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\par [   ] preasent thank god for it I hav to inform that 
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\par [   ] in unless some Friend or Relatison Bryng them and I
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\par In Settle and arncliffe and [   ] Hettleswell
\par But if ye [sic] never met agane you must not 
\par fret  be cost i think i shall do so well 
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\par sisters it is my Duty to Write these few
\par Lines to you hoping to find you in good
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\par Situation but I hope god as done it for
\par [   ] best if i had a kept from bad
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\par Heart goes as Cowd as Clay and they all 
\par Seem quite lifely and Some for Life and
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 15\tab Some for 15 years and some for 7 years
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 Dear father i take it quit easy that i now
\par I have to go through some punishment
\par But i keep my Spirits up but i
\par hope my brothers and Sisters will keep
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 20\tab From All bad Company it is the
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 Ruin of All young people and if I Do
\par Live to get my time over i hope to turn
\par to {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}England{\*\xmlclose} and if not that i hope to see 
\par you all in a better World that is to
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 25\tab Come and give my best Respects to
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 Uncles and and [sic] aunts and henr[   ]
\par Wiseman[ ] and all inquiring frein[   ]
\par And i Don\rquote t Now how Long i hope to 
\par Stop and so no more at preaseant from
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 30\tab your afectionet Son Richicahrd Taylor Samual
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 and you must get my two Silk
\par hancachief Two pare of Shoes and other 
\par things belonging Me and three
\par Shillings in money from Bettey Sumers
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 \page 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid8792362 Preston, {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}{\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}Lancashire{\*\xmlclose} {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}County{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose}
 Records Office, DDX 505/3
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\tx5866\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8792362 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 \tab 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 \tab \tab \tab {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}
{\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}York{\*\xmlclose} {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}Castle{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose} Aprel 22 th 1840
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 Deare uncles I right a fu lines to
\par to [sic] you hoping to fing you all in good elth
\par as it leaves me at present thank god for 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 5\tab it and I have wrighten to my father twice
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 but I have receved [   ] no answer back I ham
\par shure e as not got them but you must let
\par him now I ham very well and e must think
\par as little a bough me as e can fo i ham quite innesent
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 10\tab and i hope god will \\be/ mersful to me [   ] and
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 [   ] I shall se you all agane but if not I [   ]
\par [   ]ust live for a beterworld for my part
\par I his determed to Leed a godley Life and you must
\par Let my Father Brothers and Sisters and all 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 15\tab my Relation to shun bad Cumpeney and I Cud
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 liked to seene [    ] them but it is Two far to Cum
\par I think whe are going to Leave {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}york{\*\xmlclose} soone
\par But if I \\whe/ go a Brode i will let ye now and
\par you must Let my sister Looke and you
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 20\tab must [}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 
\strike\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid13528467 of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 ] attend Chapel and be [  ]{\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}ind{\*\xmlclose} and
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 good to one a nothe I go to Chapel every Day
\par and I have got to be good Reder and ye mus send
\par me a leter as quick as posepl and derect to
\par [   ] {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}{\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}Richard{\*\xmlclose} {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}Taylor{\*\xmlclose} {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}Convict{\*\xmlclose} {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname 
City}}york{\*\xmlclose} {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}Castle{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose}
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 
\par [back]
\par 
\par 25\tab and so no more at present
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 from your friend Richard Taylor
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 \page 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid8792362 Preston, {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}{\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}Lancashire{\*\xmlclose} {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}County{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose}
 Records Office, DDX 505/4}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 
\par \tab \tab \tab {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}york{\*\xmlclose} 11}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid9071620 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203  May 1840
\par 
\par \tab My deare Father,
\par \tab \tab I have recieved your kind letter to-
\par \tab day which deeply affected me. I felt exceedingly glad that
\par 5\tab you got well home. I can assure you my dear father I
\par  \tab feel grateful indeed for \\your/ good advice and trust by the
\par \tab Grace of God, that I shall not fail to follow it.
\par \tab This is a world of trouble, and our great Business here
\par \tab is to prepare for another and a better home and may I wish 
\par 10\tab dear Parent, meet you and my dear Brothers and Sisters there 
\par \tab Never more to part \endash  all things in this probationary world
\par \tab are but vanity, and pass away as if they had never been
\par \tab but Religion, my dear father, is a continual source not
\par \tab only of happiness in this world, but it prepares us for an
\par 15\tab inheritance of Gorly [sic] in the everlasting {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}{\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}Kingdom{\*\xmlclose} of {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}God{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose}.
