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Hamilton 18^th October 1852

My beloved Mother

What shall I write
you - I cannot write I can only think
& feel and suffer - William wrote Lord on
that dreadful day to tell you of our
agonising loss - and Cousin Amanda
wrote you on Tuesday the 12 - no one
has written you since - We are all
here still and as far as mortal can
tell free from disease May God in Mercy
preserve us so - no words can tell our
anguish I cannot with any thing
of all our loss & suffering - You can know
it - Poor William - God above can
help us - Oh may he draw us to him
in the right way - oh may he pity
us for his dear sons [sic] sake - Cousin Amanda
and her kind husband were obliged
to leve [sic] us a few days ago - We
are all alone in our sorrow -