| Title: | Will. & Ann Forrest, Philadelphia to David McClorg, Templemoyle |
|---|---|
| ID | 1083 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Forrest, William & Ann/16 |
| Year | 1832 |
| Sender | Forrest, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Templemoyle, Co. Derry, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | McClorg, David |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | William and Ann write to her family |
| Source | T 1227/26: Photocopied by Courtesy of Mr A MacLurg. #TYPE EMG William & Ann Forrest, Philadelphia, to David McClorg, Templemoyle, Co Londonderry, 16 November 1832. |
| Archive | Public Record Office, N. Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 8905207 |
| Date | 16/11/1832 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 28:06:1989 LT created 04:12:1990 CD input 05:12:19 |
| Word Count | 611 |
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| Transcript | To Mr David McLorg Tempolmoyl [Templemoyle?] Philadelphia November 16 1832 Dear Father and Mother I take this favourable opertunity [opportunity?] of writting [writing?] those lines with the bearer John d[?] hopping [hoping?] to find you in good health as it leaves us at preasent [present?] thanks be to God for his mercies Ann had a verry [very severe torn [turn?] of sickness for better than fore [four weeks but she is in way of recovering at preasent [present?] thanks be to God for it My Dear friends this this has been a verry [very?] sevare [severe?] sumer [summer?] of sickness in this plase [place?] but it is mostly all seased [ceased?] at preasent [present?] Mr au[?] Mest McClinighan saw my brother John in new yourk [york?] and spent one night with him and he was well Dear Father we were intend to go to see him but the sun[?] being so sickley [sickly?] we could not go we have not seen Robert for some time past he is gone a way from the [Be?]thy Mrs Hamilton son of Leak come to philadelphia last spring and come to see me he was well at that time and asked about his father and mother and his brother ea[l?]ing he told me where my Brother William was I sent a letter with him to wilh[aw?] he told me he was well at that time and thought it strange that I was in this country you my [may?] let Mr David Forrest now [know?] that his Daughter Mrs Mc[Lenighan?] desired me to mention [her?] to [her?] father the [they?] are gone Back to oxford, that is a bout [about?] 50 miles from this Citty [city?] and I did not hear from them since my cusion [cousin?] Mrs Ross is well she is any person that I make any coraspondance [correspondence?] with in [within?] the citty [city?] we spent some evnings [evenings?] talking about mother and aunt Ann and all our friends in Ireland hur [her?] son william ross is well mr adams and family is well likwise [likewise?] Mr thompson and famely [family?] is well Mr Dun and Family is well margret Ann care is well and is Living with us But John Dunlop is [ealing?] but I hope he will sone [soon?] Get better Dear father and mother I am quite well pleased to hear you have got my tow [two?] Brothers married respect as understand by John Dis[an?] you will please Gave my Love to my new sisters tho [though?] to me not knowen [known?] Dear mother I send this small preasent [present?] as a token of frinedship I woud [would?] make it Larger but any more at preasent [present?] I send my father this reasor [razor?] to my father as a token of friendship gave my [Love?] to cusson [cousin?] Thomas wishey Let him know if he comes out agane [again?] the spring a Great many Groats with him for the [they?] are a great Deal of Demand for them hear [here?] and likewise to Bring me a Chiese [cheese?] with him from some of my old friends from templemoyle and I will pay him what ever I[t?] costs Mathew and james is well the [they?] send there [their?] Love to you all samuel anderson and famiely [family?] is well Robert poke Joseph and David and there famiely [family?] is well Remember to aunt ann and to sister mary and all enquiring Friends I say no more but remains you loving son and Daughter to death William and Ann Forrest you will please write as son [soon?] as this goes to hand and let me know how you are getting on and how mother and sister and aunt is there [their?] health |
