My dear brothers and sisters I now take the pleasure of writing these few lines to you hopen they will find you in good health as it leaves us at present thank God for it I have wrote a letter before but did not receive any answer I think you have forgot that you have brothers and a mother in England She is a poor old helpless creature now and she would like to hear from you all before she leaves this world for she never thinks of seeing anny of you in this world but hope we shall all meet in heaven dear brothers and sisters I hope you will write as soon as you get this letter if you think it worth of answer for we should like to hear from you all and hear who are married in your family and send us word how George is and what he is and what he is doing for we oftimes think about him as he is an unsettled one but we hope he is with you John and his family are all quite well I was at Norwich the day after Christmas and John oldest son is married Robert and his family are all quite well and he have only two at home with him Mother fell down and got a mischife so she have been obliged to go on chortches this American war have made every thing so dear except flower and that is 1 and 7 a stone Mother is living with us as she was not fit to live alone and she would very much like to hear from you for she cant expect to be hear much longer for she is in her 87 year dear brother send us all the news you can we should very much like to see you so no at present from your everloving brother William Broughton Edgefield