| Title: | [Malcom?] Gamble, to "Dear Mother and brother" |
|---|---|
| ID | 1140 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Gamble, Malcolm/30 |
| Year | 1870 |
| Sender | Gamble, Malcolm |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | manual labourer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Charlotte County, Florida, USA |
| Destination | Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | writes to his mother and brother |
| Source | D/3305/1/13: Deposited by Dr. K. A. Miller. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9806311 |
| Date | 18/12/1870 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:06:98. |
| Word Count | 397 |
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| Transcript | 18 december 1870 dear Mother and brother iwrite [I write?] you these few lines hoping the [they?] will fin [find?] you both in better health nor when i heard from you last as i had a letter from John After he was over to belfast And stated about abel being off work so long which i was sorry to hear and also of you Mother being so [stained] but [stained] Can not expect any thing different now as old Age is creeping along very fast now as for My part i have had very good health since i came to this country only Mary jane has had but poor health for her part the children has all been well only the youngest and he has been sick the most of the summer and he is alittle [a little?] better now it is rather a por [poor?] country here in winter as a Man has got to go away from home in winter to the work some times fifty Miles and other times a hundred and be away three Month and sleep in hay barns for that time and never got of [off?] his clothes a man here lasts a Good spring and fall in account of the long winter and he only works about 9 Months out of the year and if he got money for his crop he could do very well but that the [they?] will not give you the [they?] all have shares and you have got to take your earnings out of that it is very seldom you can get a [---?] it is not so in the states it is all Money there you Might let Me know if you get any news from james william had a letter from him and wrote to him and got no answer yet william and family is all well i see him since [---?] i live amile [a mile?] of [off?] at George and i was G in the town i [----?] nor fed for the one man for there years abel you might let me know how you are all getting along and if your wife is a long you know i [-----?] with [----?] to say at present we all join in sending our love to Mother and family good by [goodbye?] [----?] for Malcom Gamble near Cru[---?] [Annbuoa?] Charlotte County |
