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Original Translation
1. 1837 1. 1837
The Broughton Letters 1837-1890
Letter 34: November 1890 - from Mary & Joseph Burton

(date - November 1890?)

My dear Sister & Brother I now right after a long delay with kind love to all hopeing you will forgive me for not righting before but as I have heard from you by Miss Bristows letters to my daughter I have not rote as I am so very busy sewing I am glad to do all I can for my husbands business is so very slow now the rail company do chief of the carriers I have been very ill but thank God I am much better & begin to feel an old woman seventy seven next month I have had a bad fall I went to see my Daughter in Norwich and fell down stears from top to bottom from about thirteen or 14 stears it was astrait steep stearcase it was a provedenchel fall he preserved me from breaken my boens I was brused all of my right side did not break my skin only my leg that done badly for a time then I went to the doctors with it he give me some salf and barth it with malersers but I feel pain of the bone sometimes thank God I did not break any bones my sister in lay broke her neck falling down stears poor Charlot thought I was dead as I did not make any noise my poor dear girl I miss her very much but thank God I farmly believe she died happy that I cant wish her back your sister Charlots son is married and have 2 children they live with them so she is likely to be troubled with a familey in her old days my familey are all well thank God now I must conclude with our kind love to all hopeing you are all well I know we shall not meet hear no more but there is a briter shore there release from toil and pain there there we all may meet again God grant it may be so that will be a happy meeting hope to hear from you again from your loving sister Mary Joseph Buron he join in love

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Original Translation
18. 1873 18. 1873