\par \tab May then it be my Portion to lay hold of that greatest
\par \tab of all earthly blessings, and never lose it my dear 
\par \tab father. I fervently commend you and all my Brothers
\par \tab and sisters in my morning and evening Prayers \endash 
\par 20\tab You know, my dear father, the Prayers of a Sincere heart 
\par \tab [  ] are as acceptable to God from the dreary Prison
\par \tab as from the Splendid Palace. What a blessing
\par \tab that \\assurances/ is to a poor unfortunate mortal in my hapless
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 Situation.  Whenever my lot may be cast, I shall
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 25 \tab never cease to love my dear father with as tender an 
\par 
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\par \tab affection, however distant I may be, as if I lived with
\par \tab him at my own happy home \endash  so my dear Parent, 
\par \tab so many \\and/ so great are the Proofs that you have given 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 me of the true sincerity of your heartfelt interest
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-709\li709\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin709\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 30\tab for my welfare and happiness, that I can never forget

\par \tab you, nor cease affectionately to love you.
\par \tab \tab \tab When I have lived out my ten years in a far distant
\par \tab land, how happy shall I be to return to my native
\par \tab home, and with how much more delight will I return
\par 35\tab home, if God shall \\spare/ my dear father, and converse together about heavenly things \endash  why my dear Parent
\par \tab if \\He/ spare us both to enjoy that happiness, it will be
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li709\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin709\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 like a fore taste of Heaven itself.
\par \tab \tab My duty to my Masters, wherever I may be sent,
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 40\tab shall  be duly performed, and by good conduct, I 
\par \tab trust I shall get my liberty to work for my
\par \tab own [}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \strike\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid5639207 bef}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 ] benefit after I have been away a very
\par \tab few years, and then my whole care and endeavours
\par \tab will be to save sufficient to bring me back [   ]
\par 45\tab when my time[}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \strike\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid5639207 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 ] expires.
\par \tab \tab I was glad to hear that my Sister Lidia was
\par \tab doing well after her confinement
\par 
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\par \tab I expect leaving here daily, and shall, if possible, send
\par \tab you a few lines just before I leave \endash 
\par 50\tab \tab You may rest assured, that I will never miss
\par \tab an {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}Opportunity{\*\xmlclose} of writing to you, [   ] to inform you 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 how I am going on, in whatever Part of the world 
\par my lot may be cast. I will write to you as soon
\par as possible after I leave here.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 55\tab \tab Give my sincere love to all my Brothers and
\par \tab Sisters and also to Sarah Rawlinson.
\par \tab \tab I am,
\par \tab \tab My dear Father,
\par \tab \tab Your affectionate Son
\par 60\tab \tab Richard Taylor 
\par \page 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid8792362 Preston, {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}{\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}Lancashire{\*\xmlclose} {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}County{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose}
 Records Office, DDX 505/4a
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}York{\*\xmlclose} 11}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid5580877 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f1\insrsid1079203  May 1840
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 My dear Father,
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 \tab \tab Your affectionate letter I have 
\par \tab just received, I feel deeply thankful for the
\par 5\tab sincere interest you take in my welfare in
\par \tab this World, and for the Salvation of \\my/ immortal 
\par \tab Soul in the world of Eternity. Wherever
\par \tab I may go your Kind and pious \\advice/, I trust in
\par \tab the Lord, will be followed by me without
\par 10\tab deviation, both in my worldly and spiritual 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 concerns --  My master\rquote s interests shall be 
\par my especial care, as well as my daily 
\par devotions to Heaven: -- and when the term
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 \tab of my Banishment expires, if God spare 
\par 15\tab me till then, with what delight I shall 
\par \tab hasten back to my beloved and happy 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 home, and my dear and affectionate friends,
\par and from whom, I trust, I never shall be 
\par separated until summoned into Eternity
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 
