Belmont, Shrewsbury Letter from William W. Barnaby in an envelope addressed to...

Belmont, Shrewsbury

Letter from William W. Barnaby in an envelope addressed to Messrs A. & J. Barnaby, Brady's Bend, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, stamped "Unclaimed".

It is 2 years since he wrote and 3 letters were unaswered lost in the war. Poor Mary is no more; his wife and 5 children are well. The eldest, Isabel, is about to be married; she was a governess from 16 to 22; 2nd Ellen helping with 4 cows; 3rd Willey, nearly 16, 5ft 10ins; 4th Lizzy 12, at school; 5th Bobby at school. He wants information from the boxes he left with his brothers. He thinks of visiting them next year. Did they receive the prize money he told them to apply for on behalf of Easom killed at Lucknow in the Indian Mutiny? He had his, Mary had hers and the widow of their father received hers. He is still at Salt & Sons, so He is going grey and is 52 but in good health. He wants a pedigree of the Price family among his papers as there is £16,000 unclaimed dividends in Government which his wife's family may come into by kindred. He asks for an answer by return