| Title: | William Graham, Watertown NY. to James McBride, Co Antrim |
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| ID | 1227 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Graham, William/55 |
| Year | 1848 |
| Sender | Graham, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer? |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Watertown, NY, USA |
| Destination | Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | McBride, James |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers-in-law |
| Source | T 2613/15: Copied By Permission of Mrs Emily McLister, Mosside Cottage, Dunmurry, County Antrim. #TYPE EMG William Graham, Watertown, [Jefferson County?], [New York?], [U.S.A.?], to His Brother-in-Law, James McBride, Mosside, Dunmurry, Near Lisburn, Irela |
| Archive | Public Record Office Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9007109 |
| Date | 21/10/1848 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 30:07:1990 JM created 04:10:1990 CD input 05:10:19 |
| Word Count | 905 |
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| Transcript | To:- Mr James McBride Mosside Dunmurray near Lisburn Antrim Ireland No[vember?] 15 1848 From:- Wattertown Oct[ober?] 21 /[18?]48 Dear James, I received your letter of the 3 of Oct[obe?]r and are [our?] thanks be to God for it we are all well, and we were all vexed about Sister Betty's death. The account you sent us of John Bleak has proved true to the letter we used him as friendly as we could and kept him and family for above a week and all I could do to get them into work, which I succeeded in doing I am sorry to say was ill repaid when he got his family in to work he go[t?] into the old system he used to be at home going about telling what he was and what he had and final[l?]y commented on Charlotte because she advised James to get a trade which he thought would not answer him as he likes I see to have all the[y?] can earn to himself. I did not care nor her either for ourselves but our feelings were hurt to hear that my Father in law you and the rest of the connection all got a pick from him. Nothing made us so well pleased I may say as to hear that he was telling evey place that the[y?] had 300 pounds out with him and owned two mills so you may be sure he made no poor mouth here. You may believed we were greatly surprised when we heard the people talking of him as a very rich man, but some of them are beginning till [to?] see the difference already and I think are [ere?] long there will more of them see it. we were both greatly astonished at hearing on yesterday from a Letter that Edward Philips received that he had wrote to Henry Mussen that you should have written to us for to try and stop him from coming here, the cause of that being as I think on account of what occurred one Day between Charlotte and him. She was up at Edwards one Day he lived in a part of the House when he commenced abusing her and all belonging to her in fact, She told him that if she had known him so well as she might have done with her will he should never have been here but I need not talk about ourselves he has been I believe even worse against Edward Phillips for what cause I do not know but there is one thing it may all come his way yet he may want a friend and if he does he may go amongst them that he has choosed [chosen?] and look for one which will not be easily got. George is quite and if possible far more than a Yankee you would know scarcely a word he speaks Catherine has got Married to my Brother James it was a very pleasant wedding as far as I know there was her Father and the Priest and I believe George & Jane but no other person not even Edward or Margaret, for all lived in the one house. I was home with Edward this night and was surprised to hear that it was over however I wish them Luck. John is got rather above work he got a very good job at the door with him but he thought it to[o?] hard and quit it. But to have done with him I believe he has done all in his power to disturb and to harm all belonging to the family but thank God there is none I think regards him. We were both well pleased to hear that Your Father and family are all with as we heard from Edwards Letter, and are vexed to hear of the failure in the Potato Crop which I hope is not so bad as we hear of it the Crop of Potatoes here are safer than then the[y?] have been these some years there is only a few odd ones touched with the disease all kinds of food is very cheap Wheat is sold here @ 4 shillings per bushel Indian Corn @ St[erling?] 8 per bushel Potatoes @ [St?] [?] per bushel Oats @ St[erling?] [?] per bushel Beef by the quarter you will get for [?] cents per lb Butter 8 cents per pound Cheesse [Cheese?] is sold @ 7 cents per lb Pork prime at 1 guinea per hundred weight We had a fall of snow on the 17th and 18th of this month but the weather is now fine. We are all well at Present Jane is grown quite a young woman she is as tall as her Mother and send her love to you all Robert is also grown very fast and is very good scholar for his time Charlotte wishes to be remembered to her Sisters Sally and John Forsyth and is much Oblidged [Obliged?] to them for the Present they sent to her, also to Margaret Breastwait and Mrs McClughan and tell them she is much Oblidged [Obliged?] to them. Jane & Robert returns their compliments to their Cousins for the presents sent to them and hopes they will have an opportunity of sending something from America in return Edward Philips and Margaret are both well and wish to be remembered to you all Give our best wishes to your Father & Esther also to Patrick Logan & Mary and all enquiring friends I remain Your affectionate Brother in law, W[illia?]m Graham |
