Letter to Frederick Paulin from his sister, about 1887

Transcription – letter to Frederick Paulin, no date, no signature [Likely Sarah]

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Henley Lodge

Acock’s Green

Sept

My dear Fred,

Very many thanks for your nice long letter received the 17^th Sept. We were all very pleased to hear you are all getting on so nicely – Sorry Herbert has had a bad hand, but that it is better than having more horrid abscesses he has had from time to time. I have been having a bad time of it

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I think I am most unfortunate, you will hear details again. Mrs Natts has offered the money for Bessie & I to go to Victoria, I am afraid the offer has come too late for this year so you must look forward to seeing us come next spring. I have decided to be an old maid, and keep your house, taking for granted that you intend on being a bachelor. Emmie makes a great mistake in being

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All agreeable with Herbert. I am very sorry for Ernest. She thinks her spurious perfect but she has much to learn poor girl – Papa’s business is very awkward I wish we could all start afresh in Victoria. Amy is earning a little money and Bessie. I shall start up and I hope shortly but my health is very bad. I think it would save my life the journey across the sea.

I am glad your health is better – George seems

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To occuoy himself pretty well – we have sent newspapers with account of H Lawley’s murder, it is such a shocking thing for the family. AF is very slow just now the church is closed to have light stained glass windows in will be opened on the 22^nd Harvest Festival going to extra grand at least the choir is old Mr Watts has married his housekeeper just come back from his honeymoon in the Lakes people say never despair after that its been the latest talk.

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Sarah Paulin to Frederick Paulin, 1888

Transcription Letter from Sarah Paulin to Frederick Paulin , 1888

[Sarah was 14 years old when she wrote this letter]

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Henley Lodge

Acock’s Green

January 22^nd 1888

My Dear Freddie

I am writing to you to tell you that I think its time I wrote but I have been so busy at school as we are getting up another cantata also called the Sherwoods Queen. And it is a bother my word Dear Freddie I was quite disappointed because I did not have a letter. To see limping Jack and Marion have a letter and not me but never mind I think mine will come later on…. I must have patience. My word they were pleased with their letters I can tell you A did cheer us up how are all the rest getting on please give my love to Mr and Mrs Paulin [Ernest and Emma] and George and Herbert and tell them we enjoyed our spotted pudding very much and the fun was to see who got the ring and money but Violet had the ring and Mother nearly swallowed

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A threepenny piece will we all enjoyed our Christmas very much and hope you did and please to tell Herbert to write tell him it would cheer me up and please Freddie you might write me a letter in spare hours but not unless Please Freddie you will have to expect us when the pigs begin to fly us (my word) the pork would be high and some come in a balloon and that would be the nearest way to come. But we must have patience.

Dear Freddie I think I must close now as I am getting tired of my s scribble – Good Bye

I Remain Your Affectionate Sister

Sarah Pauline

Auntie sends her love

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For Yourself

Xxxxxxxxxxx

Private

Please give me love to all and give them all a honey

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April 24, 2020 0

Disjointed letter, dated around 1886

Transcription of letter from Frederick Paulin to his son, no date, no idea which page is the first page of the letter. Marlene Cormack, who scanned the letter called it the “disjointed letter” which is really spot-on.

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We share drawing you know from this side 70L at leas line rents per year

No we expect to have 2 to 300L on reaching you

Properly transferred for the purpose

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Anche chances obtainable for growing into set forms where they may flourish and develop into factors of progress and finally permanent rewards of a Paulin emigration period which may become matters conspicuous in the his long of your adopted colony.

We can’t say it won’t be s

No seasons impregnable obstacles need bar the way

My health is excellent once the operation I underwent in Guy’s

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Your hardworking affectionate mother is in I know embraces her change of seeing and being with her sons again, and I am additionally anxious that she should be liken on her account and for her sake

So think it well and write me without delay – we have not heard from your side lately nor from Bessie and are looking for news daily – we write in love to you all

From your affectional father

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Frederick Paulin to his son Frederick A Paulin, c1884-5

Transcription letter from Frederick Paulin to his son Frederick A Paulin, dated 4 Jun [approx. year 1884-5]

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The British Mercantile Gazette Journal of Commerce

Highest Awards in Two Classes (Silver & Bronze Medals) at Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880, Highest awards in Two Classes (Gold & Silver Medals) at Adelaide International Exhibition, 1880 Highest Award (Gold Medal) at New Zealand International Exhibition 1882

Established in 1868

168 Fleet Street London EC

Proprietors Short, Short & Co

Export Merchants

June 4^th, Wed

Dear Fred,

Yours dated May 4^th came to hand yesterday containing sketch of that luxurious spot the Sulphur Spring. If surroundings are one decidedly romantic and such that we have here only allowed to read about, but not permitted to see. The strikingly various conditions, the grand the mysteriously grotesque, as well as apparently the easily read and understood phases in nature seem to surround you, and will I was know leave a proper impression on your mind and trace behind also constantly suggestive of the Great Maker of it all. We are all pretty well and comfort ourselves that your health continues good. We realize too the fact that plenty to do up Aberdeen drives away the monotony. This is our Whiteweek. George and Ernest + Herbert went to Hen Thames on Saturday last + returned on Monday

