| Title: | Charlotte Graham, Watertown, NY to James McBride, Dunmurry. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1217 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Graham, Charlotte/37 |
| Year | 1849 |
| Sender | Graham, Charlotte |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | seamstress |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Watertown, NY, USA |
| Destination | Dunmurry, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | McBride, James |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | writers to her father and sister |
| Source | T 2613/16: Copied by Permission of Mrs Emily McLister, Mosside Cottage, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9007110 |
| Date | 16/11/1849 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 25:02:1994. |
| Word Count | 1629 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Watertown November 16 1849 Dear Father and Sister At last i sit down to Answer your Letter, we are all well William to work us hard as he can [?] Jane buisy [busy?] sewing skins Robert gone to the Mill for Brand [Bran?] for our Cow i alone except the last and a beautiful [kitten?]. William has taken the the Doing of all the work this Year he hires and pays the Hands and Delivers the Leather Ready for the Market he will do well by it, i was Sorry to hear you were hurt but i hope you are well again, before [?] Jane Bleaks [Blake?] is Married to Robert Henderson we got a [warm?] invitation to the Wedding but did not go, i dont think i shall Ever go unto John Bleaks [Blake's?] House He dont Like you nor one Of your Family he told [here?] all he got with Betty was ten Pounds and him no Risk and that he was the only one entred [entered?] the Family was worth any thing [anything?], and that you were an [old?] [Hag?] but you would done more for him but for Esther but he got Quite too much when he got Poor Betty i am glad she is gone as he never would been better to her he has not used Catherine or Jane well as he wont give them so much as a Blanket nor Even Decent Clothes but they dont regard him now, Catherine says she never will Forgive him for the way he used her Mother, there is a talk of him going to be Marryed [Married?] i hope he will get his Match this time wait until his Children leave him George is gone and James says he wont be long there. he told William if going on his Knees to me would do any good he would do it but he may kneell [kneel?] where he likes i shall keep from him. he cannot keep his own Seckrets [secrets?]. Edward Phillips and him has had many a [Scold?] the last one on the Street he told ned [Edward?] a greater Scoundrel never [Came?] here. Cust up every thing [everything?] they both Could think of Bleak [Blake?] wrote to John Phillips all about him since he has been here, he said he left nothing untold. ned [Edward?] was Hopping Mad about it, you see James Phillips was to write to bleak [Blake?] but never did bleak [Blake?] blamed ned [Edward?] for writing about him to James you would think nobody had any thing [anything?] but James and John by neds [Edward's?] talk. Bleak [Blake?] has got an Answer about a week ago from John [?] wants to know where ned [Edward?] is as he has not heard from him in six Months that his wife died when the child was born but they are both alive and [?] like, he says Jimmy is as stiff as Ever that he has sold sixty Pounds worth of Potatoes was offered Twenty Pounds for a heifer and every thing [everything?] great it is a fine thing as ned [Edward?] will need some of it, we hear he has wrote for Money to take him Home he may go where he likes if you onely [only?] seen him the best hat he has is an old straw one and the Rith [Rest?] of his Clothing to Match, John writes he rents houses bringing him 24 Pounds a year that he has the lead of Jimmy and means to keep it and all such stuff, John Bleak [Blake?] told William #PAGE 2 both him and James had Just Enough to do, i Could tell you Plenty but i need not you can Guess the rest. ned [Edward?] Cannot bear to hear a good word of any of you after James Forsythe came he was telling of a Prise [Price?] my Brother got on his land ned [Edward?] Swore it was a lie, George Bleak [Blake?] William and some others were Present George told him he was a liar that Jimmys Farm was the best to its size in that place William thought they would come to blows, he Bragged how he Stole your gate and hid it and stole your Apples and Scattered them about the Road, Catherine told William they used her Grandfather very badly William did not let Forsythe have the Money, James