\par Page 2
\par 20 \tab I expect, my dear Father, to leave here in a 
\par \tab day or two at the farthest, and in all
\par \tab probability this will be the last letter
\par \tab you will received from me here \endash 
\par \tab [}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \strike\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid13644654 a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 ] but immediately after my arrival at
\par 25\tab the next Place, I will write to you, if
\par \tab I have an {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname City}}Opportunity{\*\xmlclose} \endash  After my 
\par \tab arrival at my destination in a distant
\par \tab Land, I shall loose no opportunity in 
\par \tab writing to you, and sending you every 
\par 30\tab particular. Give my kind love to Henry
\par \tab Rawlinsion & his mother and all their family, and also
\par \tab to \ltrpar all my dear Brothers & Sisters, and accept
\par \tab the same from
\par \tab \tab \tab Your affectionate Son
\par 35\tab \tab \tab Richard Taylor
\par 
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\par 
\par Mr James Pickard sr
\par To Richard Taylor
\par \'a30-3-0
\par 
\par Mr Samuel Hadgan sr
\par To Richard Taylor
\par \'a32-0-0
\par 
\par Mr John Wiseman Sr
\par To Richard Taylor
\par \'a30-15-0
\par 
\par Mrs Elizth Summers Sr
\par To Richard Taylor
\par \'a30-3-0
\par 
\par Mr Wm Hyde Sr
\par To Richard Taylor
\par \'a30-2-0
\par \page 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid8792362 Preston, Lancashire County Records Office, DDX 505/5a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 
\par 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab Chatham 24 May 1840
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 Dear Father, Brothers & Sisters
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 \tab \tab I hope yo [sic] will excuse me in not writing
\par \tab to you before but not being settled I had not an
\par 5\tab opportunity \endash  I am happy to inform you that I am
\par \tab quite well in health thank god for it and
\par \tab I hope you are all the same. but better 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 in spirits I am rather low in spirits as you may
\par expect on account of being placed in such a
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 10\tab situation I hope that it will prove better 
\par \tab than I expected as I have been informed it
\par \tab will as it depends entirely on my own 
\par \tab good behaviour which I am happy to say 
\par \tab that I can do so any where thereby trusting
\par 15\tab in providence to get yet safe through my 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 trouble ---- I have to inform you that
\par I am at present lying at chatham docks
\par doing daily labours in the Dock yard
\par untill I shall be removed abroad if I am
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 20\tab to go which please god that I should stop
\par 
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\par \tab in this country and come under the
\par \tab royal mercy I shall then yet live in
\par \tab hopes of returning home to those most
\par \tab dear to me I am not yet settled in 
\par 25\tab my new destination therefore. I will write
\par \tab to you again very shortly
\par \tab \tab I wish you all well sending you all
\par \tab my kind love and best wishes at Present
\par \tab from
\par 30\tab \tab Your affectionate Son
\par \tab \tab Richard Taylor
\par 
\par \tab Write to me on board H.M. Ship
\par \tab Fortitude Chatham Docks Kent
\par 
\par [different hand: similar to first few letters]
\par \tab Deare Father you must send \\me/ no money
\par 35\tab For Perhaps [   ]
\par \page 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid8792362 Preston, Lancashire County Records Office, DDX 505/5b
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab Chattim June 1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid13205351 st}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203  1840
\par 
\par \tab Deare father
\par \tab Deare Afectionet father Brothers and Sisters
\par \tab I receved your kind Leter. I can rather and
\par 5\tab I whas very glad to hear from you and I
\par \tab thought  I whoud wright back again to Let you
\par \tab know that I have got your Leter Dear Father
\par \tab I ham quit whell and I hope you are all the 
\par \tab Same Dear Father you must Send no money on no
\par 10\tab a Count for thare is sum Preseners that sends
\par \tab [                ] thare name for whe are Betwene
\par \tab [      ] and Six [            ] and whe expect sum of
\par \tab hus to go of sone But I cannot Tel weder I shall
\par \tab go or not But I shall write a Bought once
\par 15\tab a mounth if I stop whe start work at 7 a clock
\par \tab [                     ] 5 and a houre and half ar
\par \tab Home Thare is Sum of Them severely punshed
\par \tab That mis behave But I shall Doe my Best
\par \tab to my master whare ever I go I have [       ] so
\par 20\tab fair yet. and I whill lose no time I [     ] often [   ] any
\par \tab forayn Continent and I whill [                     ] as they
\par \tab whill and I hope you all Doe the Same for it is worth
\par \tab seeking for and I hope this whill be a warning too
