foryourownbosom: “oh we playin autumn dayswon’t lay down our heads till the day is wonwo
foryourownbosom: “oh we playin autumn dayswon’t lay down our heads till the day is wonwon’t stop running till we reach the sunchasing all the things that are keeping us young.” a doodle of henri and john as little kids !! john had an older brother before him, henry jr. the first (or as some of us like to call him, henri), born in 1753 that passed away very young somewhere in august of 1758. i wanted to draw these boys and a picture from john´s childhood times for some wholesomeness, so here they are looking at an ant colony :D “In 1755 the first daughter to survive infancy, Eleanor, whom the family called Nelly, was born. Near in age, the three siblings [John, Henry, and Eleanor Laurens] formed a close-knit team of playmates. It was a happy childhood, supervised by loving and attentive parents, marred only by the specter of death. In August 1758 the younger Henry died. His death was Jack’s first encounter with the transitory nature of life, where a loved ones existence seemingly vanished like mist.”- John Laurens and the American Revolution by Gregory D. Massey -- source link
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