3. I feel impelled by duty as well as friendship I should in my present condition wish to be exempt from writing altogether, but I trust you will take it just as it is, I ought to write to Bro. Robt. & Sister Amelia Cordner. Please say to Br. Robt. that I feel much in hid debt in the writing line, but that I intend writing him shortly, In his last letter he stated that he was likely to lose on some cotton goods think) that he had shipped to N. York. I hope his loss if any was light. I am glad indeed to get a letter from any of you & to think that I still live in your remembrance though so far & so long separated, Say to my dear Father that my affections & feelings often. often turn homeward to the land of my Fathers, but necessity is yet laid upon me to tarry here. What the winter may do towards my recovery I know not, the cold weather often affects me badly, & I fear if I were even better my constitution would not bear the rigours of a northern climate, but we must be content without looking into futurity & take hold of the openings with providence as the present themselves, I am thankful to hear that that my Father enjoys toerable health, I hope, though he is old, he may yet live many years to be an example of Godliness to his children & grand children I do not know what Bro. John's sentiments are on the subject of religion but I hope that you have both aimed at training up your children in the nurture & admonition of the Lord & recollect nothing is likely to be of more advantage than parental example, Children are rarely bittered by harsh or unkind treatment & they ought not to be corrected from impulse but duty, they ought to see that it is as painful for you to punish as it is for them to bear it & that in so doing you are only acting as in the sight of God who has commited them to your keeping & for which you are to give a strict account. I humbly pray you may be able to do so with joy & not with grief, I hope if spared to receive a letter from Brother Robert shortly, as it is some time since he wrote me. tell him to be particular in letting me know how my Father enjoys himself in his old age, my two Nephews here are at 2/1 present gone to their Uncle Wm.H. Nichol Sister Eliza & the Bal of the family are in usual health give my kindest love to my Dear Father & Bro. Robt. & Sister Mary Jane & to Br. & Sister Cordner & also to Bro. Wm. & Sister Jane & receive the same for yourselves & children Remember me also to all our Aunts Uncles Cousins as you may see them, I think you forgot to sign your name to your letter, but I learned its author by its contents. Your affectionate Brother .Richey Faid-25 Mrs. Eliza Phenix Maze Via Hillsboro County- of Down N.York Ireland Fostmarks CLINIC Nov-I-I 25 DE 44 LIVERPOOL SHIP 20--DE- 26 44 HILLSBORO DE27 I844