| Title: | [William McElderry, Lynchburg, Va. to [?] ?]. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1708 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | McElderry, William/32 |
| Year | 1854 |
| Sender | McElderry, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | mill supervisor |
| Sender Religion | Presbyterian |
| Origin | Lynchburg, Virginia, USA |
| Destination | Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | McElderry, Thomas |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | T 2414/18: Copied by Permission of Dr Helen Megaw, c/o 66 Malone Road, Belfast 9. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9007078 |
| Date | 01/12/1854 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 09:11:1993. |
| Word Count | 407 |
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| Transcript | I am sorry to hear of Uncle Moores troubels [troubles?] it will be a great backset to them and I think that they had no need of it if it had been so alowed [allowed?] by the Over Ruler of All thing but what He dos [does?] is all for some kind purpose although we may not suit. We have had a good wheat Crop this year but the Corn Crop has been short and is expected to be high in price this year We are paying 80 [?] p Bush [per Bushel?] of 5 [?] lbs at present but will have to pay more before long the receipt of Wheat at the Mill from August has been 100000 Bushels and to this time the new Mad [made?] 20000 bbls [pounds?] Flour. I think we make more flour here than Moors Mill or Laurmes either, and then it pays right well. We have been taking Christmass [Christmas?] all last week at the Mill the Hands all left on Saturday and do not come back untill [until?] they are hire [hired?] at the first of the year you talk of Slaves but if you were here about Christmas you would know more of them than you know now they go about dressed in the very best I suppose you think they do not get pay for work but in that you are greatly mistaken they sometimes make in a Week 10 or 12 [?] and they have that to themselves. I have seen some of them whiped [whipped?] but they deserved it and if some of them would not get it they would not work atall [at all?] and it is said a bird that can sing and wont sing must be made to sing (which nobody can deny). I think that if Mitchal was to continue his paper Robert would not sent any longer for you appear to think very little of it for my part I think very little of it for I seldom even read it but I believe Mitchal is about to give it up as the reason he gives to the publick [public?] for risining [reasoning?] is that his Eyes are failing him but I think there are other reasons beside the one he gives and one I think is that kind of a paper will not pay and he cannot change opinions so sudden as to write a paper that will pay. |
