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Letter from Reverend Charles Edward Searle to George Thomas Askew. Sent from Odell Rectory

25 January 1858

From: 1858 To: 1858

Thanks for the newspaper sent to Pembroke College, Cambridge which was received when visiting there. Happy to hear that George does not regret emigrating. Asks what a Canadian winter is like as one of George's earlier letters describes a Canadian summer. Encourages George to continue to go to Church on Sundays but to 'stick to the Church of England and try and love it.' Asks George whether he has had much work in the winter or whether times have been hard as 'There has been much distress in England, and I believe it was felt in Canada and especially in the United States.' Notes that George's parents are well and so is Kitty, 'a good and attentive girl'. Ends noting that a bad accident happened to little Tommy Gudgeon.

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Searle, Charles Edward,
Askew, George Thomas,
Askew, Thomas George,
Askew, Kitty,
Askew, Catherine

ODELL, Canada, British Columbia