| Title: | John Gallier, New York, To Elizabeth Carlisle, Co Armagh |
|---|---|
| ID | 1124 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Gallier, John/24 |
| Year | 1866 |
| Sender | Gallier, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | Carlisle, Elizabeth |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | T.1790/4/6: No Publication Without Permission Of Miss D Quinn, Merriview, Quayhill, Ballycastle, Ireland. #TYPE EMG John Gallier, New York, To Elizabeth [Carlisle, Forkhill, Co. Armagh, Ireland]. 20 November 1866. |
| Archive | Public Record Office Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 8810057 |
| Date | 20/11/1866 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 10:10:1988 GC created 07:12:1988 pg input 12:01:19 |
| Word Count | 538 |
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| Transcript | 16 East 25th Street New York Nov. 20th -1866 My Dear Cousin Elizabeth Your kind letter of the 1st Inst came July to home for which please accept my thanks. I am very [?] that your kind and sympathising heart felt just grief and sorrow for our terrible bereavement by the loss of your dear cousin Jo. and his wife. All who knew him loved him - them whoknew him best loved him most. From earliest childhood to the time when last we parted the most sincere affection and love has always (with out any interruption that I can remember) existed between us; The feeling arising from this love & sympathy has been one of the two chief comforts of my whole life, the other was my dear and ever to be [regretted?] wife - now they are both gone - I feel desolated. My mind is constantly dwelling on details of the delightful loving intercourse that at all times existed between dear brother James and myself - and Oh - how febble [feeble?] are words to express the anguish my heart experienced; as the nobility of his life comes fully to mind. Never did there exist a person more fun, high minded, more unselfish than he. Thank God there yet remains great consolation in the hope that in another life beyond the grave, we may be [reunited?] to the Dear ones gone before us - never more to part. I have great cause for thanks always in having the kindest love and most affectionate love and sympathy of my dear daughter Margaret and of her husband - she poor thing was in a febble [feeble?] state of health for many months previous to the sad event - the grief and sorrow for that dreadful [loss?] of her dearest [ ? ] who she ardently loved and [ ? ] has been a sad blow to her - She leaves her kind & affectionate love to you and your dear husband and to all your children. I have received a very kind letter from your brother James at Washington - I have not as yet answered. I have been expecting to hear from sister Rose "McDonald" or from my friend Williams as yet I have received no letter - please mention this when you see them I am glad to find by your letter that they all are well. May I hope my dear cousin to hear from you again soon - if you could find time from your every day necessary & important [sister?] it would be a great gratification to me to hear from you occasionally and keep up a regular correspondence with you - write and let me know if this would be agreeable to you - tell me all about your family and yourself. Make pleasure I herewith sending you two pictures of our dear lost ones - it is a very great comfort to us all to have these - I would take it as a favor if you would send me one each of yourself and Wm C[arlisle?] and by & by of the children also if you have had any taken. Please present my kindest regards and love to your dear husband & all your little family and believe me. My dear Cousin Affectionately yours John Gallier. |
