| LETTER 2
Quebec, C.E.
24th October 1847
Dear Brother,
It is with my kind love to you that I write these few lines to you hoping they find you in good health as they leave me at present and thank God for it.
Dear Brother, I am glad to hear that you are getting on so well and I hope that next time you write you will be a sergeant. Dear brother, I was sorry to hear that grandmother had died. But I hear that (…..?).
Dear brother, the name of the ship that brought me from England was the Apollo. Dear brother, you told me that you were a soldier and doing duty instead of the regulars but I have heard since that there are still some regulars there.
Dear brother, I am very steady and never drink less than a quart of rum a day and I expect to be a corporal very soon. Dear brother, I am not bad friends with you, I am as good friends as ever and I think no more of the matter. Can you tell Ann Harwood that she is mistaken about Ellen driving me away.
Dear brother, I have had a letter from our mother and sister and they told me that they are all well. I send my respects to Charlotte and you and to Mildred and George and I think that he is getting on quite fast enough. My best respects to Thomas and Phoebe and to Ann and Ellen Harwood. Tell Ellen to keep herself happy because I am happy here because there are plenty of black people and French girls. Please let me know where Ellen is living. Give my best respects to Sarah Robinson and tell her that I would like to see her.
I will send you more news next time. Goodbye and God bless.
Charles Jeal.
Reserve Battalion, Light Brigade.
Quebec. |