Chicago
Oct. 10th, 1864
Dear Uncle,
I take the pleasure of writing these few lines to you hoping
to find you enjoying the best of health as it leaves me very well at present
.
And as to Pentre Mills, it is burned to the ground except
the shaft house and work shed and some of the men are working in the chemical
works. Regards to Christopherson, I don’t know what
he is doing but he lives in Robert Davie’s house opposite the mill the Menai
bridge. And there is a large chemical works marsh down
there first began about three years ago.
Robert Davies has a good deal of property. Now he has about 7 new houses built last year. Mr. Gleave is as fat as a bull and I think he
has plenty to do as he has charge of the gas works, water works, and is one of
the fire and life insurance co. And
father and mother live by the King’s Arms and Charlotte lives in the King’s Arms. She has four girls and Sophia lives a little
way off and she has five children and has buried her husband, and the oldest
boy and Louisa lives in Mostyn and her husband works on the railroad and she
has four children and all send their best love to you all.
I am here comfortable and happy and work at the mill with uncle
Edwin and he thinks of making a machinist of me. He has made a workbench so I can learn to
learn to work on wood as well as machines and I’m glad to tell you that this work is free from the draft and uncle is
all right and safe from that.
And father and mother and all old friends send their best
love to you all and receive the same from us here and this very shortly.
From your nephew,
Richard
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