The last letter was dated 1860, but there is a previous letter, dated 1854.
The letter is from Stephen Coulson to his daughter Mary Ann Coulson Pinder, living in Ontario Canada at this point.
I must warn you, the handwriting, punctuation and condition of the paper is a difficult read
June 21st 1854
Letter from Stephen Coulson to Mary Ann Coulson
Bridlington, England Toronto Upper Canada
Transcription
Bridlington, June 21st, 1854
Dear Mary Ann,
We recieved a letter from you dated March 8th which gave us great pleasure to hear from you and we was very glad to here that you and Stephen was both well as also the Children and we was also glad to here that you have got a more profitable situation you wrote you should like to have a farm of own but if you can keep the situation (?) you now both we think it will be better then you renting one as you now know what you are doing and has no risk
of any thing but however that we will leave to yourselves to be best judges how and ? that before you recieved this I hope you will have recieved a newspaper we sent a few days since to inform you of the death of Mr Bur?
of Thiving? and in this you will find a card inclosed in remembrance of him who died on June 6th it was a very large funeral he has been gradually failing a years or more. He only took to his bed about a fortnight at the last and he was very recieved(?) afflicted his complaint(?) was the gravel he was ?? heavely afflicted that you might here him moan all the
?? over he will be a very missed man in the family. And the servants all say they have lost one of the best masters
verso
Mrs Bar??? was here today buying m?
? she has got another daughter she was confined in March and she has been a great deal at Thwing?? during her father
? and Eliza(?) Dixon has been at Cha?
really eight months. They are all very well at ?oston and
and Eliz has both joined the Methodist Society they all send there best respect to all the Family. Mother and I am going to spend a few days last week and we was at Flambo a few days last week and Aunt Hurthenson??? keeps meddling in the heath? for her years and Coulson ?? P??? are both very very well. ?? Hutchison is very ill and Harriet is very much mis him? as she will not have any one to want her but
se sends her best respect to you all and hopes you are doing
? George Nicholson & Selina are both very well and send their best respect. Agnes?
? very well . Hannah has grown a nice girl and sends her best respects to you all and she will send you a letter in a little time. She has left
School for holiday and George Roth?? has ?? fine boy and is very fond of Moses ?? and cows? indeed he takes great delight in all sort of stock and says he will a farmer. His
has had a letter from her
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son and he named you in it and said he has seen you and that you was all well. He (she?) called in to inform Agnes? of it. I have had a very sickly winter myself. I am very much troubled with an ulcer in my throut I have had it cut three times this winter and it made my
throat very painful so that I cannot eat anything that is hard but thankful ? I have got a great deal better since it was cut. Mother has also been poorly a great part of the winter but has got much better and joins me in best respects to Stephen yourself and all rest of the family. I hope you will excuse
and mistakes.
I remain yours sincerely,
Stephen Coulson
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