File 2: Hassall family, correspondence, volume 1, pp. 691-1800, 1855-1874

1787 [Natervin?] Feb [February] 4th 1875 Dear Sir I have paid into the Commercial Bank as you directed £25 to the credit of the Landgate church amount. This will complete the £50 I promised. I hope soon to hear that the building has begun Believe me Yours truly Grace M, Atkins

1789 [indecipherable] Villa [indecipherable] [indecipherable] Pt [Port] Villa

My dear James, Had any one told us that I should have been so long in answering your kind letter, I should (underlined) not have believed them I did in [indecipherable] write (underlined) half a letter and then one worry and then another caused [indecipherable] my letter was never finished. I can only ask forgiveness for I really have no excuse The object of my [indecipherable] coming to Melbourne was ive [indecipherable] a cheque of three [indecipherable] [indecipherable] for the Doctor [indecipherable]

but for several [indecipherable] he was no [indecipherable] at the end of that lives and we (underlined) should perhaps know [indecipherable] [indecipherable] [indecipherable] [indecipherable] in the [indecipherable] time it was let and not liking our [indecipherable] house I [indecipherable] this it is severely large everyone but near the sea a hungi as private as the country we have a very [indecipherable] a greable garden and a paddock stables & [indecipherable] but no horse (underlined) (word crossed out) in it Mr Robert Thinks we could afford one the [indecipherable] is let to [indecipherable] who was obliged to give up his [indecipherable] and manage all

1792 [indecipherable] [indecipherable] Mr [Marcaulays?] in Caulfield who made [indecipherable] all in [indecipherable] in Sydney (underlined) he is a very [indecipherable] [indecipherable] but a good many aer offended at some of his opinions & speaking and have left The Church. When is Emily To be married? I think my Annie's (underlined) engagement [indecipherable] be rather a long one we saw you have a struggle To work Their way in Melbourne, she has not had very good weather Charley has got his salary raised to £200 a year. Bob's wife has been suffering [mumps?] (underlined) from the great heat

1793 and he [indecipherable] to [indecipherable] [indecipherable] [indecipherable] [indecipherable] [indecipherable] then [indecipherable] was day after day [indecipherable] in The [indecipherable] [indecipherable] [indecipherable] had a [indecipherable] row over The [indecipherable] [indecipherable] [indecipherable] wanted [indecipherable] [indecipherable] it [indecipherable] a [indecipherable] Bob would

the future or what is before us. George & [indecipherable] were going to England but [indecipherable] does not seem to want to go she is too fond of [indecipherable] Charley is [indecipherable] will time [indecipherable] [indecipherable] him when he works, he is getting [indecipherable] now I think he is getting in [indecipherable] [indecipherable] I was (underlined) [indecipherable] [indecipherable] the [indecipherable] about 3 weeks ago [indecipherable] [indecipherable] with (underlined) [indecipherable] I have the [indecipherable] three boys going [indecipherable] here daily I send Edgar & Johanes to Bro [Brother?] Percy Smith's school it is near Give my very kind love to [indecipherable] Sharpe she is [indecipherable] This [indecipherable] [indecipherable] well I never felt such not weather as we had about a [indecipherable] ago for four days, many people died you see we bear it worse [indecipherable] [indecipherable] the weather is to change able Mr Colles father was Talking of your old friend Mr Cheyne, he studies under Mr Colles [indecipherable] [indecipherable] Colles in Dublin once, poor fellow he is not a [indecipherable] now some time ago he was cutting wood and selling it