To Dr. J. F. E. Hardy,
Asheville, N. C.:
My Dear Sir, and Kind Friend:
I send you the MS. of my father, Robert Henry. He was born in Tryon (now Lincoln) county, N. C., in a rail pen, 10th February, 1765; was a lawyer and surveyor by profession; was one of the first settlers in Buncombe county; taught School on Swannanoa, the first school taught in Buncombe county. He died in Clay county, N. C., February 6th, 1863, wanting but four days of being 98 years old. Thomas Henry, his father, died soon after the Revolution, of rheumatism contracted during the war. Thomas Henry was from the North of Ireland.
I do not want this manuscript lost, as you see it is in Robert Henry’s own hand, and a little relic. If not used, I should like it should be returned to
Respectfully,
WM. L. HENRY,
Asheville,
Buncombe County, N. C.