Youghal April 17th

Dear Mother and Father this Comes
With my kind Love to you hoping to find
you in good health as this leaves mee
thank god for it dear Mother I like
My Situation verry well at preasant
And I am arived at my dipo
Which is twenty four miles from Cork
Wee Set Sail from Bristol on Saterday
the 8 of April and got to Cork on
Sunday Night by the Steem packet
Wee expect to leave youghal verry soon
So Send mee an answer by return of post
Without fail give my Love to my
Brothers and Sisters and Unkle and
Aunt and all enquiring friends I have
heard that my Brother Thomas
has got over his trouble and I
hope he will have the Conduct to keep
Out of any trouble for the time to Come
Send mee word how the trade is going
On in Leicester now wee are Situated
In a Barriks on a hill And it is
A verry pleasant place for wee Can
See miles Around us and a verry
fine Sea around us Dear father and
Mother I was verry Sick on bord the
packet for wee had a verry rough
Sea an Sunday morning we was
twelve howers more then wee Should
have been had it been Calm Send mee
All the Newes you Can pay A
penneas when you Send A Letter
So no more at preasant from
Undutiful Son James Lewin
direct to mee 98 Redment
Youghal County of Cork Ireland

      Devenport December 3 1830

  deer Friend I recevid your kind and welcom
Letters and wass glad to hear of you being well ass it
Leavs me at Present thank god for it deer frend
I have done My endever to send you wat I could
So I sent you five shilins My Self and Missis
Hart have Sent you five More wich Makes 10
Betwixt them so that I hope yow will Preceed
on your jorney ass soon ass you receve it for the
is grate talk of the rout

Deer Friend I hope you will go to My Mother and tell
hur that we are Both well and give Both our lovs
to hur and to all the Family tell My Mother
that I niver hard from My Brother Thomas at
Manchester and snd Me word wether she have or
not

so no More at Present From your
sencer Frend Filip Morey

deer Frend we expet the rout for the 85 and 73
is left us and if yow have not time to rite tell
your Sister to rite to Thos Hart wether james
receved the Money or not

  November the 9 1834

dear father and Mother i have teaken the
opertunity of wrighting to you hoping it will
fine you all in good helth as it leves mee
at preasnt thank god for it and i am
ablige to you dear father and mother for sendin
so ofen to me as what you do i long to
hear from you all and moor so to see you
dear father chrismas is near at and wich
i should very much like to be home
with you all and take dinner with
you on chrismas day dear father i hope
you will send to mee and let me know
how tread is with you all please to
reamber me to my sister elisabath and
or husband and to my brother robert
and tell him i hope he is geting on
much better then when i saw him lass
dear father and mother i have
teaken the libery to let you know
that i have maried a very nice littel
wife and i wish you could see hear i
think you whould liker very much in
did she is of a very respeakabal famley
and she does very much wish to see you
all very ofen teles about you all i can
a sure you and she sends or kind love
you all dear father you will gave my
kine love to my sisters and brothers unkeele
and ants and all inquiring feriends you
will please to send to mee at mount wiese
barrackes devoenport devenshire englan
you will send to me as soon as you
can so no moor at present
from your afectioanat son
and daughter law James and Jane
lewin

Mount Wise Barracks Devonport June
the 24 1835

My Dear Parents
      I take the earliest oppertunity
of wrighting to you hopping this will find you
in good health as this leaves us at presaent
thank god for it I have to inform you since I
last wrote to you that I have been Confined
of a fine little Girl she is a fortnight Cold
yesterday we have her Christned and she is
named after her two aunts Mary Ann I wished
very mutch that some of the famely was here
I am toald by the person that came from
your place that the Child is like its Father
and that she is a regular little Luin dear parents
you was misinformd respecting out getting
maried without leave of our Commanding officer
it is not through that reason that James is
still in mess it is because we must be
maried so long a time before we can have any
indulgence Dear parents we whare very sorry
to hear that trade was so dead but we hope
by this time it is better Coals are dearer
here then the are with you we cannot get
them under a shilling and thirteen pence
Pr Hundred we are expecting the Regment
home and then we think we shall go to Portsmouth
thaire is a great talk of the Regment
beeing broke up when the Come to
england things is mutch better now
then it was the last time we wrote
for James is gone a servant to the Captain
I am happy to say that he makes a kind
husband to me and an affectionnate
Father to his Shild as long as that
is the case I shall never regret however
low our Circumstances is as long as I can
retain his affection for my self and
Child the Captain as been very to
us during my confinement the Child
is Dark blue yes she is very round featuers
her hair is the same collour as her fathers
and hope it will curl like her fathers
I have nothing more to say at pressent
but Conclude with out Kind loves to
all and we remain your affectionnate
Son and Daughter James and Jane Lewin

