| Title: | William McElderry, Lynchburg, Va. to T. McElderry, Ballymoney |
|---|---|
| ID | 1706 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | McElderry, William/26 |
| Year | 1853 |
| Sender | McElderry, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | getting settled in |
| Sender Religion | Presbyterian |
| Origin | Lynchburg, Virginia, USA |
| Destination | Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | McElderry, Thomas |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | T 2414/11: Copied by Permission of Dr Helen Megaw, c/o 66 Malone Road, Belfast 9. #TYPE EMG Wm [William?] McElderry, Lynchburg, Virginia, [U.S.A.?], an Account of His Arrival in Lynchburg, to His Brother, Thomas McElderry, Jr. [Junior?], Ballymoney, [Coun |
| Archive | Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9007072 |
| Date | 20/10/1853 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 27:07:1990 TSFS#CREATE created 05:10:1990 CD input |
| Word Count | 579 |
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| Transcript | Lynchburg 20th Oct 1853 Dear Thomas I suppose you will be thinking I have forgot to write to you as I am so long about it but I just arrived here last night and did not see Robert untill [until?] this Morning and find him well and he says he has written to you about a month ago and the reason that he was so long of letting you hear from him was that he had nothing to write about. I had a very long and rough passage we were 28 Days coming to Quebec and we had to put in to St. Johns for coal as we had run short of them and when we were there they would not let us on shore because there was some sickness on board but there was nothing but measles and only one or two children had them we had 2 deaths on board one a male and the other a female and they both died of disentry so that we had no disease among us but the Doctor when he came on board and found that there was a death he gave orders for us to keep the vessel and that prevented us from seeing St Johns I was not sea sick nor did I know what want of health was since I left home there were very few but sea sick as the weather was so rough the Captain said it was the roughest voyage he has had this long time but all went right when we arrived safe you wanted me to take some things with me and if I had I would have had to put them over board as I had no need of them I could not have been better attended than I was the time was with on board we got every thing of the best we could want and plenty to wait on us at the table and at night we three of us slept in one room so that we were very comfortable and we traveled [travelled?] together to Philadelphia we left Montreal on Saturday and stayed at Routland [Rutland?] on the Sabath [Sabbath?]and then started to New York & Philadelphia and was there that night there I started my self next morning myself and never stopped untill [until?] I arrived here last night at 10 O clock I cannot say much about the country as I had not much time to see it but one thing I know that the stage coach roads are very rough I had to come about 60 miles on the stage and I thought it bad enough I do not know what I will be doing yet but I will soon but Robert says that I was only loosing [losing?] my time staying in Ireland and ought to have been here long ago There is not much change on Robert except that he has got some whiskers what he had not when he left home he knew me as soon as he saw me and even a stranger that I met on the street I asked him where Mr Peters lived and he told me the place and asked me was I a brother of young man that was from Ireland I had almost forgot to say that Mr Mathews is living and in as good health as can be As soon as I get settled I will let you hear from me again no more at present but remain Your affectionate Brother Wm McElderry Envelope: Postmarked Lynchburgh Mr Thomas Mc Elderry Jr. Ballymoney Ireland |
