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(I believe this letter came from Robert in Canada to his brother John in Ireland poss in Co Cavan)

23 Feb 1861

(page1) Dear Brother Received your kind and welcom letter, we were very happy to hear of your beeing in good health as this laves us at present thanks be to god for his merices to us. Could not go over to see as intended. I loste one of my children a boy of 3 yers 8 mon and 15 days old in October last. you speak of cuming to see us we shall all be watching for to see you cum, I wish you would make up your mind to cum to this Cuntry. Land is very cheap here you and me could get good land in _____ (looks like Cob Cogen). for 4 shillings per ecker and if you do not cum I intend to go my self in Sum shorte. Tim + I am moved from the pleas (place)

(page2) the pleais (place) that I was living on when wrote to you before ebout half mile straight on the Cunchen Line on a place of Mr Modges. I work it on shares he has one, Tim and I have another. he finds the one half of the seeds and me the other and when the crops come he has the one half and me the other, I have 2 yoke of oxen 2 cows 2 calfs 12 pigs 6 sheep. we would all like that Elebeth and her husband would cum over in the fall and stay the winter we will do the same to you as you offered to do to us. we have had evory hard winter here in the cuntry. the snow in pleaises (places) out back about six feet on every

(page3) Old mister and family is and Thomas is mared last winter William Kiney wife and family is well and sends thir Love to you all. the wife that Thomas Kiney is married to is Aish gerieb her name is Mary Kerley we have heard nothing of Jo Treneer this 4 or five years. He left this country and went to the States. William is as Big as his uncle John Armstrong and me eldest girl is as_____ as her aunt Elebeth. when you receive this write as soon as possible no more at present but remain your Loving brother and Sister til Death

Robert Armstrong

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