Letter from Thomas Humphreys to his sister, 29 January 1842 (transcript)

                       

University College, London. January 29th 1842

My Dear Sister

I have just now received your letter, when I was just preparing to wright this letter for you the postman brought it here. I have been thinking to write to you every week but something or other has been preventing until now, but however I was very glad to find that you are in very good health and also happy, and am happy to say it leaves me so at present. I have received a letter from home yesterday and in which I found they were all well, and that my Mother is better in health this winter than she has almost ever been before. You will be sorry to hear that my Aunt Anne Humphreys is very poorly. confined to bed for the last few weeks and seems not likely to recover. Mother has been there seeing her last week. She thought she was very bad. It seems that all her money are in the hands of Mr. Jones, Llysdulas, and I think that she has a very poor chance of getting any of them, as you know he’s a very unprincipled man, and she has not a good security for them, so you see that her whole labour will go to him now. She declines making her will nor anything. Margaret was there last week, Dr. Roose of Amlwch is attending her. He told her that she had “water in the chest”, but I don’t beleive it, but I hope very much that she will get well. Evan Jones was at Dulas last week with his vessel, I don’t know whether he is corting with Mary, they told me that he has been courting in bed with Catherine Jones, Glybcoed for four nights, I was sorry to hear that there were so many alterations at Gwrych. I have not had a letter from there this little while now, but I hope very much that my Brother and Sister will keep their place as I am often very much afraid of them to leave. Mrs. Edwards (Mrs. Jones’ Neice) from Liverpool was here lately. She came to meet her husband who is a captain of a vessel, she brought me some new cloth from Anglesey to make a coat, I have been seeing Ellin Owens, of Tyn rhos last Monday. She is a cook at Lord Mostyn. She desires to be kindly remembered to you, and she wants you to write her a letter, her address is Ellin Owens, at Lord Mostyn, 9 Seymour Street, Portland Square London – I go there to see her very often, and have a very good croeso there. I beg to return you many thanks for the money you sent me, and which I have received safe, I was very glad to hear that you had so much by you then, I was much afraid that you had sent more than was convenient for you. I have been living on them since and they will last me for about a week more. I have sent home last week for about £2 or 3 more. The Session at the College will be over about the beginning of April, so that I shall be able to pass as a Physician early next summer and I shall come and see you by coming home. I have now changed my lodgings, and I live now at No. 11, Aldersgate Buildings, Aldersgate Street, London, so when you write next you must direct it there – you will please to give my best respects to Mr. and Mrs. Parry, and also to Mr. Thomas Parry – you must remember to write again soon, and please to accept at present my most sincere and affectionate regards.

From yours ever affectionate Brother

Thomas

Miss Anne Humphreys
Mr. Kings
Green Heyes
nr, Coffin Bridge
Manchester.

Postmark: Paid 2 FE 2 1842