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Reaching home about 3 am Tuesday morning. They seem to have enjoyed themselves immensely and to have lost no time in pursuing enjoyment principally on the river you know so well at Corderys and to the Island. Cordery and his wife are both rheumatically afflicted – the former is also financially reduced and really does nothing – a provision most providential has been made however for his support to be acquired by his 2 youngest sons who I hear work hard and earnestly and pretty successfully on behalf of Home – but George or Ernest or both (Ernest is not the most frequent writer to you) should tell you the complete history of their visit. I am often calling a mention to the value you must attach to news from home and placing those at home in imagination in your place and position. I think with ordinary luck my work on the above “Gazette” may prove as remunerative as any recent occupation has been or a trifle better anyhow its respectable labour. The firm is well known + respected too. This opinion of mine will I know receive your best wishes for its corroboration in fact

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We are having a very dry time just now or rather have had now seemingly too long, this locality requires frequent moisture it is very porous and tho rain has peeked at in it has retired again more than once. Our crops will appreciate a fall largely and our garden too. The spuds are nicely thro same 50 yards by 5, the peas 5 good rows well stuck. The broad beans 2 rows 10 yards long well forward to bloom, carrots, parsnips, and turnips, are in their infancy. The apple trees from your pips have positions of prominence midway down the garden and are each in height say 2 feet, 18 inches, and 1 foot. [illegible] as the flowers are secondary in consequence they come next, but they will make a rather nice shew this year, the pansies gladioli roses and mimulus are abundant the annuals are coming along to swell the list – also so that the home far away from you is as gay as we can make it in illustration of the bright hopes

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We indulge in of seeing you back some day to reassure your position of your fathers confidence and your mothers solace amongst your affectionate brothers and sisters. The broom trees in our front given by Dr Swinburne are a glory of gold, one is a silver broom and guards the right bay as you enter from the road. Whilst a Gloire de Dijon is doing its best to climb the side of the porch near the other bay and yields us some 20 blossoms – a red dutch Honeysuckle is making effort to cloth the other side of the porch. If you can picture at all what we are like from the sketch it will strike you as a contrast to the grandeur or the mysteriously grotesque around you + which is referred to in the first lines of this letter. Aunt Mrs Paulin is with us reunited here with the chattels from London and is better for the change. Lastly we all join in the heartfelt good wishes for your health, success, and the same to continue until, we meet again – From your very affectionate Father

F Paulin

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Letter from Frederick and Mary Paulin to FA Paulin, c1884

Transcription Letter to Frederick A Paulin from Frederick Paulin Sr and Mary Cutler Paulin, July 5^th [no date – estimated 1884]

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Henley Lodge, July 5^th

Dear Fred

I sent last week “Truth” + Weekly Post + “Bell’s Life” with the 2 days’ Henley Regatta which seems to have passed off splendidly.

No one went from here – Ernest, George + Herbert visited Henley at Whitsuntide which probably they have already told you about – Louise is still at Henley but I believe she may now return home any day as the old folks have an old stayed attendant – and can now do without her. We have grand summer weather here for fully a month, great heat, unusually fine weather, enough to set the grumblers sighing for rain which has only arrived + probably those with hay about will complain now. They hay crops are light, corn crops look very well, turnips are a very thin crop this the dry time + the busy fly. Our garden is promising we have quite a stretch of potatoes (Magnum forns) not ready yet – a promising crop of raspberries just ripening your young gooseberries + currants have both distributed what they can

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The pear not nearly fit to gather and show well broad beans ditto. The scarlet runner embrace the whole width of the bottom of the garden and are climbing as fast as they can, whilst the spaces are all filled in with plants for [illegible]. The flowers are plentiful and the roses to which I have before refined are doing quite as well as expected. I + Dr Simburne had some chat about you yesterday Sunday in vestry. He hoped I should remember him to you. The choir is the same. They went by invitation to the vicarage last Friday week. I did not go, didn’t care about it, so the Doctor asked me today to come in at any time, he [illegible] be glad if I would. He is well but his health is weak. The annual children’s white dress service takes place next Friday your mama has the usual work to get on contingent ready. The sermon is entitled “Weeds + Flowers” + 8 hymns are to be sung. George is going back to McClelland’s they want him + he would prefer being there

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I am working away on “The British Mercantile Gazette” still, it is difficult business sometimes, but then up to now it has paid. Ernest keeps his place at Wright + Butlers and seems to suit them. Referring to politics a dissolution would not surprise most people at any moment. There is the franchise bill the Egyptian financing business as well as the Soudan knot which stand right in the way of Cabinet and the Election for N Warwickshire just limited resulted in a larger Conservative majority than ever has been known. Lord Randolph Churchill is unwell from overwork he is effected shortly in Birmingham with Col Burnaby and I have arranged with the Town Hall Curator for admission on the occasion. We are all pretty well Aunt is with us from London as you may know + is better for the change in health. The Henley folks are very well but feeble. I should have been in Manchester +c this week but can’t get away before next week now. Mama will finish this morning [illegible] I hope this agate writing will stand let me know.

