From: Lyng Febuary 9, 1885
Norwich Feb. 9, 1885
to: Mrs. Edward Broughton
Blenheim Bright PO
P Ont Canada Amarica
Hamilton Feb 24, 1885
Bright Feb 25, 1885

Lyng Febuary 9, 1885

My Dear Sister & All

I was very glad to hear from you again and to hear you are alive for I began to think you where dead for it is a long time since I heard from you glad you are well as thank God it leaves us all now I had a very bad illness last year about this time I thank God he have raised me again now Dear Sister I am thankful to allmighty God that my familey are all alive and well my oldest son have 9 children and the youngest daughter have five my second daughter is still a widdow her oldest is married though only 18 years of age. My oldest daughter is singel yet she lives at Finborough Hall Stonemarket Suffolk how is Tread in Amarica it is very dull every were in England there are hundreds and thousands I may say in large places there out of employ there are lots of people talk of going to Amaraca and Austrielia they are starving about heare I must not complain for thank God we just get aliven we have had bad luck with our horses we lost three good horses in two years & a half it have put us in a sad muddle. Dear sister you wish to know where sister Hannah is living but I cant tell you for she never right there was a little unplesentness about Betsys money so she never right nor yet to Charlot I would right to her but I don’t know her address they have had severel places since they failed so I have heard but I cant hear of them now Charlot live at Hockring yet her son & daughter are both single living at home Lora is a dressmaker she get plenty of work Charlot is better in health then she used to be now I must conclude with our kind love to you all from your loving sister and brother M J Burton may we all meet in heaven for Jesus Christ sake who died for us.