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1. 1837 1. 1837
The Broughton Letters 1837-1890
Letter 15: 21st December 1868 - from William Broughton

Edgefield December 21, 1868

Dear brothers and sisters, I now write these few lines to you hoping to find you quite well as, thank God, it leaves us all at present. You must excuse me for not writing before but we have not had our likeness taken yet. We can't get anywhere about here. We had a letter from George about a week ago and he was quite well and he has 3 children. He says he thinks he should come home in the summer for a few weeks. Mother is much the same. She sends her kind love to you all and hopes you are all well. Robert and family are all quite well and send there loves to you all. I don’t know whether you saw old Harmer when he was in America. He is home again allright. Father was at Norwich sometime back and he saw one of your wife's brothers and he was quite well. We have had some very fine weather. We have not had any snow nor sharp frosts yet. Corn wheat is about 1-3-0 shillings a comb. There are not many turnips about this year. Pork is about 8 a pound, and beef and mutton 9. This Christmas give all our kind love to Sarah and husband and family. There are not any potatoes about this [?] year, not good ones. They are nine and ten shillings a sack. There are plenty of apples

My daughters kind love to all. I remain your affectionate brother and uncle, William Remmington.

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18. 1873 18. 1873