\par \tab all my Brothers and I hope they whill }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \strike\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid13186583 H}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \strike\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid13186583 Hope}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \strike\f1\insrsid1079203 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid13186583 25\tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 Help your Company and}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid13186583 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid3563661 
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\par 
\par \tab and I hope my Brother Thomas whill Keep
\par \tab Tetotle till I Return Back a gain Wich I hope I Shall
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid3563661 
if god Spare me [               ] strength you must keep up
\par your Spirits and you must \\not/ think nought a Bought me
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12938650 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 30\tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid3563661 
and I whas very glad to hear of my Sister
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid3563661 Thomasina is [    ] whill and I woud  Like to hear

\par of my Blanche George and [            ] whenev[      ]
\par you right to me a gane you must put a Bought
\par too shts of Paper [                                  ] for it is very
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12938650 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 35\tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid3563661 
like hear whe go to Chapel twice [   ] a landing and
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid3563661 Every Thursday night and It his very kind that 
\par whe have got [\tab \tab \tab \tab         ]
\par wants to go [\tab \tab \tab \tab \tab ] to Say it
\par is a Plesent Country it is Plesant Country
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12938650 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 40\tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid3563661 
whare I am now. But whare ever I go
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid3563661 I whill make my best way home when my
\par time is up if [    ] up to go [        ] whil Be
\par Sum time Befor you hear from me a Gain
\par But }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \strike\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid3563661 yo}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid3563661  you must think nought a Bought
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12938650 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 45\tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid3563661 
that for [             ] i whill right to
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid3563661 you  [                       ] so
\par no more at present from your Dear Son
\par \tab Richard Taylor
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 
\par \page }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid8792362 Preston, Lancashire County Records Office, DDX 505/6
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab Shareness July 3 1840
\par 
\par \tab Dear Fathe Brothers and Sisters I Take This
\par \tab Hopetunity of righting a fu Lines to you oping to
\par \tab find \\you/ in good elth as it Leaves me at present thank
\par 5\tab god for it Dere Father whe Left Chatum this morning
\par \tab and now whe are Lying at Sharenss [sic] whe are going
\par \tab a Broad and whe Are Seting of in a few Days
\par \tab Dear Fathe I wish you woud send me a Bout too
\par \tab Pounds of twist of toBacoe for whe Can have Ane
\par 10\tab Thing Sent now for This will be the Last Time
\par \tab I can right to you for a wile and you must
\par \tab Send it of as Soone as you Can the Post is
\par \tab Just seting of I can right no more giv my best 
\par \tab Respect to all my inquireing Friends and so no more
\par 15\tab at present from your Dear son Richard
\par \tab Taylor Direct to me onb board her Majestys Ship
\par \tab the Eden Shareness Kent
\par \page }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid8792362 Preston, Lancashire County Records Office, DDX 505/7
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab Shareness. July. 9}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid1530422 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 . 1840
\par 
\par \tab Dear Father I have taken the 
\par \tab opportunity of Riting these few lines to you hoping
\par \tab they will meet you in good health as it leaves me at
\par 5\tab present thank god for it Dear Father I received your kind 
\par \tab and Welcome parcel and am very thankfull to you
\par \tab for it Dear Father I shall do as you say in the letters i 
\par \tab shall put my trust in god for it is he that [   ] all thing
\par \tab and it is him that send me safe back to you once again and
\par 10\tab if he spare my life i will Return to you as I hope he [     ]
\par \tab for it is him that i will trust to Dear father i have be[  ]
\par \tab tould that i shall get my liberty in 2 or 3 years in The [   ]
\par \tab which i am now going and Dear Father when I get over [   ]
\par \tab send you all the particulars about the country and we
\par 15\tab expect to go on the 10 or 11 of this month and I am sorry to hear
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 what have befell [   ] but it may be all for the best
