David Brown, Wainfleet, to " Dear Brother"

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Document ID 104203
Date 12-04-1869
Document Type Letters (Emigrants)
Archive F. W. Brown
Citation David Brown, Wainfleet, to " Dear Brother";Copyright Retained by Mr Frederick Brown; CMSIED 104203
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Part of the Frederick Brown Collection


                                     1869
                      Wainfleet April 12th

Dear Brother I receved [received?] your letter
two weeks before last and I now wright [write?]
an answer to it we were very glad to hear that
you Miss and famly [family?] were all in good
health I was also glad to hear of the rest of
my Brothers and Sisters being all well and also
of the good acount [account?] you give us of my
uncal [uncle?] Robert and Mrs
the Date of this leves [leaves?] us all in good
health James you think of coming out in May
and of leaving the famly [family?] behind your
pan [plan?] may be very good if you do not like
this pleace [place?]  James I need not write any
news conserning [concerning?] the country as I
wrote it in the last letter I have but little
news to send you if you come do not bring more
than one pa[torn?] [pair?] of shoes with you
and no neals [nails?] larger than sparbles for
shoes mead [made?] thear [there?] do not anser
[answer?] hear [here?] and do not brig [bring?]
many linnen [linen?] shirts with you as stripped
[striped?] caligo [calico?] is our wear hear
[here?] exept [except?] for fine ones and the
[they?] are mead [made?] of bleached caligo
[calico?] with linnen [linen?] breasts but bring
as many of such as you pleas [please?] for (sic)
will bie [buy?] them cheaper thear [there?] than
hear [here?] and all other clothing will [--y?]
anser [answer?] hear  [here?] And bring no peaper
[paper?] money with you and be sure and do not have
any quick Silver near to gold as it would spoil it
and if you come by New york do not -hange [change?]
for any peper [paper?] money you can help ther
[their?] peper [paper?] is good but not the value
of Silver or gold ther [their?] Dollar of peper
[paper?] is worth three Shillings Starling [Sterling?]
and Silver is four Shillings Starling [Sterling?] for
the Dollar it is all Dollars and Cents the [they?]
count there and hear [here?] and a half penney
[penny?] is a cent and if you come by New york take
your passag [passage?] throu [through?] for Buffalo
and for Welland but I sent you Derection [Direction?]
befre [before?] Dear Brother I have but little more to
say as we will be looking for you about June you wanted
me to state what I thought of you comming [coming?]
alone and all I think about it is that it will be a
hard and heavy charge for a Woman to bring out a
famley [family?] and on ther [their?] hand it will
be easey [easy?] for one to go back than the whol
[whole?] famely [family?] for I will not say that
Country will pleas [please?] you but it will be
better for the famely [family?]  So no more at
present but Remain your Brother and sister
                                 David C Brown