| Title: | [James?] Banks Reford, New Jersey to Aunt [Reford, Antrim?]. |
|---|---|
| ID | 121 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Banks Reford, James/37 |
| Year | 1897 |
| Sender | Banks Reford, James |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | merchant |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA |
| Destination | Co. Antrim, N. Ireland |
| Recipient | Reford, Matilda |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | nephew-aunt |
| Source | T 3028/B/17: Permission to Copy from W. Reford Esq., 81 Islandmagee Road, Whitehead, Co. Antrim |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9405125 |
| Date | 11/08/1897 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 03:05:1994. |
| Word Count | 323 |
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| Transcript | From: J. [James?] Banks Reford Bloomfield, N.J. [New Jersey?] [U.S.A.?]. To: His Aunt, [Anne or Matilda Reford?], [Antrim?] [County Antrim?], [Ireland?]. Bloomfield, N.J. [New Jersey?], ug. 11 1897 Dear Aunt, It was a pleasure to receive your letter of June 30th and to hear from you again. But we were pained to learn of your not being in good health. Sorry to hear of Jane's death. I can recall her with her hood over her face, as if were yesterday. No word from Antrim. I will write them with the mail that takes this letter. We are all in fair health. I am soon stranger than when I last wrote Eunice is in good health. Josie so far has escaped any ailment this summer, and if he passes the winter, will go to business in the spring. I send you a photo - which he made of the house Father built and in which he and Mother died. Our early summer was very hot and dry. July wet and cool. Our [crops?] are very good all through the country. And with a change of administration, we are looking for a boom in business. George is still in Chicago. Likes it very well, and has a good position. You must have had grand times, during the Queens Jubilee We took great interest in them, this side of the water. She is well liked in America. I had another letter yesterday enquiring if I was any relation, from a John H. Reford son of Jos. Wm. [Joseph William?] no further information of himself given. Louis E. of whom I wrote you sent me a letter from Joseph in Antrim, in which he writes. One of James son was over last summer, but did not call on him, as he visited only with his Aunt. He writes as though he was hurt. I didn't know of his existance [existence?] so offer that as an excuse for my seeming neglect. We all join in love, and the wish that you may enjoy good health for years to come. Your loving nephew, J. [James?] Banks Reford. |
