Holywell
Nov 30
My Dearest John,
It is with pain that I am now writing. I want to indeed acquaint you of the death of
my dear father. He died on the 18 of
this month and buried on the 21. Yes, my
dearest John, the only parent I had on earth is gone to his long long home, but
I trust to a better, yes, place. The
last words that he was heard to say where that he was going home to his Saviour. He was
taken to say very ill all of a sudden for on Friday morning he was better than
usual so I came to Holywell and I went home on the Saturday and he was
dieing. He knew us all until Sunday
morning and then he was unconscious of everything until Monday morning & I
lost my only parent ___ his fleeting breath.
Oh! My dearest John, my feelings
I can’t describe to you but never shall I forget his dieing looks while I
live. Oh! With what struggle for a
breath & my dearest John you would never of forgot him had you seen
him. Well, well my dearest John, tis
past and your Lizzy is left alone in this wide world without a parent but in
God is my strength. He will not give me
more than I can bare.
My sister Margaret is at Liverpool with my brother
William. He wanted me to go there very
much but I stood against it all I could so my sister has gone. My dearest John, you will see by this that I
intended posting it last week but was obliged to send it ___ for I was at Flint
the week before, preparing for the funeral so last week I and my brother
sometimes was packing up the things to go to Liverpool for my brother William,
so you see my dear John it was not my fault in not writing sooner. I have been very ill last week but I am
better this week. I thought I should be
ill after all this but I hope the worst is over.
I have not seen your friends since the death of my poor father. I know your mother is on pins wanting to see
me for if she does not see me every week she is quite uneasy and your father,
both him and I are great friends. He has
got a ___ rearing for me. I dare not
call your mother anything but mother so you see I am not without an intended
mother and father. Well well, what
would I give if I had any mother and father, but tis useless now, I can’t get
them back. No no, the Friday morning
before my father died he told me that he should like very much to see you, but
I never shall see him in this world, no, but I would give anything to see him
once more, but tell him when you write that I wish him all the success this
world can afford him, that I look to him as a son. He said a little more but it would not be
prudent for me to tell you know but I dare say you shall hear it some day not
far distant I hope for you see that now I have neither father nor mother to
leave behind, but I hope my dearest John will not take it selfish of me in
proposing to come now she has no parent to leave for I did not like to come and
leave father in such a week state. My
dearest John, you see I am willing to come if you will grant me one wish, that
is for your sister, Mary Ellen to accompany me for it would be lonesome by
oneself. You will look things over and
write as soon as you can for me to know how to do if I can get my money by then
for I shall do all I can to get there by then.
I have written to my brother, Joseph, that I wanted my money by next
Spring so he sees and understands directly what I want , so he said the best
way was for me to see about it directly, so you will tell me in one of your
letters soon what will be most requisite for me to bring with me. I have taken a__ to the __ and __ so you will
just mention what else I shall require to take, so I shall drop it for the
present and shall write a longer letter
next time for I expect to hear from you before you get this.
I hope you have had the letter your father sent with my note
inside. My brother and I where in Flint
church last Sunday morning. We sat in
next seat to Mr. Gleave. He was looking
very much at me. Do you think he knows
anything of our correspondence? He does not
dress so ___ as he didn’t show he is a married man. Miss Gleave was there too my dear John I
don’t know wether I mentioned to you in my last anything about them young men,
if not, they have given up the thought of going.
My dearest John I received a paper last week and one this so
I shall send you one this week hoping you will ___ this. My brother has ___ at Manchester this
week. I shall be going to Flint next
week. There are some of the things to
come here so I am going to pack them.
The others are shipped on board the ___ so I shall ___ no use in going
and coming I dare say.
My dearest John I must draw to conclusion for the present, hoping
to hear from you very soon. My dear I
was just going to tell you to give my love to Price and ___ respects ___well. Be sure to remember me kindly to him.
Adieu, my dearest John, and believe me ever to remain your
most affectionate and faithful,
Lizzy until death
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