\par if please god Dear Father I am happy to hear that you are
\par all well and i am very thankfull for what you have sent
\par me and am in good spirits which i hope you are and give my
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 20\tab Respects to all my uncles and aunts so I will conclude and 
\par \tab Remain your ever loving son Richard Taylor give my
\par \tab Respects to sarah Rolison and henry and all the Fam\\ly/
\par \page }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid8792362 Preston, Lancashire County Records Office, DDX 505/7a }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 [very difficult to read]
\par 
\par Address: \tab Mr George Tailor
\par \tab \tab Back of the star 
\par \tab \tab in
\par \tab \tab Burnley
\par \tab \tab Lancashire
\par 
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\par 
\par \tab Dear [       ] I sen[      ]
\par \tab kind [        ] and in
\par \tab your [                 ]ake [               ]
\par \tab [             ] ha [        ] as you [          ] on
\par 5\tab my account I will let you [          ]
\par \tab [      ]n I leave here is to
\par \tab intend to re pain from 
\par \tab all my wickedness and 
\par \tab turn unto the lord and
\par 10\tab I shall never neglect
\par \tab wrighting to you to
\par 
\par Page 2
\par \tab Let you no where [   ] ham
\par \tab and [    ] I ham going on
\par \tab Dear Farther [     ] to send
\par 15\tab me a pair of braces and
\par \tab Belt or short [      ] a
\par \tab small tooth case and let
\par \tab them be as strong as you
\par \tab can get them for to [    ]
\par 20\tab me til I get my liberty
\par \tab pleas to [    ] as soon as 
\par \tab possible [   ] we expect to
\par \tab go of evry day now
\par 
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\par \tab and when I get to the 
\par 25\tab hulks I will let you
\par \tab no give my love to all
\par \tab my Brothers and sisters
\par \tab Henery [       ] called
\par \tab to see me and left me
\par 30\tab 26 [      ] I remain your
\par \tab Unfortunate son and 
\par \tab Brother and may
\par \tab God bless [      ]nd
\par \tab me together [          ]
\par \tab right hand [          ]
\par \tab st [              ]
\par \page }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid8792362 Preston, Lancashire County Records Office, DDX 505/18
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab H.M. General Hospital
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab Sydney, N.S. Wales
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 12}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid10242359 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203  September 1841
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 My dear Father, Sisters & Morothers
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 5\tab \tab I intended to have written you long
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 before this, but was anxious before I did so to
\par gather what information I could, & to make
\par observations so that my letter should not be 
\par altogether uninteresting to friends whom I so 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 10\tab dearly love and respect. To begin with 
\par \tab myself, I landed here on 18}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid11239344 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203  October 1840 from 
\par \tab the Ship \'93Eden\'94. we had a good voyage and were
\par \tab treated very kindly, far more so than I had
\par \tab expected, on my arrival I was placed in the sit
\par 15\tab uation I now hold, namely Cook to the 
\par \tab General Hospital, Sydney. I am as comfortable as
\par \tab I can possibly expect. Sydney is a very large 
\par \tab handsome town, shops have large splendid British
\par \tab trade \endash  much Shipping [    ] of employment
\par 20\tab as immense quantity o\ltrpar f Free Emigrants are
\par \tab daily arriving, a short time since a Tradesman 
\par \tab such as Carpenters, Stonemasons, Wheelwrights
\par \tab & others could earn [   ] day, but now there
\par \tab are so many coming out of course wages are
\par 25\tab lower [}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \strike\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid215431 all the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 ] still far higher than at home \endash 
\par \tab The Settlers in the interior grow Wheat
\par \tab Barley, Indian Corn or Maize, Potatoes & other
\par \tab European production in great abundance [   ]
\par \tab they breed also immense flocks of Sheep, Hor-
\par 30\tab ses & Horned Cattle. The English Markets are 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li4320\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin4320\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 now
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 
\par Page 2
\par \tab now full of Australian Goods & it is preferred
\par \tab before any other. Many Ships are also employed
\par \tab in the Whale Fishery. There are many wild 
\par \tab animals such as the Kangaroo, Oppossum,
\par 35\tab Native Dog, a Kind of Wolf & very destructive
\par \tab to the Sheep. There are also a great many 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 kinds of Snakes, very venomous, & the bite of
\par some of them certain death \endash  Parrots, Cockatoos
\par Pigeons & many other most beautiful birds
