My dear sister, with kind love I write these few lines hoping they will find you and family all well as it leaves us all, thank God. Dear sister I received your likeness with much pleasure. How I should like to see you in reality. I think I should not have known you the first sight, but I could see our dear mother's face in it. You are looking much older than I expected to see you. Now dear sister I am come at last for you to see. I should have liked to have sent my husband's but I could not get him to sit. Perhaps I may by the time I write again and cannot tell you much about your brothers, only that they are living. My husband sees William sometimes. He asks us to go but we have not yet, but will go before long if God spares us. But their wives are such odd creatures, there is not much pleasure of going. Oh, I could tell you such a lot if I could see you. Hannah is at Dunham yet. We went to see them last summer. They were very comfortably situated. Charlotte is at Hockering. I often go to see her but [she] seldom comes to see me. I told her the last time I went to see her that I had got your likeness and she must come and see you. I thought that would get her here, but she has not been yet. She promised me that she would come and see you. She told me to give her kind love to you all. I wanted her to send her likeness but she did not say that she would. Now I must tell you that I have had another birth and another wedding in my family since I wrote to you last. I have twelve grandchildren. Joseph is married and lives at Dereham. Charlotte and William and Mary Ann are still at Yarmouth and doing well. I cannot tell you any more news, only I should like to have your husband's likeness, or any part of your family. So goodbye, God bless you all. I remain your loving sister, Mary Burton. My husband joins in love to you all.