Forsythe says James Phillips would never a sent the Money but they threatened to take [seed?] when they came here for Swindling so he sent it [he owes?] Forsythe yet Money he Borrowed of him, John Graham Got no Money from us William seen he would not make a good use of it he got about 11 Pound of the rest we heard he had to work his Passage Home all his People here were glad when he went off we heard he Abused William to A Stewart in New York because he did not give him Plenty Robert Porter heard it when he went to New york for his goods, so we heard it. God Knows if we did not do all we Could for them all when they came and this is the thanks we get but if any more came they may find somewhere else to go for here they shall not stop. There is Too Much Sweat in what we have got to give it away. William Forsythe Wrote Home that Robert Greenfield had taken a Great Deal of him Greenfields brother wrote to him about it from Ireland saying how bad they all felt about it Robert Greenfield Came here and had it settled [William?] was there and some others when all he had got of Forsythe was 14 Dollars he paid him 5 out of that greenfield felt verry [very?] bad such a story should go Home Edward Phillips wrote the the Letter for him he says he never bade him write it and Edward says he Did a neat [Pair?]. Edward Phillips heard i had wrote home however lazy James said he did not have so much was it not for the Blood Suckers of the [M-ssick?] hearing it he is working a days work now and then. you wont be apt to hear any thing [anything?] [?] in Bleaks [Blake's?] letter to John. Esther you want to know how the skins are sewed they go through a great many Processes before they are ready for the Kneedle [needle?] the Kneedles [needles?] are 3 [?] the skins are as easy to [?] as a [?] of Cotton Cloth they have a board with an Edge about an inch deep [torn] yard long and a Quarter wide to hold the skin with a hook on the [torn] side to hitch the skin on then take the hind shanks and sew [torn] the neck then sew up the hind part leaving the shank open for the turnel [turner?] to pass the [li---?] in to turn them. Jane sews [?] this Winter than she Done last she went to School all summer Last Winter what she sewed came to 75 Dollars there is another Girl sews with her she is mostly [?] about [?] o clock, i got #PAGE 3 the Letter the letter you sent by Edward [?]. i am [torn] You and Sister Sally Dont Live like sisters i do hope you will i don't think she Even wrote one word in your Letters i have been looking and Could tell if she had [?] Gods [?] do this and make up i cannot Conceive what Came between yous [you?] i think it is a shame And father [faded] Make up friends. you will all be happier i hope when you next write you will be you generous meett [meet?] her more than half way, be reconciled and then you will be happier than you have been since you fell out no Matter what has Come between you forget and forgive And may God Bless you All. After what you told me of neds [Edward's?] Woman or Wife they need never think to do well she says she wont go Home with him i never heard they wanted her. Give My Love to Brother Isabella and the Children To Sally and John Forsythe and their Children Remember Me to any body [anybody?] enqires [enquires?] for me kindly, and do not Forget to Make up Friends. William Jane and Richard sends their Love to you all Charlotte Graham Write Soon and let [torn] hear any [torn] you think would be interesting to Me. I Send My Love to you all, [?] you keep this letter Among yourselves and dont let Every body [Everybody?] see it. tell Mr Greenfield what i said about his Brother if you hear anything ned [Edward?] writes home let us hear it, they wont let you know much John McBrides Children are all well James is Married a Short time ago Farewell This Country is not So good for labouring men as it has been there is Such a Multitude Coming from all Sorts There was a Ship Left New York about a week ago with Emigrants for their native Land they had been here about Six Months. any one [anyone?] that Can Do Milking at Home had better stay there. i hear a great many say they were Sorry Ever they Came here. William has thought this Many a Year he would Go Once More to See Old Ireland he says if all Things do as he Expects this Winter he Hopes to See You all next Summer but he never shall go with my Consent there is so much Danger, if he goes he will Take Robert And Send him to Schooll [School?], i hope he will give it up. [addressed to:] Novemb 16 1849 For James McBride Mosside County antrim Dunmurry Ireland |
