High Ercall Letters - c 1850-1870. Transcribed by Roberta's mother, contributed by Roberta Bailey : Family letters from England to a family who lived in Wood County, WI dating from the 1850's to the 1870's. Two brothers, Thomas & John Davies, came to America leaving their parents & siblings in England. Some of these letters are complete with the mispellings & some have been cleaned up. Roberta's mother started transcribing them several years ago but passed away before finishing so Roberta picked up where she left off. In all it looks like there are 16. College Hill Shrewsbury England Sept 10th 70 Dear Brother & Sister, Though I have never seen either of you still I know you are the same as if I had seen you. I now write to you to let you know that we are all of us quite well mother and all. I was very glad to have a letter from you but do not know what is the reason as I have wrote John that I have not had an answer perhaps I shall --- & ----. Dear brother I was very sorry to hear of the death of your child but it is better off than if it had ------ in this wiked world though we know that is painful to the feelings to lose one so dear still if it is the Lords will we must submit. Now dear Brother I want you to write and tell me what sort of a country it is for a young man like me to come too. I have been thinking of coming over if I thought I could do better as England you must know is in a dreadful state and we do not know but before you get this letter that we may be in the midst of war. God protect us. The war now is raging in France and England begins to quake for fear. Send me word what sort of a place it is to come too and where is the nearest port and all the particulars and if I think I shall be better off I will come and --- --- for there is nothing in England. Give my love to John when you write. We have had a very dry summer here. A splendid harvest and now we are getting some beautiful rain. The crops of turnips are very thin owing to the dryness of the summer and the hay was very light. Fruit is very numerous. The old walnut tree has got a good few on this time. I have not seen Mother lately but you would be surprised how she bears age. She is delighted when she gets a letter from you. She sets such store by it that says she hopes we will put all the letters from America under her pillow when she is in her coffin. I believe ---- that Mother would come and see you if she was pressed a bit. Well I must now draw this short letter to a close. Hoping to have a letter from you as soon as you can write. We all join in sending our loves to you and believe ---- to remain your loving brother. P. Davies Give my love to the little ones. Transcribed by Roberta Bailey Edited by "MAK" (c) Copyright 2003 Roberta Bailey . All Rights Reserved. USGenWeb NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only.