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Letter from Reverend Charles Edward Searle to George Thomas Askew. Sent from Earl Stonham Rectory, Suffolk

19 November 1866

From: 1866 To: 1866

Has received George's most recent letter dated the 26th August and is happy to hear that George has been prosperous and that the monetary crisis has not done him any harm. 'All that you tell me about the Mill and the Wharf at Horse Shoe Bay is extremely interesting also and I should uncommonly like to drop in upon you, and be shown over your establishement, where you combine so many trades, Boat builder, Miller, Timber Merchant and Post master. Is there a good opening for a steady young man? say one who is a journey man carpenter or blacksmith - for I have two such in my eye in this village, who would better themselves in a colony, though I have never spoken to them about it. My lads do not emigrate, but they leave the village and go to London "to better themselves" in large numbers, and find employment some as carters and grooms and some as pot-boys. I am sure they would do better in a coloby.' Is sending George money as discussed previously and is glad that George proposed sending him a speciment of the deer of British Columbia as he would like a set of elk horns to add to his collection of curiosities. Has just heard today of the marriage of George's uncle William and James Odell's daughter.

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Searle, Charles Edward,
Askew, George Thomas,
Askew, Thomas George,
Askew, William,
Odell, James

Suffolk, Canada, British Columbia, ODELL