Sept. 15,1854 Robert Benjamin-1795 to John Benjamin-1823

Bagillt

September 15, 1854

Dear John & Elizabeth,

I take the pleasure of sending a few lines to you in hopes of finding you in the best of health as these leaves us pretty well, thanks be to God for it, and that we were very glad to hear of Elizabeth and the child doing so well and are in great hopes that ere this that she has come to her usual health, and to inform you that I was at Pentre Mills on Wednesday last and I met Mr. Gleave on the road and I informed him of your son’s name and he seemed to be very well pleased indeed, and I told him about you sending in your letters altogether about him not sending to you at all, and all he has to say to me is always that he does not know what to write, for he says that you might think everything is right by him sending the newspapers altogether, but howsomever he told me that he would write soon now, and we were very glad to hear you say in your letter that you was not going away for a while for we think that it will be better for the other lads that is for you to be with them than being from them, and am in great hopes that your brother James will strive his best for to please you and that he will take his learning from you, and you know well who they are that you take the trouble with, and in great hopes that they will be able to do something for you in return some future day, and we are in great hopes that they will bear it in mind about William Pierce’s money for he has been talking to me last week and he expects to have them as I said before, that is, about the middle of October, for he has purchased some property at Flint this last week and that he has to pay for it from the middle of October to the latter end he says.

Another thing we were very glad to hear you say in your letter that you had got settled in your new house, in great hopes that you will be comfortable and it gave your mother and myself great satisfaction about your brothers been together with you in great hopes that they will be sober and steady and strive their best for to please you and be comfortable together.

Another thing I have as I am sorry to relate to you, and you can know yourself how to go on further about it, and that is Mr. J. Garner of Holywell is very ill, and a person from Holywell has been telling me that he has been talking to the doctor about him and he had no great hopes of him, that he thought that was in a ____ but we are in great hopes that he will come better again.

PS – I have to inform you that we received the money all right and William Pierce was rather vexed that he did not get the whole for he thought when he was giving them to me that he should……….

…………..a better father for them in these days than I can be and always our prayer is that the Lord will keep his hold in you and that you will be well rewarded for it, and am in great hopes that the two brothers will be united together and also to yourself and Elizabeth, and that you may have everything comfortable in them in all ways, and as you was talking in your last about our business we can say that we get our  ____ pretty well, but it is very trying business and requires to be very careful and we shall be as careful as we can.

PS – Mr. Jones, watchmaker and family, sends their kind respects to you and that they were very glad to hear of everything got over so comfortable, and wishing your son and heir every prospect in this world and also father & mother likewise & brothers also. 

Therefore all your brothers and sisters sends their kind respects to you and very glad to hear of you all being well.  So we remain your dutyful father and mother,

Robert & Sarah Benjamin

PS – I must leave room for your mother to write to her children.  She says……………….