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AN EMIGRANT'S HOME LETTERS

P.S. by H. P.—My good lady has made a bit of a mistake in this last statement. Hobart's Town is not very many days from Sydney.


Note.—I have given only extracts from this letter, as it refers mainly to things 2hich her sisters-in-law offered to provide for my mother during the voyage. The letter has pinned to it the following note from Maria Parkes:—'The one shilling named was obtained from Mr. Varney, by my sister Sarah, after two hours' hard talking to him on behalf of his daughter,—M.P.'

A. T. P