| Title: | Hughes, Edward to Hughes, Laurence, 1852 |
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| ID | 6423 |
| Collection | New Brunswick Letters |
| File | newbrunswick/58 |
| Year | 1852 |
| Sender | Hughes, Edward |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Cambria Co. Penn., USA |
| Destination | Fredericton, N.Brunswick, Canada |
| Recipient | Hughes, Laurence |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 439 |
| Genre | decease, buying land, moving to Iowa, inquires about family |
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| Transcript | Letter from Edward Hughes (brother) Addressed to Lawrence Hughes Fredericton New Brunswick America Summit, Cambria County, Pa. July 11, 1852 Dear Lawrence. Your long wished for letter at length arrived in due time after its date but circumstances did not permit me to write sooner. I buried one of my girls last February who was then ten months sick of consumption. She was a fine girl of sixteen years old and two younger ones of two years old shortly before, a boy and a girl, so I hope I have three before me in heaven and I have eight left, four boys and four girls as fine looking children as you would wish to see. We are all in good health now, thank God for it. I am very happy to hear that you and your fine family are doing so well. I have purchased 77 acres of good land in a fine Catholic settlement. It is worth now one hundred dollars. I am not able yet to go live on it as there is but little of it cleared. I some times think of selling it to go live in the west. There is a fine colony of settlers from Carlow in loway State sent out by Rev. James Heigher and they have fine schools there now for boys and girls. I think dear Lawrence if we would go there it would be a fine chance for our children but I am afraid it is not healthy there. If you could procure a Catholic almanac you would find out about the settlement. Your friend Tierney is dead. He died in some of the western states and I have not seen any of the ahers this long time. There is a great deal of railroads making here but the most degrading characters work on them now. Some of this is a discgace to the land that gave them birth. Dear Lawrence, write to me soon again and let me know how you are getting along and let me know how Mary and the children are. If you know anything of Edward Fitzhenry let me know. Also I would like to hear of his attendance to his religious duty because if we do not practice what we are taught to believe we are no better than the heathen or the publican. It is a painful thing for me to write as I am not very quick at it. I am sending a letter to Bridget now. Mary and the children joins me in love to you and your Mrs. and children. Still I remain your ever affectionate brother. Edward Hughes |
