| Title: | [?] Gamble, to "Dear brother and sister." |
|---|---|
| ID | 1129 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Gamble, James/7 |
| Year | 1869 |
| Sender | Gamble, James |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | USA |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | D/3305/1/11: Deposited by Dr. K. A. Miller. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9806328 |
| Date | 30/05/1869 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:06:98. |
| Word Count | 474 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | May the 30 1869 dear brother and sister i now answer your letter which i Got and was Glad to hear from you All we are all at present Mary jaine [Jane?] has been very porely [poorly?] in health this last six months as she was confined and the the [sic] baby is three months old now and it and all the rest of the family is well and we call the baby hendery [henry?] we got it babtised [baptised ?] last Sunday and it is a ahard [a hard?] task here as there is onlly [only?] one Meeting Minister in this place and he only came once a fortnight iwas [I was?] away all winter in the woods about 50 Miles from home working for the Master that i worked for last sumer [summer?] and iam [I am?] hired with him a gain [again?] i have not planted any potatoes yet but i will in a day or so i am sorry to hear by your letter of Mother being so poorly in health and in her sight and i am sorry that i am not able to send her any astance [assistance?] nor nether [neither?] is william for Money is very scarce here as the Masters pays all in trade here for your work i am sorry to hear of Abel and his wife living apart and i want you to let me know if he has to pay for her board you can write to Mother and let her know how we are all coming on as i do not know abels adress [address?] or i woul [would?] write to her My self and if you send his adress [address?] in your next and iwill [I will?] write to her i see that william Gamble is gone back to england again i hehart [heard ?] that he would not go again as he was there before and did not like it william and family is well and he has done bury lime as the Master has partly give it up but william has taken the Masters farm on the shares that is the half of what he can raise on it and the Master gives the seed the first year and after that each one gives their own shiling [shilling ?] we have not heard of james yet i got two papers with the letter and i dont know whether you sent them or not bu [but?] we were very glad to receive them i am glad to hear of williams wife and family and you all living together as you are Much better we must bid you good by [goodbye?] for awhile [a while?] and the chil [children?] join in sending their love to their [----?] to the [their ?] cousins and uncle and aunt you can write [---?] before for me |
