Letter from Henry Clegg, Sr to his son, Henry Clegg, Jr
Aug 4, 1856
Henry
Clegg
I take this
oppertunity in writing to you hopeing it will find you all in good health as
it leves us at preasent we are
very glad to hear from you. we
received thy letter on the 21 of July
our Jonathan and his family sailed out of liverpool For Amarica on the
5 of May perhaps he will
reach thee before thou gets this letter
I dout he will have avery troublesome
journy with all his family eccept James we have had aletter From James he has come from Gibrealter and he is at Plimath
he did not say in his letter about his father and Mother
he thinks he will soon get his discharge
I have wrote to him
We have received
all thy letters and we are glad that thou has received ours
I hope the crickets will not have again
destroyed your crops this year
I am now on this
month in my age August 4..68 in 1856.
I am working my
way through life as well as I can, but I am very cant
I can yet walk 20 miles in A day but I cannot expect long to be so
‘thy mother is well considering her age
I am living and cloging at Moonsmill
we have only 10 D apare for cloging Womans
out Thomas has took ahouse and shop at Belfast in Ireland and he is
caring on Both there and at Bamerbridge
our Betsy and John are still at Blackburn Factory work here is very
brisk here. I think you
will often be in want of many daintise having no trade with other nations
I think it would be much better if you had more trading with them for
one nation is dependent on another. England
is a first rate place for that but it is distresed with great Salivise and
taxation.
We often think
and talk about you and Israel his
Granmother is often Speaking about him we should think it agreat Blesing if we ever should be
permited to see you we often think of the sufferings you have had in going
that tedious journy I
no thou has suffered a great deal both in Body and mind in having on the way
to leave thy Blessed wife and that lovly child but I don’t wish to harvist
they Blessed feeling up with too much thought of these things
we rejoice that thou has got A Partner which thou Prises so Dear
I hope your love one to another will continy
Thou are worthy
of a good Wife for abetter lad then thou are and allways was and is there
never was I am happy to say
thy wife is greatly Blest with her choice of such a husband
we would feel our selves very happy to behold her face to face
I hope she will be frutful and greatly
multiply and be as Olive Branchis round thy Table
is it my Prayer that the God of Heaven may rest his Blesings upon you
I am glad that
her parents is near you send
me word what part of England they have come fromHenry thou wishis me to join
your church and be Baptised thou knows that I rely wholy on the mercy of God in
Christ jesus I know that
asinner cannot find mercy with agod of Justice
no other way but thrugh the rightousness and sacrificis was offered up
for remision of sins where in was the sheding of Blood
I can bear Testamony that when I came to God this way I saw justice
satisfyed and I received the remission of my sins and as a command to fulfil
rightious I was then Baptise I have not the lest dout but I shall Die the
death of the rightious and be among the Blood washed throng Praising God for
his redeeming love for ever and ever.
Henry be thou
gets this letter our Jonathan and his family will have arived with thee and I
hope all will be well with them I
hope that William has landid safe I
think Elin will have had many a hard tug and I am sure our Jonathan will have
had many a hard day and night may
the lord Bless him and all his family in all there undertakings amen.
If I was there with Billy we would have Plenty of fun catching fish and
those Butiful Birds thou speaks of
Be a good lad Billy it may happen be the case some time.
I am 68 this day
aug 4 1856 henry thou said
in thy letter that thy wife she would send us aletter but we have not got one
yet we could like one from
her
Henry all thy
Frends and acquences sends there best respects to thee hoping thou will do
well in thy next
letter send us word what thou pays for leather and wood and nails and candles
sope meal and flour and coals and potatois
we sent 2 of music wire 6 is and up
As they Wife is
such agood Singer I have sent heravirse to sing in remembrence of me
Henry cloging
here is at a very low heb and work is hear at avery low eb
it is Both scarce and little for doing it
it is very hard for me to keep myself and thy mother but I dont wish
thee to put thyself any out of the way to help us
I dont Desire it of thee
our probation here is very short and we shall soon have done
Tell Israel his
Granmother is often talking of him Preching for her about Dicke Birds that
turtle Dove I had at liverpool our Alice has it yet
thou never sent
me word whether thou ever made any use of thy Net
we have fine weather now and the crops is very good, but through having
been at War with Rusha it has made flour very Dear
I was over at Liverpool not long since I was at Mrs. Hodgson and she told me that Mr Mixhan From Manchester had been over and was inquiring after thee and he told her if thou ever came to set up Business in England he would give thee credit with goods to the value of 3 hundred pounds Richard Densy was with him and he was made his head man
William says he
thinks of coming to you next summer but one but I hardly think he will
our Betsy and
John sends there kind love to you all The are living still at Blackburn John says he would like to come to you
I hope our
Jonathan will send all perticurs of his vouage as soon as he arives with you
Thomas parker
whshis to o if his brother Henry Parker be yet alive as he has not herd from
him this 9 years. He went
from Wittle near Chrly thou
must inquire for him and send work in thy letter whether he is yet alive or
not
Henry thou says
that Brigham Yong is atrue Prophet
well be it so but thou must not forget that Jesus Christ is our great
Prophet Preist and King
Henry I am no secterion
I have the New testament For
my rule of life the Blood
of jesus Christ his son clenseth us from all Sin
it is that fountain which is open
For sin and uncleaness he became sin for us he who new no sin that we
might be made the children of God in him
here in england we have no arbeterry laws
every man can worship God even as he beleives
William and Alice
sends there kind love to thee and they Wife and Isral and Robert singleton and
Betsy sends there kind love to thee and our Betsy and John and our Thomas and
his family sends there love to thee, and Mrs Salthous and Elin and Billy and
Mary I wrote to Mrs.
hodghen at liverpool But i have not got answer and I have not see thy Uncle
Johathan nor any of his family lately
when thou sends thy next letter derect ti
Henry Clegg
Moonsmill in Waltonledle lancashire england
I must now bid
you ferewell it may be I
shall never hear fromyou again but I hope to meet with you on Zion hill
Henry Clegg
(The
above letter was written by Henry Clegg (husband of Ellen Cardwell) to his 8th
child, Henry. Henry Jr. first
married Hannah Eastham. After her
death, he married Ann Lewis. His
third wife was Margaret Ann Griffiths. The above information was furnished by
Helen Clegg - one of the family genealogists.)
January 10, 2000