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My dear Fred

Your father says I need to finish this, but I thought he had told you all the news you will I fear have much trouble to make it out – don’t think it unkind I seldom write. I am always at work, thinking and talking of you many times a day hope with all my heart to see you home next summer. George wishes very much to join you and if he does you must journey home. Bessie, Amy + Florence are all at work nw but not getting any money for two years from the time they started. Your father is doing better or we could not manage this latter two are at Miss Bostons the dressmakers in the village come home to morrow.

Kindest love and wishes your Mother

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Frederick Paulin sr to FA Pauline, July 14th – year unknown

Transcription letter to FA Pauline from Frederick Pauline (sr) dated July 14^th

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Willow Park PO Victoria

July 4^th

Dear Fred

We hear from Annie who sent us a line by last boat that you are amusing yourself at Bella Bella but I think to mow or not of ancient experience verily how time provides us with diversions and the gooseberries are thriving too, bravo Bella Bella.

We hope you will avail yourself of the opportunity and extend it where you are.

Oliver called Sunday to show us some snapshots he took of mother and me a few days previous and we thought were very nice.

We still have Dot’s 2 children with us as the quarantine will not be lifted for a day or 2.

We got a P Card from Florence to day in which she writes she and Violet and her children are all well but when she return it must be by land to Seattle. It came the boat shook her more than she liked –

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Mother is not too well. She finds the responsibilities of the home first now a bit too much for her. Our lodgers are not considerate as I think they might be at a rental or semblance of one another $15 a month and in a caution and warning to do so again.

Bert and Nancy called two nights ago and said the former expected to be reinstated in his work at City Hall.

The weather here is tolerably agreeable the recent evolutions having to some extend disturbing. We had a visit of electricity a short time ago which was probably [illegible]

Kindest and missed affection to all

Dad.

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Arrival in Victoria, 1889

Victoria Daily Colonist, 11 Sep 1889

Per Str RP Rithet from Westminster – Mr. and Mrs. Pauline, Misses Bessie, Flora, Sarah, Marion, Nellie and Violet Pauline, Mrs. Ferloyd, Mrs. Burns, Miss Murchison, Miss Sharp, WL Thompson, EG Fletcher, George Doing, JW Todd, WW Wilson, WH Bone, S Clay, Gelley, Dr Cardwell, J Harvey, J Pauline, G Brooks, Bondier, Greenwood, Wilson.

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John Paulin to FA Pauline, 1914

Transcription of letter

John Paulin to FA Pauline, 19 Aug 1914

To Fred A Paulin Esq Bella Bella BC

Dear Fred Aug 19^th 1914

Yours to Land, and glad you had an enjoyable trip down, which would lend to make you feel that your trip to BB wasn’t so bad after all, even if the weather was a little unpleasant.

Everything is going pretty good, and some money now coming in, let me know by return what date I have to pay the 1000.00 to the bank, I have just forgotten the date but think it is the 8^th of September? Not much war news, will be glad to hear the end of it before many months.

Kindly thank the D for Primus stove, will write him to his address, which by the way I have forgotten. Weather very fine now,

With best wishes to you all

[Illegible] is coming. Faithfully yours

Jno

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RW Hannington to FA Pauline, 1918

Transcription Letter Robert Wetmore Hannington to FA Paulin, 22 May 1918

Robert Wetmore Hannington, City Solicitor

Office of the City Solicitor

Victoria BC

22 May 1918

James Forman, Esq

Terrace Avenue,

Victoria, BC

FA Pauline, Esq

940 Foul Bay Road,

Victoria, BC

JJ Shallcross, Esq

925 Foul Bay Road

Victoria, BC

Dear Sirs,

I beg to advise you that Mr Justice Macdonald has this morning appointed you to be Local Improvement Commissioners under Section 21 of the “Victoria City Relief Act, 1918, No. 2”. His Lordship, in announcing the appointments, took occasion to remark that the City is fortunate in possessing among its inhabitants three men who are so well qualified to perform the prescribed duties, and who are so public spirited as to be willing to perform them without remuneration.

I shall have the Oath of Office ready for administration whenever you call at my office, and as soon as the Commissioners are sworn I presume that they will elect their chairman and proceed to the exercise of their duties. The Council has provided for the necessary accommodation of the Commissioners a the City Hall.

Yours faithfull,

RW Hannington,

City Solicitor.

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