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LETTER: Hugh Jones, Georgia, Wilkes County to his brother. Has received letter from Bro. Evan 21 Sept. 1789. Heardof Bro. Henry’s and William’s death. Refers to his departure fourteen years previously. At that time their father’s affairs were in a terrible state and it was every man for himself. He hopes his brother will write a long epistle. He misses the Welsh language and has hardly spoken it for eleven years. He would like a Welsh Bible; he would like a letter in Welsh. He remained in N. Carolina several years on parole, `waiting to see the event of the war’. He considered going to a new settlement at Kentucky. Many of the settlers were killed by the Indians. America is a growing Empire. H.J. `s thought turned to marriage. He was married to a damsel from the borders of Virginia 1 May 1783 and now has three girls and a boy. After the end of the war between Britain and America he had to make a decision whether he would stay on or return home. He travelled with his father-in-law to Georgia. Everything was scarce, his money exhausted. There were hundreds of families in the same situation. There was a 200 acre bounty for every man and his family `white and black’. H. J. bought his own land rather than accept indifferent land. He is about to make a new purchase from the Indians. He expects to be made a surveyor. He taught in Washington for two years. Salary of £50 p.a.; the Latin Master had £190. He is in possession of 400 acres and a good plantation. He wants to hear about his old schoolmates especially Robt. Hughes. His letters are to be directed to Mr. Charles McDonald, merchant in Charleston. Did Shone Ellis ever return to Caernarfon; he was taken with H.J. but left in Carolina.
Cyngor Gwynedd