| Title: | Elizabeth Foster, Quebec, to Catherine Brown, Navan, Ireland |
|---|---|
| ID | 1091 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Foster, Elizabeth/52 |
| Year | 1815 |
| Sender | Foster (n. Kirkpatrick), Elizabeth |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | upper middle-class housewife |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Quebec, Canada |
| Destination | Navan , Co. Meath, Ireland |
| Recipient | Brown (later Kirkpatrick), Catherine |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | friends (later sisters in law) |
| Source | D 1424/11B/1/2: Purchased From John A. Gamble, 44 Taunton Avenue, Belfast 15. #TYPE EMG Elizabeth Foster, Quebec, Canada, to Miss Catherine Brown, Clongill Rectory, Navan, Ireland. 8 May 1815. |
| Archive | Public Record Office Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9003042 |
| Date | 08/05/1815 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 22:03:1990 JM created 06:09:1990 CD input 10:09:19 |
| Word Count | 463 |
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| Transcript | To:- Miss Brown Clongill Rectory Navan Ireland Quebec May 8th 1815 My dearest Catharine I have this long time promised myself the pleasure of writing you a few lines, to thank you for your very affectionate & welcome postscripts to two of dear Aunt Sutton's letters; the last of which I received on my arrival here, a month since. I now embrace the opportunity of sending letters home, by a Captn [Captain?] Cash of the 41st Regt [Regiment?] who expects to visit his friends in Ireland, by the first ships from hence. I presume you will have heard, what a traveller I have been this winter - I should have regretted it extremely, had I been obliged to leave the Upper Province without visiting that majestic & beautiful scene, the Falls of Niagara, I was fortunate enough however to be gratified witha most enchanting view of them in February last, when my [?] took advantage of a few days leisure to accompany me there from York - The majesty & beauty of this stupendous cataract far exceeded any ideas I could have found of it - The district of Niagara is by far the finest & most beautiful part of the province, although the ravages of war, are but too visible throughout it - Were it our destiny to remain in the country much longer I should prefer a residence near there to any part of Canada I have yet seen - The climate of the Upper Province is most delightfully temperate, the heat in summer not being in the least disagreeable, nor the cold in winter severe, or of long duration Our removal from Kingston to Quebec was as sudden as unexpected However, although for many [?] we wished to remain in the Upper Province we have now the consolation of reflecting, that we are a few hundred miles, nearer our beloved friends in dear little Erin [we?] shall receive their letters in a much shorter period, from their date, than we have hitherto done - I am sorry to tell you that we are not yet comfortably settled here; as we have not been able to get into a house approp[riate?] to the Mil[itar?]y secretary. We however expect to take possession of it in the course of this month . It is I am told in a delightful, airy situation, combining all the advantages of a country & town residence - I was delighted to find by Mamma's last letter, that our dear Fanny was recovering from her late illness. Remember me affectionately to her. I must now bid you adieu my own dearest Kate, & with most affectionate love to dear Uncle & Aunt Sutton, Aunt Susan, & my sweet Bessy, (in which your cousin, Colley begs to join) subscribe myself your ever most sincerely attached & affectionate friend Elizabeth Foster |
