Old England
Cawthorpe, Novr 15, 1853
My Dear Brother, Sisters, Nephews, and Nieces,
With great pleasure I have again written a few lines to inform you that I received your kind and welcome letter of the 22nd of September and myself and family were very glad to hear of you and yours being thankfully well and we hope this will find you all still in the enjoyment of good health. I feel truly thankful to our Heavenly Father for his preserving care over me and mine to the present moment of time and that through His mercy I am ___________ to say we are all in good health for the present. And I think I shall not be wrong in saying all our relatives are tolerably well. I have not heard anything to the contrary lately. I was over at Birmingham and .........
2 comments:
I, too, have eye problems. I was able to read most of the subsequent pages, but that first one is difficult. The handwriting is beautiful, but appears to have faded some making it more difficult to make out. I may try to write a transcript of that which I can read and e mail it along. Thanks for sharing. It's nice to hear from you again.
Sorry, I have good eye sight, but now patience for trying to decifer the words. It was nice to hear from you again.
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