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Letter from Frederick Martell, to his grandparents (John Perring Field and wife)

24 February [18]75

From: 1875 To: 1875

Geelong. Has just finished day's work and feels tired. Papa and Mama seem very poorly lately – hard work combined with anxiety. Charlie too is laid up. Went to a fire a fortnight ago and cooled too suddenly. Has congestion of the lungs. Goes about as miserable as a 'bandicoot'. Charlie has heard from Uncle Octavius who went from Sydney to New Zealand and is now on a paper in Auckland. Enclosed a letter to Aunt Maggie in which he offered to send her the money to go to him and an order for money owing him at the Education Department. Aunt wrote today to say she would go. He says he can get a school in which both will be employed. Sorry for what he wrote last month. Uncle John told him he spoke too much. Please do not refer to it in letters to Papa 'he will be awfully annoyed'. He (Papa) wished to spare their feelings. Has heard nothing of Mrs M. Uncle John told me he can't find out.

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Martell, Frederick,
Field, John Perring,
Martell, Charles,
Field, Octavius,
Field, Marguriette,
Field, John

family correspondence, New Zealand