Devonport April 15 1836

Dear father and mother we have recived our kined
and welcome litter wich we are happay to recive
frome you wich gives us gret plesure to here
that you are all so well i am sory to here
that dear father and sister Mary as been so
on Well dear Mother you will five our kind
love to sister eliz and her husband and we are
glad to year that hear dear child is well James
sends is kind love to all ove you and is glad to year
that is brother thomes is well dear Mary i
will Mind you ove your speces dear Mother
you son and daughter is now sitting down as
happay as tow old soulus thats been Maride for ten
years dear baby is very well and is all most a
able to runaway we have our Master home again
we anie glad to say i am oblidge to work a way
for i have tow ofircirs washindg at present
wich i am glad for dear mother i wish it was not
so far for you to come and see us things is very
dear muton is 7p bread is 13.14 potatos 78
give our kind love to Mrs hart and
tell her that she is best of whear she is
not that i should like to leave My poor
dear Man in this dock yeard thare is a great
manay poor men to be discharge a gain
please to tell Mrs hart that the doc and
the famlay is goian to cork to roide i have
been makin a great many things for them
dear mother you will answer my
letter as i shall be very glad to year
from you all
so no moore at present from your
afectionate son and daughter
James and Jane lewin
dear babys kiss to you all

Janury 15 37

dear father and Mother i have teaken the
liberty to wright to you hoping it will
find you all in good helth as it leves us
thank god for it and we can not think
the raison you do not sen to us we hope
you will send and let us know how
you all are i can sure you we have been
very much disapoint in not coming to see
you this chrismas we had made up our
minds likewise had a save to to come but
lewins Master did not go as we thaght he
wood James thught ver much in coming but
plese god we are not fauther a way next
winter we are coming James sendes is love
to his brothers and sisters and all friends
likwis my on love to you all Maryann love
to are gaandmother and to are granfather
aunts and uncles
we have lost orr Master to day
is gone a way for tow months i am
soray to say for it is a very great last
to us he is a great friend to us he
made the child a presents ove a pound
for chrismas and it was is wish very
much in did that lewin was to tkake care
ove his self till he did come back thate
he might have him a gain we have had
very seveaer weather yier so no moore
at present forme you afectonat son and
daughter James and Jane lewin
dririct for mee gosport fortan brackens

Dear Mother
i have teaken the first opeirtunity of Wrightin
to you hopin it Will find you all in good
helth as it leves us at present thaanks be to god
for it i have been very unWell since i
came home but i am Mucsh better now
James and the children is very Well and
the dear boy is getin as fat as posabile
Maryann sends a kiss to aunt Mary and her
uncle and she looks up to Mee and tels Mee she Wants
to know When you are comen to see her
i have had a great pice of Work about
you With her she was to play With a little
boy and all at Wants whe heard such a cry
With her for her dear aunt Mary and
When we com to look the little boy had a
bobin that you had given to her i should have
sent befor but Wee have been lookin for the
rout but now Wee expetch to be year for a
nother Month i am sory to say that it is not
in our powers to send for the Watch till the first
ove the Month you Will send and let me know
how things is With Mother thear is never a day
but What Wee are thinkin and tellin a
about you all but Wee can not think the
reaison hough you do not send to let us know
hough you got home you Will please to send
as soon as posable and let Mee know all
the news thear is tow oave our Men comin
to leicester to Morow Wich it Wood have been
a very good optunity for to have send
for it but Wee can not do it Wee goin our
loves to you all and hops you are all Well
Wee have no More to say at present
but Wee reamen your afectionate son and
daughter James and Jane lewin