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 40\tab are very plentiful. It is expected that very
\par \tab shortly something very handsome will be
\par \tab done for the unfortunate prisoners, next year
\par \tab the Colony will have a House of Assembly of
\par \tab its own & then it will be impossible to 
\par 45\tab Englishmen in slavery, in my next I
\par \tab will send you all the news as it arrives 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 from old England. Provisions here are toler
\par ably cheap. Wheat 7/6 per Bushell the [   ]
\par loaf 6}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid8987221 d}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 . Tea 3/- Sugar 3}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid8987221 d}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f1\insrsid1079203  & Meat 4}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid8987221 d}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203  per
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 50\tab pound \endash  Pray remember me most kindly
\par \tab to all friends, tell them I hope before long
\par \tab to see them again. \endash 
\par \tab \tab Please to answer this Letter
\par \tab immediately & give me all the English
\par \tab news you can possibly muster with every
\par 55\tab particular respecting yourselves & friends
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab you
\par 
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\par \tab you must please to pay the postage of
\par \tab your letter or it not leave England & say on
\par \tab the direction \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\ul\insrsid1079203 Post Paid as Ship Letters}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 \'94 \endash 
\par \tab direct to me as follows \endash 
\par 60\tab \tab and believe me
\par \tab \tab dear Father, Sisters & B[        ]
\par \tab \tab Your most affectionate Son & Brother
\par \tab \tab Richard Taylor
\par 
\par Direct to:
\par \tab \tab Richard Taylor
\par \tab \tab per Ship \'93Color\'94
\par \tab \tab H.M. General Hospital}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid15033756 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 \tab \tab Sydney
\par \tab \tab N.S. Wales
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par \tab 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab Sydney. Gen}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid9383272 l }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 Hosp}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid9383272 l}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 21 Dec}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid9383272 r}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203  1845
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 Dear Father
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 \tab \tab I am happy to inform 
\par 5\tab you that I received your Kind and
\par \tab welcome letter on the 16}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid9383272 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203  of this Month
\par \tab which gave me great pleasure to hear
\par \tab of your welfare and that you was all 
\par \tab enjoying a state of health, I am in
\par 10\tab a good state of health and I have every
\par \tab opportunity of doing well, as I am about
\par \tab to get my Ticket of Leave, then I shall
\par \tab be on my own hands, D}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid9383272 r}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203  Father I beg
\par \tab leave to state I cannot complain for
\par 15\tab I always found a friend, and in the
\par \tab course of four years with continuous
\par \tab good conduct I shall once more embrace
\par \tab the Strings of liberty and then I shall
\par \tab lose no time on coming home again,
\par 
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\par 
\par 20\tab and I hope we never more will be seperated
\par \tab in this life, Dear father I often bring
\par \tab you and my Sisters and Brothers in my
\par \tab thoughts and although I am situated 
\par \tab in this remote part of the world
\par 25\tab still my heart is with you, I shall not
\par \tab bury you in oblivion, Dear Father nothing
\par \tab in this world can give me such pleasure 
\par \tab as when I receive a letter from your hands
\par \tab I am happy to inform you I am behaving 
\par 30\tab myself with propriety, and I do my labor
\par \tab without any fault being found with me
\par \tab therefore every thing goes Pleasant.
\par \tab I am very cautious of what Company I
\par \tab keep, in fact I am almost a tea tottler
\par 35\tab for I am very well liked by my Superiors 
\par \tab and my fellow Servants. Dear Father 
\par \tab I am longing for the day to come 
\par \tab to behold your face once more. May God
\par 
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\par 
\par \tab prosper you in all your proceedings
\par 40\tab Dear Brothers and Sisters, I beg you
\par \tab will pay due attention to my advice
\par \tab and request be careful how you carry 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 yourselves through this transitory life, fear
\par God and attend divine worship, keep good 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 45\tab Company and take particular care of your
\par \tab Poor Father and nourish him in his 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 old days then God will award you.
