November 5th, 1744

Capatian,

              It has been three months since my last letter to you. Where are you?

              Are you well? Please contact me soon. Im ready to sail again but still have to wait till my child is born. Where are you, captain, where are you.

Regards

W

September 3 1744

Captain.

We are married! The surprise was as you had thought, she is with child. I shall stay by her side until the baby is born and then i will have to sail once again. My finances will have to double so that i can provide the life my wife and child deserve. Is there a chance i can return to the Hannu in late July of next year. Until then i am working in the shipyard patching the "old girls" so they are fit to sail.

I wonder how i shall fair as a father? Tell my Bosworth, have you ever parented? I know you have not answered this question in the past but maybe you will see fit to share now that i am to be a father.

I look forward to us meeting once again.

Best

W

August 25th, 1744

Dear Walter,

Congratulations on your imminent nuptials! What is it you fear may be wrong? If it is what the hastiness of this decision implies, worry not; marry the girl quickly and no one will be the wiser. Children often come early. Please send me the details of the wedding plans.

I am writing you from my room at the Setanta House Hotel in County Kildare. My role in the trial has ended (a small and unimportant role as it turned out; my only purpose was to assert that McGovern was in Jacmel the night before his death) but I have decided to stay on awhile. I am enjoying the mild Irish August. I am also enjoying the company of a young lady, scarcely nineteen, named Brigid after the fair saint of this region. She does not seem to mind my company and I certainly enjoy hers. However we shall soon part ways: I must reunite with the crew of the Hannu in Italy. 

All the best,

Capt. Bosworth