Pentre Mills, near Flint
North Wales, Oct 11, 1849
Dear John,
Your letter of the 4th last I rec’d on the 7th
inst. I always feel happy to hear form
you as I feel a great interest in your welfare.
I receive the New York Herald regularly every week (except once when the
Hibernia went ashore) and I every week send you the Albion which I hope you
regularly receive. I am glad you have
sent me word about the postage of the papers I send. I always thought the stamp should free the
British postage, from this time forward I shall post them without paying and if
you find they don’t reach their destination you must let me know.
I am somewhat surprised that T. Price and you do not keep up
a correspondence. I hope he still
continues a total abstinence. He will
never prosper I fear without. When you
write to him tell him I have been long expecting a letter from him, as I stated
to you before he told me in his first letter not to write again until he sent
me another letter, which has prevented me doing so.
I am glad to hear that you have had so little of the
cholera. I wish I could give you so good
an account but I am sorry I can not, the mortality here has been great
indeed. Since I last wrote to you there
has been about 40 deaths in Flint alone.
We had a day set apart
(Wednesday 3rd inst,) in this parish for prayer ____. I hope God in his mercy has removed his
chastening rod for it has been heavy here. I am truly thankful to say that none
of my relatives have fallen victims and all our men have been spared, although
some of them have been very ill, but they are now all at work. I will send you
a list of those I know that have died since my last.
Rev D. Lewis ___ he preached here on the Wednesday night and
went to ___ on Thursday to get a clergyman to preach for him there on the
following Sunday as he wants to spend that Sunday in Flint before returning to
___ he did not return but died then on Friday morning. Mr. Brown was from ___ at the time and there
was no one to inter Mr. Michael Perry who had likewise died of the
cholera. Peter Bibby has also fallen a
victim also Mr. Edw Hughes, ___ and his wife both buried on one grave, Jeremy
the shoemaker, Sally Roberts (wife of Mr. Roberts, Michael Perry’s mom), Mrs.
Emily and Mary Williams (wife of Davydd Mike Carter), Mr. Hughes Baptist,
George Powell’s wife and three daughters, W, Hewlitt Pilot, old Betty Price,
and ___ Mill and her daughter in law, also Lorie Carter, basket maker. Elizabeth
Lewis, youngest daughter of Kitty Lewis who lives opposite my house, Harry
Parry, Mr. Roberts Pen Machno and his son-in-law, Mrs. Williams and a number of
children that I don’t know.
I am happy to say we have had only one case since the last
day 3rd inst. I trust it has
left us and may it leave a serious impression and it or the means of leading
many to God. Our congregation in church
has a mournful aspect, so many are ___ in the habiliment of woe from having
lost father, mother, husbands or wives or children. It has been a time that
will be long remembered here.
I think I have sent you all the news I have. I will send this letter to Bagillt to be
enclosed in your father’s letter. He
called here when he was going to Mr. Edwards. I do not know the result of his
visit to him as I have not seen your father since. If you should not receive a newspaper from me
in some weeks it will be in consequence of my being from home. I was in
Sheffield last week but returned in time to post the Albion.
Whenever you are writing to your father be sure to send me a
slip of paper in their letter or when you write to me you can enclose one to
your father as it saves postage. Do you
think you will ever return?
With most heartfelt wishes for your ___ eternal happiness ___
Dr. John.
Yours sincerely,
Thomas Gleave
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