My dear brothers and sisters, I now write these few lines to you hoping to find you quite well as, thank God, it leaves us at present except Mother, and she gets very helpless now and can't expect to live long, but hopes she will be better off. She was very pleased with the likeness. Brother Robert is very poorly and not very well. We did not know anything about old Mr. Harmer's[1] going to America. He went away in a hurry. Our people are just beginning harvest now. There seem to be good crops of wheat but the drought has so much that there is no turnips at all. You must excuse me for not writing before but my daughter has not been able to get her likeness, but will send it as soon as she can. Write as soon as you can for we should like to hear from you. Give all our kind loves to sister Sarah and husband. Send word whether you have heard anything from George. I don't think I have any more to say at present. I remain your affectionate mother and brother William Broughton. So please write again as soon as you can, for we do like to hear from you.

Footnotes

1: From this letter and the next one, I believe the name is Harmer - Joshua Coe married a Hannah Harmer in St Faiths