch as his father was the cause of Brownson's departure from Walpole, N.H. His father sent him with a present of some bottles of wine to Henry's mother and father on the birth of William. The Bellows family was large and was one of the most aristocratic families of New Hampshire. Colonel Bellows, after whom Bellows Falls, Vermont was named, was the great grandfather of George and he owned the greater part of Walpole. Jack Bellows, his father, made and lost a fine property in Boston. His oldest son John was a sad fellow, who stole considerably from his family, drank hard and was very fat. The last time Brownson heard of him he was a Unitarian minister in Thurston, Mass. The next son, Hamilton, was worse yet and his father had to keep him at home, forbid people from trusting him and never trust his son with any money himself. The next sons were twins Edward and Henry. Edward studied law and was found murdered in the woods in Michigan. Henry is a Minister in New York. There were, according to Brownson two younger sons, of whom George is probably one. They were a genial but not remarkably brilliant family and the history of all the branches is a sad one. Jack's younger sons had some Langdon blood in their veins and were the brightest of their name, with one or two exceptions. If Mr. Bellows is sober and steady he will be a good partner for Henry, but if he is not, then Henry should have nothing to do with him. Brownson thinks favorably of Henry's Milwaukee visit. Although Henry's son is called Philip, Brownson, for reasons of his own, will always call him Vandyke. Henry should not allow himself to forget Fifine in his interest for Philip. :: III-3-a A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.