File 3: Hassall family, correspondence, volume 3, pp. 1203-1832, 1822-1828

attendance is required at the

Supreme Judges Office as early

as convenient to signify that you

Renounce — with respects to your

Honored Mother & Family

I remain Revd & Dear Sir

Yours Obliged

Edwd Hunt

Revd Mr Hassall

George Street

Parramatta

[Return address]

Mr [indecipherable]

July 182[9?]

Augst 8th 1822

Mcq Grove

My very dear Bro'

Your interesting com

munications of 5th afforded us much pleas[ure]

but also much disappointment because

of you not paying us the first visit

as proposed on the road I trust our intended

Sister does not feel backward because

of her not having received a formal

invitation for I trust that loving as

we do each other, that we also know how

to love and esteem the friends of

one another. However we shall be truly

happy to see & receive our dear Brother &

Sister at Macquarie Grove whensoever it

may most suit their convenience.

I am necessarally obliged

to forego the pleasure of meeting you

in Parramatta till Monday next having

at this moment our house open & under

going some alterations to render it more

comfortable & again am quite in

I really expected the mare I rode home

to have died on the Road but she now

is much better — My poor mare Nanny

will also be deprived that pleasure which

is like Balaam's Ass she would express

on the occasion - I think in my most

simple days I could not have acted the

part of the simpleton more than when

on hearing that any [writch?] would do so,

such an act as to cripple that [dear?] crea

ture. I suppose [Jno?] told you — realy I

am more sorry than if I myself had [receiv?]

the wound — & not only her but also her

son — I must take a side of Mr Arrie

tta's Chaise to get down on Monday —

You desire me to keep your in-

tentions to ourselves but first in purchasing

Captn King's Furniture &c you should have

made that bargain with him likewise for

we heard all particulars two days prior

to your letter from different quarters hence

such things will get abroad —

Docto r Douglas' servant waits

& he is [lie?] to the bearer therefore close

Praying that in all things begun & undertaken

here on Earth you may go on & Prosper

obtaining the Divine favour of the Lord

in all things. May your union be an

union of happiness & Piece [sic] & may our

covenant God preserve you both unto the

end – I would time would permit me to

stretch out my fingers a little longer

but must rest them & hope to enjoy a

long & lasting correspendence in [Heaven?]

& likewise in Heaven — Believe us to

remain Dear Brother ever affectionate

[S.O.?] Hassall

PS— Should he particularly require

it you must [Reiss?] the amount of Wheat

sent by Perry — S.O.H. — Should you go to Sydney

I wish you to get 2lbs of Arsnic & a Ga of [indecipherable]

S.O.H.