515. The Cumberland Traveller
The Cumberland Traveller' is here included as a historical curiosity.
From the Adams MS hook owned by Professor W. Amos Al)rams,
formerly of Boone, N. C (now of Raleigh). The book dates from
1824-25 and lias nt'ver been out of western North Carolina. Stanzas
2-7 are largely intlecipherable. but deal first with the writer's present
state and departure from home, followed i^y three stanzas on his journey
to and reception in Cumberland. Stanza 8, a little more legible, adjures
the wife to teach the children virtue and "good holy word," and is
dated 1830 in the margin in a different hand. The signature at the end
of the pt)em is in a ditferent hand.
I Dear wife I hope this you will f. . .
In health of body and of mind
xAnd my dear babes whom I adore
I live in hopes to see once more.
9 Protect and guide me O my God
That rules the nation with the Rod
Guide them against that savage land
And smile with peace on Cumberland.
10 Good lord of murcy stay thy hand
Keep me from falling into they savage h. . .
Let the earth drink no more the blood of m. . .
WHiilst I return from Cumberland.
1 1 ( ) if you want for to noe the time
These Hues was Rought in 89
April was the second day
These Hnes was rote and sent away.
finis Moses Adams. Jr.