January 1813.
January 1813.From: Cullen Farm, New Norfolk, Van Diemen’s Land.
From: Cullen Farm, New Norfolk, Van Diemen’s Land.To: Sarah Blay, 8 Crispin Street, Spitalfields, London.
To: Sarah Blay, 8 Crispin Street, Spitalfields, London.Dear Sarah,
Dear Sarah,I hope and pray this letter finds you and our sons well. My heart aches every day for you all. I know you to be a strong woman, Sarah, and I have belief in your ability to keep the shop going and to feed and educate the boys. I know it’s winter at home in London, but here, in Van Diemen’s Land, it’s summer. Can you believe that? Summer? The world is turned upside down.
I hope and pray this letter finds you and our sons well. My heart aches every day for you all. I know you to be a strong woman, Sarah, and I have belief in your