September 17

der sister We take the liberty to Wright
to you once Moore as i have Wrote to you two
letters and have had no answer to ather of
theme and Whe can not thind the reaison
i Wrote to you after Wee got in
Manchester and once since i see letters every
night to the candle and i says to your brother
We shall have one to Morow but none
comes i cant thinnk the reaison i hope dear sister
if you do receve this letter that you Will
answers it as soon as you can and let us know
all is please to give our kind loves to father and
Mother and to your husband and sisters and Brothers
and let us know how John is gotin an
My dear Mary Wee find Manchester a very
dear place Wee can ardly live in it a tall
i am in the kitchin dear little Maryann
as been very ill and is still very porlay the
boy is very Well and gets on very well
i have sin Mrs hant and thare Was a Man from
leicster With her and she sime to think Moor of
him than her un husband
i have no More to say at present
but i reaim you afecthonate
sister and Brother
James a Jane Lewin
i have onley put the cart before the horse

War Office
2nd July 1845

Sir,
Referring to your letter of the 19th ultimo relative
to the Orphan Children of the late Private J Lewin
of the 98th Foot, I am directed to transmit to you
the letter addressed to you at Leicester, but returned
to this Office.
I am directed to add, that there is no Public
Institution for the support of the Orphan Children
of Soldiers, except for such Boys, as may be eligible for the
Royal Military Asylum, and that the only sum sent
home for the Orphans Lewin, is Four Pounds four
shillings and sevenpence, adverted to in the letter
of the 21st of May herewith sent.

I am,
Sir,
your most obedient Servant,

Mr John Ball
Stocking Weaver
near the Post Office
Earl Shilton
Leicestershire

War Office

10th July 1845

Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 3rd instant, I
and directed to acquaint you that the Commandant
at Chatham has been authorized to send the
two Orphan Children of the late Private Lewin
to your care, and that upon your notifying to this
Office their arrival, directions will be given for the
payment of the balance.

I am,
Sir,
your obedient Servant

Mr John Ball
Stocking Weaver
near the Post Office
Earl Shilton
Leicestershire

Earl Shilton July 18th 1845

Sir,

I take the liberty of writing a few
lines to you to inform you that the
two Orphan Children of the late James Lewin
of the 98 Regt have safely arrived, and are
now placed under my care, I therefore, further
take the liberty, on the part of the poor Children
of asking you to have the kindness to inform
us what have become of the effects of the deceased.
I am sorry to inform you sir, that the Children
are very scantily supply'd with clothing, and that
there are none of the wearing apparel of the deceased
Female arrived, The Girl informs us that there was a
box containing - we suppose some valuable things,
having been informed by the deceased, while living, that they
had some shells, +c which they intended giving us,
had they have lived. We suppose there is a Ring
of which we have heard nothing, We have been informed
through Segnt Kaelse of the 98 Regmt that he has had
a Watch placed in his hands for which we by to acknowlege
as a favour, The reason why we troubled you was
because we understood you had had the manag
ment of their affairs, hoping you will have the
kingness to oblige in the above request.

I am, Sir, your

Chatham Barracks

1st Sept 1845

Chatham

Sir

I send by this post the watch that
belonged to the late James Lewin 98th Regt
who died at sea on his passage to England
the night before he died he sent for me and
told me to send you his watch watch as
he wished it would remain in the familly also
his mothers Ring which you will finde attached
to the chain. I have herd that you were enquiring
about Mrs Lewins cloths poor thing she was only
poorly off in respect of clothing he left china
in Debt to his Captain something about £5 so that
you see they could not have much what she had
I am told was sold along with his Effects which
amount you will get by applying to the proper
authority I believe you are to apply to
The right Honble the Lords Commissioners
of Chelsea Hospital but you can make other
Enquirys about you will finde some one to
direct you. I have been of Furlough down
in Devonport since I came home or you
should have the watch before now
give my love to the two children and for their
Fathers sake I hope good will protect them
and make them as honest upright as their
Father please to write to me to acknowledge
the recript of the watch

I remain & &
John Fitzpatrick
Sergeant Major 98th Regt