8th June 1847

Manchester

Dear Mrs. Robinson,

My wife was delivered of a healthy boy yesterday, 7th June 1847, weighing a round eight pounds. Her labor was mercifully short and mother and baby are both well and resting. Lydia bids me send you, and her sisters, her love.

We plan to christen our son “Henry Edmund,” uniting my name with your late husband’s. It is our hope that, harsh as Mr. Robinson’s treatment was toward his daughter on account of our union, soon our families may come closer together in honor of his memory.

Any token you can send for the benefit of your grandchild would be appreciated by both of us. We are behind on rent by some weeks.

Ever your devoted son-in-law,

Henry Roxby