John Benjamin was born in England in 1823. In 1849, at the age of 26, he immigrated to America with the goal of seeking opportunities in the new world and improving the life of his family. During his immigration and eventual settlement in Hutchinson, Minnesota, John saved many personal letters that were written by and to him. These letters, the subject of this web site, bring to life his immigration and the life of others during this courageous adventure. The most recent letters posted on this sight are on this front page. To see all the earlier letters, keep pressing the “Older Posts” button on the bottom of this page. The earliest letter recorded here is June 20, 1849. The letters…………









July 25,1850 Mary Ellen Benjamin-1831 to John Benjamin-1823

Bagillt
July 25, 1850
Dear John,
You must excuse me for not writing to you sooner for we could not think of writing until we would receive the parcel, for we did not receive it until last Tuesday evening, for we had got Mr. Gleave to write to Liverpool about them and they sent an answer that they were not there, and it set us all very uneasy about them all the time until last Saturday was a week, Mr. Gleave received a letter from the man as brought them that he had such a parcel belonging to him and he did not know where to take them to and Mr. Gleave sent a letter to him to Liverpool for to take them to the office and then we received them as above, and very grand they are to, and there is somebody here all together wanting to see them and your sister Mary Ellen was in Holywell yesterday with the small parcel and took the others with her, and she turned into your cousin Jones’s shop with them and very glad they were for to see them, and that they were the hansomest as they ever saw, and he is drawing a great many himself now and he was telling your father  that he should wish very much if he could purchase some __ like these, that he cannot in England nowhere, and we are very anxious to know, and you must be so kind as to let us know in your next letter whether the two is to be in our house or not. 
I shall send you a very nice present the next time for I had no time this time. 
Mary Ellen Benjamin
Please to give my best respects to Thomas Price.  Here is a kiss for you both from Wales and more.

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