Brother Dearest
Brother dearest I was born in Whitstable, England in the year 1823. I was the second son born to my father, Edward Lawrence, a merchant. My older brother, Johnathan, was only a year older than me, so we grew up being very close. My father wasn't well off but neither did we fare badly either. As children Johnathan and I were both quite adventurous and would regularly go out in the local woods, usually by foot but sometimes we could ride most of the way by horse and carriage, getting a...