\par Dear father, I beg you will inform them
\par of the above stated request. I give my
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 50\tab kind love to you my Dear Parent
\par \tab my dear Brothers and Sisters my Uncles
\par \tab Aunts Cousins and all relations may God
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 protect them all. Dear Father, You stated
\par in your letter to know if I could give any 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 55\tab information of Simon Brown he [      ]
\par \tab seperated from me on Another Island
\par \tab 1000 miles from me. Therefore I can give no
\par \tab account of him, Farewell, God bless you
\par \tab \tab Is the sincere wish
\par 60\tab \tab \tab of
\par \tab \tab Your Dutiful Son
\par \tab \tab Richard Taylor
\par 
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\par 
\par \tab Dear father, in my next letter I will inform
\par \tab you where I am residing, by that time I shall
\par 65\tab have my Ticket of Leave and settled
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 Please to direct for me as follows
\par Richard Taylor To the care of 
\par Mr Proctor, General Hospital
\par Sydney, N.S. Wales 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 \page 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid8792362 Preston, Lancashire County Records Office, DDX 505/22a
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid3932366 Narellan\tab \tab \tab \tab Narellan Near Camden
\par N}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid3932366 r }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid3932366 Camden\tab \tab \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid3932366 N.S. Wales S}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid3932366 ept}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid3932366  30}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid3932366 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid3932366  1850}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 
\par New South Wales
\par 
\par My Dear Father \endash 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 5\tab \tab I write these few lines to you
\par \tab hopening [sic] they will find you in good health
\par \tab as I am at Present thanks be to god for it I 
\par \tab have received your kind letter of the 26}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid3932366 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203  June
\par \tab 1848, but as I was not free at the recipt of it
\par 10\tab I defered from answering untill I was setled in
\par \tab Place of my own, I only held a ticket of leave 
\par \tab at the time so I thought it was the best thing I could
\par \tab to setle myself In some sort of way before I would
\par \tab answer yours and now thank god I am free and
\par 15\tab \\have/ a Piece of ground of my own on which I am
\par \tab building \endash  dear father I have not neglected you
\par \tab No \endash  god forbid \endash  My dear father I do not \\think/ I will
\par \tab go back to England for I think I Could do a
\par \tab great deal better where I am, though I should be
\par 20\tab very happy in seeing you and my dear brothers &
\par \tab Sisters \endash  a gum trade indeed is flourishing and Every
\par \tab thing is Cheap, dear father, I would wish you were 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 now heare or any of my brothers and sisters and there familys
\par who wishes to Come out to Sydney will find a home
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 25\tab with me for the rest of lives I would advise
\par 
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\par 
\par \tab any of them to Come as they Could do a great
\par \tab deal better heare than at home and I would love to
\par \tab see them, Sydney is a fine Place, it is no matter what
\par \tab others say about it do not believe them, and do my
\par 30\tab dear father come if you can if God has given you
\par \tab health and doubt not but i will be a good 
\par \tab son to you as far as is within my reach, I am following 
\par \tab the business of a boot and shoe maker, and
\par \tab find that I can do well at it, I have been in around
\par 35\tab this last six years and have a good and faithfull 
\par \tab wife with three children two daughters and a son Ellen
\par \tab my Eldest daughter is 7 years old the 4}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid14703235 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203  of next January
\par \tab [    ] 4 years old the 9}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid14703235 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203  of last april and my son George
\par \tab is twelve months 9}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid14703235 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203  of November next I would my
\par 40 \tab children to see you and they send their loves to 
\par \tab thear uncles and aunts hopeing to see them before
\par \tab long, we will shortly have a railway it now been
\par \tab going on with them there will be a great [    ]
\par \tab and Plenty work for the Poorer Class, that is the
\par 45\tab laboring class. Perhaps you would like to
\par \tab hear a list of the Prices of diferent articles in house
\par \tab hold and wearing apparel which I will give as far
\par \tab as can, bread is 3 pence per loaf tea ten pence, [    ] 2/6
\par \tab Per Pound sugar ranges 2,3 4 per Pund currants 5 to 6 Pence
\par 50\tab Plums go to ten Pence Pound butter 6 d. to shilling to 1/6
\par \tab Per Pound Clothing of all description is Excesively Cheap it a fine
\par 
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\par \tab 
\par \tab Place for a poor man and fact for the rich as
\par \tab well as the Poor, Perhaps in time i might come
\par \tab home but if I think of coming home i will write 
\par 55\tab again to you so untill you heare from me agin 
\par  \tab do not come to Sydney I am sometimes in motion
\par \tab coming home and at others I think will not.
\par \tab \tab So at the reciept of your next if you think
\par \tab Of Comeing i write back with the utmost spee[ ]
\par \tab \tab But I would like to have a little more
\par 60\tab as I will very shortl[  ], before you Come out
\par \tab Dear father give my love to all my brothers sisters
\par \tab an[    ] their famileys  be sure and write to me 
\par \tab as [        ] as Posable to }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \strike\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid10624479 and}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203  Richard Taylor
\par \tab Boo[   ] Shoe Maker Narellan near Camden
\par 65\tab New South Wales
\par \tab \tab adieu my beloved father
\par \tab \tab I am your faithful
\par \tab \tab and affectionate
\par \tab \tab Son Richard Taylor}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid3932366 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 
\par 70\tab to my much beloved father.
