LETTER: John and Catherine Beynon to Miss N. M. Beynon of St. Davids Pembs. though with salutation 'Dear father and mother ... ' I arived here 7th Sept. from Laguna de Terminos and I am going away on Tuesday for the same place. My wife Received your letter last June, I am Sorry that you are unwell, this is the first letter that I have Received Since I came out to this Country, I have got a small craft Trading to the West Indies ... My wife belongs to Kilreagh in the County of Newry in Ireland. . . . . I am going To take her to sea with me this winter. . . . . I saw Captn Micheal Power of the three Sisters of Waterford. He is from St Johna ?N[ew] F[oundland] .... He is going to sail on thursday morning for St. Johns and Waterford .... I have had the Misfortune Loosing My Brother in Law. . . . he was drowned. . . . my wife name is [?] Catherine Mccool. . . . I expect to come home in 2 years time.
New York.