Frettenham January 13^th, 1837

Dear Daughter & Son in Law and Grand Children this com with our Kind Love to you All hopin to find you all in good Helth as it Leave all of our Family at Pressent Thanks Be To God for it; we Received your Letter on the 5 Day of November with the gratest of Joy & Pleashure we was to Hare you Landed with so Little Sickness & Troble and Glad to Hare you are so comfortable in a Forigen Land; we hare so maney Diffren Accounts from Amarak we now not hoo to beelieve; we are sattisfied By your Kind Letter that there is a Livein In Amaraca with Industrea Pray excuse my not written Before, ware a yong man a son of Mr. Hall Frettenham is over he Say that he Live About 30 miles Throm Toronto Sity his Father is Steward for Sem one I waited for his Return, hee too not Return Before the Spring your Brother William Wife was confined on the 17 of October with Daughter & is very well thank God, I am sorry to say that we hare no good better account for Industris People that thare was wen you Left England, the workhouses are altred & Divided as to sepperate the man from his wife & the Boys from the girls that make Things very on Pleasand we hope for Better times by God now wen we shall see them, sister Mary is Removit to Lyng with Mr. Evans & Susan & Hannah is in Norwich & your Uncle Richard & Cozin was at St. Faiths Fair & Desire Thair Love to you all & John Desires his Love to you & you may expect to see him if hee can get over your Uncle Henry & wife & Family To all well & send thar Love to you all & give our Respects to all that enquire for us if you Please, John Friah has Bin at New York he give a very good accont of that plase he has a Brother in Law & sister & family thate thay are Carpenters we may say that a grate maney People will go from Horstead & Cottishall with Friah in the spring His Brother James & Family from Hainford has mad up his mind to see New York Dear Daughter your Mother was a Little on easy about you be heareing so many diffret accounts, after shee see Mr. Myath she was more sattisfied he say you was the First woman that wen on Bord the ship & you was in good spirits as ever hee see you Shee often Talk about you & children & husban, thank God shee is more comfortable than you may I maen by heareing so maney different Tales about Amaraca; grann send her Love to you all yer sister Hannah Perticular wish to have a Lock of your hair & wish to hare if thare is either Church or Chapple & Perticular if thare is a school for the children She was very sorry you forget to Leave her a Lock of Hair & shee excuse it considorin the maney thoughts you had about such a Fatagen journey as you had to go threw with Shee was glad to see your Letter & find you so Comfortable sittuated shee send Kisses to the dear children we has had a very Rough & Severe Christmas the Different Parishes has Ben oblieg to clare the Roed in Different Places the Coatches & Males ware oblieged to Return to London on Account of the Large Drifts of snow; we has not had so much snow for 23 years Past I wish to now the Perticulars of the Winter in your Part of Amaraca Dear Daughter wright to me as soon as it is convenient, the Perticulars of your Part, of the Harvest & Winter seasen your Mother see Mrses Blake about a fortnight back Shee was well as useual Mrses Ducn & Husband & Fammily ar as well as useual & all Desire thair Love to All, your unkel Henry & Wife & Fammily say that thay will com to New York in the Spring if thay can settle About the House & shop; All the Neibor & Frinds send thair Respects to you all So No more at this time from your Loveing Father & Mother Wm & Christain Remmington Dear Sister Pray send us every Particular abought amarace Pray send us word houw they dress in amarace and what faishon Pray send us word what Caps they were and what thar gowns are made of and send us word what you give per Stone for flower and wether ther be enny flowers in amarace Dear Sister we often think of you and husban and Dear Children & was sorry to hare your Dear little Christianna was so ill on her journey but was glad to hair her so well wen we received your letter Pray let us heare from you as sune you can for we think long to hear from you again ann baby is girl child and it name is Christianna they send there Kind love to you all Dear sister kiss my little William and Christianna for me Mr. Taylor is dade and was bered 27^th of Dcer at Humford Dear sister we hard the ship was lost that you sailed in we hard the ship tacked and were oblidge to go on shore to be repeared we hared thar were 9 children lost goen Amerace so my love to you and your husband and dear children so i remain your ever loveing sister Christianna Remminton Pray send us word wether your house is all on one floor and wether ther be enny apples in amarace and tell William that his little bird is alive and sining.

Pray send word if you Remove so thay may have written to find you thay will stay in New York for a Time.