August 19, 1863
Bagillt
Dear John & Elizabeth,
I take the pleasure of sending a few lines to you with your
brother in hopes to find you in a good state of health as these leaves us but
very troublesome, that is that you have taken so much trouble and so much
expense and that you have showed yourself so kind towards him that we hope that
he will return a great many thanks to you for your kindness, and according to
his promises now altogether that if God grants to him to have his health that
he will do his best endeavor for to please you and we hope that he will, and
another thing I have to inform you of is that, as I told you in my last, that
his passage money was fifteen pounds, and as you can see in the newspapers that
it was so at all times and I thought as you had sent the money, and another
thing that you wanted him to come against the latter end of the month that I
could not do any better than I did, and another thing and for ____ truth so
that all the money that you sent, and we have been obliged to borrow two pounds
besides that is by I shall start him out of Liverpool, l shall have but just
what will carry your brother James and myself home, for we could not do no less
than letting him come and send his brother as far as Liverpool, and this will
be the third time for me to be in Liverpool upon the account of him for to come
over, and against I bought him a few things he was short of, and clearing his
expenses and everything in Liverpool they very soon went, and as he can inform
you that we were as saving as possible with everything for he has been out of
employ for some time in Liverpool, and it is now fourteen weeks since we had
anything from him at all, therefore we hope that the Lord will grant him health
and strength and that better times is coming that he might make this breach up
yet and that before long and he makes a faithful promise of it here, and
another thing he can tell you of is that Mr. Faulks has passed the money over
us at Denbigh and he is waiting on us upon this account, and I told you before
that Mr. Faulks has settled everything about this place of ours and that he is
going to make it into a fine public house and that he should give us the
privilege of being in it if we like, but your brother can tell you all about
everything, only I thought that I would write these few lines for you to ask
him or else I thought he would not think of half of what was for him to think
of, and I can assure you that it troubles both your mother and myself very much
that we could not purchase some little ___ of something for the little girl and
her mother, but howsomever we cannot as we are very sorry to say, but your
sends a small little silk handkerchief for the little girl and she hopes it
will be acceptable .
So your brothers and sisters all send their kind respects to
you and except the same from your dutyful father and mother,
Robert Benjamin
PS I have finished my father letter and I am sorry as I
can’t come over with Edwin Benjamin. And so no more from your brother, James Benjamin
Money talk about getting Edwin off to America.
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