\par \page 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid8792362 Preston, Lancashire County Records Office, DDX 505/23
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab Narellan 15}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid4543854 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203  January 1851
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 My dear Father
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 \tab \tab I receive\ltrpar d your Kind and
\par \tab wellcome and happy we were to hear of
\par \tab your & family\rquote s welfare. you wish to know how
\par 5\tab I have succeeded since \\my/ arrival here
\par \tab \tab When I landed I was assigned to
\par \tab the General Hospital where I had thirty more fellow 
\par \tab servants one of whom my mate was a Boot and Shoe
\par \tab Maker and my duties being so very light I used
\par 10\tab to sit beside and make threads from that I
\par \tab learned to stich and eventually picked up the 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 trade by which I earn a Comfortable living
\par I had on my own little property it is only
\par half an acre but it faces the road where the
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6820326 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 15\tab Coaches pass every day to and from Sydney
\par \tab There are very rich mines of Gold found out
\par \tab about a 100 miles up the road, and the 
\par \tab Gold Coach passes Once a week Escorted
\par \tab by Dragoons, some people have made a
\par 20\tab fortune in one week they are supposed to
\par \tab be the richest mines in the world
\par 
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\par 
\par \tab a black found a hundred weight in One
\par \tab peice worth \'a34870.
\par \tab \tab I married my wife when she
\par 25\tab was a fellow servant her name was
\par \tab Julia Maud a Native of Bauden near
\par \tab Cork in Ireland. Two of my Children Ellen 
\par \tab and Anne goes to School every day and likewise
\par \tab attends Sunday School Ellen will soon be
\par 30\tab a good Scholar for her age they often talk of
\par \tab Their Grandfather Uncles and Aunts
\par \tab \tab Tell my Brother that Currars & good tradesmen
\par \tab Can earn from one to two Guineas p}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\super\insrsid1079203\charrsid14232341 r}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203  week  
\par \tab And provisions are much Cheaper here than in
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\lang1036\langfe2057\langnp1036\insrsid1079203\charrsid3563661 35\tab England. Tea 1/- p}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\lang1036\langfe2057\super\langnp1036\insrsid1079203\charrsid3563661 r}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f1\lang1036\langfe2057\langnp1036\insrsid1079203\charrsid3563661  lb Sugar 2}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\lang1036\langfe2057\super\langnp1036\insrsid1079203\charrsid3563661 d}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f1\lang1036\langfe2057\langnp1036\insrsid1079203\charrsid3563661  Flour 12/- p}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\lang1036\langfe2057\super\langnp1036\insrsid1079203\charrsid3563661 r}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f1\lang1036\langfe2057\langnp1036\insrsid1079203\charrsid3563661  [   ]
\par \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\lang1036\langfe2057\langnp1036\insrsid1079203\charrsid14232341 Beef & Mutton 2}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\lang1036\langfe2057\super\langnp1036\insrsid1079203\charrsid14232341 d}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f1\lang1036\langfe2057\langnp1036\insrsid1079203\charrsid14232341  p}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\lang1036\langfe2057\super\langnp1036\insrsid1079203\charrsid14232341 r}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\lang1036\langfe2057\langnp1036\insrsid1079203 
 lb or 1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\lang1036\langfe2057\langnp1036\insrsid1079203\charrsid14232341 \'bd p}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\lang1036\langfe2057\super\langnp1036\insrsid1079203\charrsid14232341 r}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f1\lang1036\langfe2057\langnp1036\insrsid1079203\charrsid14232341  Quarter}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\lang1036\langfe2057\langnp1036\insrsid1079203 
\par \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid14232341 and tell my brother if he possibly Can Come out
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203 \tab to do so immediately for this is the land  of
\par \tab plenty A perpetual Summer the trees never 
\par 40\tab throw their leaves and are green all the
\par \tab year round and the farmers have sometimes
\par \tab three Crops in one year
\par 
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\par \tab Give our united affectionate Regards
\par \tab to Brothers and Sisters and beleive us
\par 45\tab \tab Dear Father Your affectionate
\par \tab \tab Son and Daughter
\par \tab \tab Richard and Julia Taylor
\par \tab 
\par \tab P.S. I f any of you intend Coming out
\par \tab Send me word by what ship and I will
\par 50\tab be in Sydney to receive you \endash  Dear Father
\par \tab I have at present laid out my little stock 
\par \tab of Cash as I intend employing a Couple
\par \tab of Journeymen but if you should be 
\par \tab in want write the moment you receive 
\par 55\tab this when I will enclose a few pounds 
\par \tab for you R.T.
\par \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \f1\insrsid1079203\charrsid14232341 
\par }}