Dear Cousen with pleasure that I now write these few lines to you hopen to meet you and all quite well thank God it leaves me at presents I received your kind letter and portrait on the 9 of July and was very pleased with it I sent it home for father and mother to see it and they have sent it to me again and they send there kind love to Aunt and Uncle and cousens and to yourself and father send word to say that he wish you would come over to Norfolk and see us all I should like to see you much and I should like very much to see America but father and mother would not like me to be so far from home I would come if it were not for the water perhaps you do not mind the water and it would be a nice excursion for you dear cousen I am not living near Smithfield if I should be going that way before I leave my place I will call and see that young person I am not leaving my place till the 18 of September the mistress don’t like I should leave I am going down home then before I get another situation so hope that you will rite one so that I shall be able to get it before leaving it would be nice if you would rite one and bring it yourself give my kindest love to Aunt and Uncle and cousens and to Uncle Risbrough and all we are get some very hot wether now harvest won't be so very long now I don't think that I have any more to say at present I remain your ever affectionate cousen

Betsy Broughton