Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

yourselves. What pecuniary help I can afford you, I
will; and I expect it will be but small. What little
worldly store I have left at home may be divided
equally among you when you arrive to years of
discretion. In the mean time, I hope, William, that
you will set so good an example to your brothers
and sisters, as that, if they follow it, shall insure
them peace, love, and friendship here, and
happiness in the world to come. May you
remember the virtues of your parents, and forget
their vices: this is the constant prayer of your
loving father,
Wm. Miller.’
“If Lucy is no more, or if she has forgotten
Wm. Miller, then this letter is directed to Wm. S.
Miller, his oldest son.”
Mr. Miller remained at Plattsburgh as late as
February of 1815; and, although the English had
removed their forces into Canada, so that there was
no fighting with them, there were some bad
Yankees, whose cases called for occasional
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