Springtown, Upper Canada
May 7, 1835

My dear sister,

How are you? I miss you, Anne. I miss Mother and Father, too. And I miss my home. I miss England.

Are you well? Robert and I are well, but I am not happy. Robert and I are happy together, but I am not happy in Upper Canada. I am very homesick.

Robert is not homesick. He says Upper Canada is our home.

But it is not, not for me. Upper Canada will be home to our children, but England is home to me.

But let me tell you about Upper Canada. Let me tell you what happened to us after we left England.

We left home two months ago. Think of it! A lot has happened in just two months.