Bagillt
January 6, 1852
Dear John,
We received your letter of the 15th ult. and we
were very glad to hear that you were both well in health as this leaves us but
very indifferent, and as for your sister Mary Ellen, we do not know what to
think of her, only that we must see and know that she is growing less every day,
and since I wrote to you before she has been very ill, therefore you should
think how it is upon us by her being so long confined and indeed confined to
bed most of the time, and that there must be a great deal of expense going, and
as you are well aware that we could not afford to have a doctor to her for we
could not pay him, and now Mr. Jones the minister has taken her in hand for he
was so sorry for her and us, and also though she being so ill as she was she
was thinking it very unkind of you being so long in sending to us this last
time, for it made her and us to think that you had forgotten us all at once
after you got married, and it used to grieve your sister very much when she
would think about it, and as you sent to me about going to Holywell about the
fifteen pound as Elizabeth had sent to her brother, I went to him myself and he
told me different tails about money in a minute there that he had raised the
money upon the bank expecting money from Flint, and he was obliged to pay that
up and could not get none, and he raised money on the bank again and that he
could not make them up against the time, and it cost him six and sixpence for
defrauding the bill, and I do not know one half of what he said for I found
there was none for me, and then I did not give an ear to one half of what he
said, and if Elizabeth did send him the money he did not take on him atall that
it was so, but that it was the money from Flint and it was of no use for to take
him by the ear the same as a pig if they could not be got by fair means, for he
told me that he knew if in case that his uncle was sold up the next day of all
his property that he could not pay one penny to the pound, therefore it is just
the same point as I told you before, that is if we was to wait for money to pay
our rent until you got some from Flint that we must be forever without,
therefore it shows so still, and he told me that if somebody would come to
Holywell on Friday for to call there, and that if he should have some that we
should have them, and your sister was so bad that we could not go to Holywell
and we take your sister Sophie as to call that there might be nothing in that, and
so she did and he told that there had none come, and likewise he told her so,
that if in case that she had all what was due to her that it would not be four
pounds after paying all expenses, and after being so glad to have your letter
and to hear that you were so well and coming on well as we are so very glad to hear
so that you are doing well, you cannot do better than we would wish, but
however it has put us about very much for to think you was so good as to send
thinking that he would just have them over directly, but however it was a
mistake of yours and mine as we are very sorry that it was so, and we do not
know what to do, and here is Mr. Maurice keeps calling here altogether, and we
have begged of him for to wait an answer to the letter again, and he told us
that he did know what to do with us for the attorney at Denbigh wants for him
to drop upon us altogether, but however both him and us has come to
consideration that he would wait until you would send an answer to this letter again
as it has happened as it has, and John, I hope you will not loose [sic] no time
in sending as soon as possible for the sake of your poor father and mother, and
as for the lads you wish to know about them they are very well in health and
get in very well with their work, but they get very little money, not half
enough to keep them with meat and clothing, and they are at the night school
now altogether this good while and getting on very well with their learning,
& believe me another thing I have to inform you of is that your sister
Charlotte has got married on this day week at Chester. She has married Humphrey Jones, the son of E.
Jones the bricklayer and they live in Flint at the Bakehouse in the square, and
we hope they will do well there, therefore I must give up for this time again
for it near the postman’s time for to come .
So your brothers & sisters sends their kindest respects
to you all of them, and very glad to hear from you at all times. We shall write a longer letter next time, so
no more at present from your dutyful father & mother,
Robert & Sarah Benjamin
You
must allow us this time for we have not a shilling for to pay the post this
time.
This letter is out of sequence...........sorry. The date was read as June 6 instead of January 6.
ReplyDeleteThings are bad as usual in Bagillt and oh, by the way, your sister got married.