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From: Frettenham
January 1838
with ps February
3, 1838
Forwarded February
5, 1838
To: Edward Broughton
Chenguacousy No.
6 2 Concession
West of the Center
Road
Near Toronto City
Upper Canada
North of Amaraca
Frettenham January
1838
Dear Daughter and
Son in Law and Grandchildren This com with our Kind Love to
you all Hopin to Find you all in Good Helth as it Leave us
all at this Pressent Thank be to God for it, I received your
Letter with much joy and Pleashor to Hare you are so Comfortable
in a Forign Contry & Strang People Excuse my not answering
your letter no sooner I thought I should have had another
Letter from you Mr. Myat cald on me for your direction Last
Spring he was Sendin som People from Cromer & that neighbourhood
he said he wold convay a Letter to you without expence as
thay ware sendin them to Upper Canada I sent a Letter by him
so I expected you had heard from mee as he Promised to send
it But I has not seen him ever since he had the Letter he
is a Relievin Officer of the Poor Laws of England I think
for my Part thay are no Bennefit to Manney we have a grate
maney complaints now I hop this Letter will Find you all comfortable
as your Letter left you we hear a grate manney diffort tales
about Amaraca we has had maney different Fammilys over to
Queback and New York last spring But Amaraca fritten maney
back to England & thair Mothers Now my Dear Children I
will give you an account of your brothers & sisters Wm
& his wife & child is well thank God for it The child
run alone now & likely at Present Christain is married
to Mr. John Read of Frettenham about a year & has a daughter
4 months old thay alive in with me at Presson but I expect
thay will leave us soon The girls name is Elizabeth; Mary
is married to a Mr. Joseph Burton a shoemaker; Lyng, Mr. Evans
went to live at Lyng last Michelmas twelve months; she was
married the 31st of October last, she has got a
good husband & comfortabel house & Trade he is a carrier
to Norwich every Saturday Hannah is livein at Thorpe very
comfortable & Susan is at home She live at Lady Suffild
at Harstead Hall She had the misfortune to have a child by
the Footman & he has left & we not war he is, it a
nice boy about 5 months old, so we meet with some trobles
as well as our neibour; Charlot grow quite the woman &
she is to go Nursmaid to [Mr. or] Mrs. Read. Granna is well
as usual. Give our love to William & tell him his bird
is dead last September, your unkel Henry & family is well
& quit given up goen to Amaraca Christmas is liven with
me I has not seen Uncle Richard since last Michelmas 1836
I hare they are well, I do not know wither yer cozen Richard
is married or not Mr. & Mrs. Ducn & family is all
well & Mr. & Mrs. Blake is well to the best of my
Knowledg I have not heard of them very lately John Broughton
left me last April, Yer Brother Charles is Forman for me thank
God I am abel to work ever since John left, so we get without
a man trade is very bad & Manney is wors; John is at work
at St. Faiths at pressent he had a fever sore on his hand
& ware obliged to go to the doctor, he is at work now
We had all the family at Christmas excep you & Family
we did not forget you We drank your helth & prosperity
to all your family we have no snow this winter at pressent
our flower is 2 shillings & 1 per stone at this time Before
I written a price pork 6/3 & 7 per stone We killed a pig
of 16st You are so far from England I cannot send to you pees
as if you was near to us but I hop you will excuse that; I
see by the newspaper thare is disputes in different parts
of Amaraca, I received your letter of the 2 of July I paid
1-11 and pay 2-9 wen I Post a Letter at Norwich I shall be
very glad if you answer this letter as soon as you can &
I will answer yours by return of post if possible Pray send
me word if received a letter from anyone from England from
me & by what way
Dear Sister My love
to you & your husband and dear children and should so
much like to see how much thay are growing since thay left
Englent and send us word if you ar likely to have enny more
family We should like to see you over to Englent again to
see what difference a foran cuntry has made in you I named
my little tot after you If you could step in to your Mothers
house see two Babes you wood sit with astonishment but we
shall not be heare much longer for our house is near don it
is new house at Hainford it is a very pretty house wen done
but I shall not even have the plisher of seeing you theare
I dought I have been to dine and tea at Mrs. Reads at Frettenham
and thay very comfortable I have been to Trowse Mills at Mr.
Thomas Reads Mr. Reads sends his love to you and your husband
so no more at present from your loven sister Christianna Read
Feb 3 Dear Daughter
excuse my neglect of writing before We have had a severe frost
this last 3 weeks that ever I remembered so God bless you
all & I hope you will write as soon as you can.
Frettenham Feb 3,
1838
from your lovein
Father & Mother Brothers & Sisters
Wm & Christain
Remmington
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