W. Hamilton, Trory to Joseph Godber, Tully, Co. Fermanagh.
Joseph Godber Esq Tully [?] Florence Court Jany 4 1841 My dear Friend, I long to hear from you, to know about Sam - where he is settled, & what he is doing in America; & please to tell me all about Jane & her little ones, I hope she is at your fireside, I have had a letter from my William lately, he is well & has a large family, in great worldly prospects, in India; & a newspaper from that place shows me that he is high in the esteem of the nobility & gentry of the country, that he has become very popular, & has acquired great influence among them. He has found a fine insurance company, & is chosen by the subscribers as manager of the business - the first thing of the kind in all Bengal, & which will be very lucrative. He says if his little son John was there with the regiment he would purchase a commission for him. He spoke a little more about religion this time than he used to do; & maybe God may make him a new man, & save his soul, which will be best of all. I have not heard from the other boys this half year. I see Mary Ann frequently, she is very well & has a fine daughter; & she attends preaching in the town, her husband is a quiet lump of clay, but is in no haste to be religious; & would be ready to say like Mary "What have I done?", but I see in Matt XXV three classes all sent to hell, & not charged with doing any harm, as you will see at the last verses. I beg of Ann to write me when you get this, Does Joseph meet in class? I know no help like it, & the devil hates it very much, I am glad I was ever brought into it my love to your preacher, does he go to [Moniorgan?] now?, out of which place he has a good preacher long ago, Andrew Blair; & there might be some good in it yet, Remember me to [Serfe?] & all the girls, when you see them, & their good mother. May the Lord bless you all, Amen. Your affectionate friend W HamiltonClose