File 2/48. - M[aria] Shirley and W. A. Shirley to Janette and [Thomas] Waddington,

Apologises for not answering [Janette Waddington's] two communications but she had been prevented by their long absence from home and her confinement; fears that Walter [husband]'s replacement whilst they were away has created many unsound Christians in his search for personal popularity; refers to the loss of her child and to Janette Waddington and Thomas Waddington's afflictions, particularly [Mary's] illness; refers to [William's] coming to England to his Grandmother's; describes her own son as endowed with good abilities and sweet disposition; they are expecting Evelyn to visit them but fear he will find their society dull; she is to start a Bible Class for young women; they had a pretty fête there on day of Coronation [of William IV]; sends love to children and Thomas Waddington. [WAS] extends sympathy to Thomas Waddington in affliction; asks to be told when to expect Fred[eric]'s remittances; sends love to Janette.