Letter from William Short to Sampson Low Junr
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line 1: Llandrinio Oswestry
line 2: April 14 1862
line 3:
line 4: My dear Mr Low
line 5: If I did not answer your letter
line 6: & thank you for your very kind
line 7: present (an acceptable present like
line 8: wise) my negligence arose from
line 9: my being on the point of
line 10: going to St Asaph, from which
line 11: I returned on Saturday.
line 12: I was much pleased by the mannerPage 2
line 1: in which the book was set up: it
line 2: lies on my Dining Room table
line 3: a memorial of old friends, & in
line 4: some degree of former work.
line 5: I trust all your family are
line 6: well, standing the progress
line 7: of years in bodily health satisfac-
line 8: torily, & looking forward to that
line 9: building not made with hands
line 10: eternal in the heavens whichPage 3
line 1: Christ is preparing for all who
line 2: love him. Your Father is I believe
line 3: my senior by a year or two, & if so
line 4: advancing in life. I hear no fears
line 5: about those who have been for years
line 6: trying to walk by the Spirit. I trem-
line 7: ble for the young who are now
line 8: launching their vessel in to the
line 9: waves of this troublesome world.
line 10: It strikes me that while the menPage 4
line 1: of this generation are more ?? than
line 2: text is obscured
line 3: Sister is more active in sowing
line 4: tares among the wheat.
line 5: Kindest remembrances to your
line 6: Father & Mother, & to your wife &
line 7: sisters, to those of your brothers who
line 8: are still in England &
line 9: Believe me your very ??
line 10: W. Short