15 December – Wedding anniversary [married in 1863](*1)
New Westminster
….I have been very dreary…. I knew I should. Our lost darling is constantly before me – I cannot realize that I shall not be greeted on my return with her usual welcome and the sight of her dear sweet face.
[signed Peter O’Reilly]
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*1 2020 – These are probably transcriptionist notes on the letter.
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