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July 4th 1869
Westwood dear sister i now take up my pen to rite a few lines to you hopeing to find you well as it leaves us at presant thank god for it
dear sister we have left Melbourne and com back to old tasmania i have been back a month henery has been over ten weeks he came over six weeks before me to get a place for bouth of us
dear sister the reason we left Melbourne is it did not agree with henery i am cooking for the men but the wages is very small all i am geting is four shillings a week but we must put up with it till we can better our selves
tell your husband we see his brother William severall times and he had tea with us the last time we see him he was quiet well and in a good place
Alma is quiet well and is growing a fine littel woman
Henery sends his kind love to you and to Robert
tell Robert he must rite to Henery and let hime know how the old spliters are geting on
walter Barnard is living about two mills from us
he is in the counsteabels again him and his wife and children are all well
the reason dear sister i did not rite before we were not settled in Melbourne
please rite to me as soone as you get this and let me know what you have got wether a son or a daughter and what its name is and wether you had a good time of it
send me wand? what news you have from home
Alma send kises to you and robert Charles Catchpole our Shipmate is liveing with us he send his kind love to you
he is married and has two children
i must conclud.
we are your truly
do not deley riting here we do not know how long we might stay here
Henery Bye care of william Jones Westwood Near causick? Launceston.
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