My Dear Sister I hope these few lines will find you all well as it leaves us all at present thank God I hope you will forgive me for not righting before I have had so much righting to do lately for my family are scattered about I have only my eldest son near me now I must tell I have twenty grandchildren and am expecting two more every day to hear it my youngest daughter have been in a very quear way this last three months I feel afraid it will go bad with her but we must trust in God he is all suficient now since I began to right I have heard that my daughter in law have got a son now I hope you are enjoying yourselves in your new house I hope you enjoyed your Christmas dinner in it I thought about you and did wish I could step in and see you but we never shall in this world but hope we shall in a better one your sister Charlot is a very poor thing she is never well though she keep about Hannah and husband is well I sildom see either of them unless I go to see them which they might if they liked Hannah is such an old maidish parsen she never have time my husband see Charles at Norwich the other week he was looking well tread is very slow all round here there is a great meny people out of employ we hope for better times Dear Sister I cant send you a likeness this time I cant get my husband to get his taken I have got the promise of my boys but they are along time coming my Hannah is got to live in London but she do not like London I have had one of her little girls with me till the other week her Father came for her they left Reepham last August I wish they had been there now for I am afraid they are not getting on as well as they had expected we have had a great many dearths in our parish this last year it will be our turn we cannot tell how soon & that we may be all ready to appere before God now I must good buy God bless you all may we all meet in heaven we remain your loving sister Joseph join in love with me to all I remain your loving sister

Mary Burton