Frederick Henry Valentine Hester to Fanny Jones, 12 June 1893
| Title: | Frederick Henry Valentine Hester to Fanny Jones, 12 June 1893 |
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| Related people: | Frederick Henry Valentine Hester · Sarah Fanny Jones (née Bracher) |
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| Keywords: | Transcriptions by Ian Berryman · H.M. Wilson Archives |
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File: F_H_V_Hester_1893_06_12.doc File:F_H_V_Hester_1893_06_12.pdf
Transcribed 25 March 2013 by IB from a scan provided by Ian Bracher, typed 28 March 2013
Note: the MS of the letter is damaged, particularly at the edges, and some words are only partially legible.
Transcription
[?Big] Hill
June 12th 1893
My dear Fanny
I received a letter from you a short time ago & you mention that Robert intended writing, but I have not received it as yet, I am still hard at work at my contract I am well into the last [?section] & shall finish in about two months from [?date] I was in Roebourne a few days ago & had a long [?chat] with Uncle Shake, [?but] he could give me no fresh information, except that he found entered in his day book the name of the man Little & his address, the [?same] as he sent me, & I forwarded on to you, there is no doubt that there is property in England that some of [?the] Hesters are intitled to but how to get it is the ? at any rate [?in] my present posission [sic] I can’t do much in [?the] matter, as it takes [---] all their time to make a living, & lucky to [?be] able to do that.
I have had an offer of the lease of a rather good farm, unstocked, except 800 sheep, to be taken over [?4 Jan] next or to go on it as manager the place is near Northam. Northam is near York & I think if I can make enough to buy a few cattle & horses & other nessity [sic] things such as a [?waggon] & tools out of this job [?I had] better go & settle [?there] farming, for I [?am] sick of my present [?way] of life, no home of my own & the like [?I have] no doubt that there money in this country in its mineral wealth but a man might follow it all his life & get [?nothing] for his pains. I [?am sending] you [?four] specimens of different stones belonging to this district, I think you will like them, if any of them are of value or the locality worth prospecting I know where they came from, I have also sent [---] through F Stevenson samples for assay if there was silver [---] that stuff it could be worked [?cheap] as [?it is] within 6 miles of a [?railway] station. The smallpox scare is dieing out now, at one time matters looked rather serious, I got vaccanated [sic] when [?in town] I felt a bit bad for about a week but am alright now the death rate amongst the unvaccanated was very heavy, but those that had been done laitly all recovered, which is rough on antivaccanationers It strikes me Kate would have been in a hurry to have the youngsters done if she had been here remember me to Kate & the children when you see them I often think of the little girls, [?out] here ?in] my lonelyness, I have not heard from George for a good while Well dear Fanny I must conclude with love to Aunt & Robert I remain your affect cousin
F H V Hester
