| Title: | Edward McNally, USA to William McNally, Portaferry. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1746 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | McNally, Edward/10 |
| Year | 1851 |
| Sender | McNally, Edward |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | works in a machine shop (foundry) |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Middleton, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Portaferry, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | McNally, William |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | T 1448: Copied by Permission of Mrs Rose Tomelty, Portaferry, Co. Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9002017 |
| Date | 08/06/1851 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 25:10:1993. |
| Word Count | 786 |
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| Transcript | Captain William McNally Portaferry Co Down Ireland Middletown June the 8th 1851 My Dear Brother I now inform you that I am quite well thank god for all his kind mercies to mee [me?] hoping this will find you and your familly [family?] in good health is my earnest wish through the Blessing of god my Dear Brother you must have imagined that i was dead or considered mee [me?] the most ungrateful of Brothers but it is wonderfull [wonderful?] all the Poor stranger has to in counter [encounter?] when the [they?] first Land in this Country wee [we?] Left Liverpool on the 19th of June and arrived in Philadelphia in the 8 of augest [August?] after a Pleasent [pleasant?] but Rather a tedieous [tedious?] Passige [passage?] there was nothing verry [very?] remarkable Remarkable (sic) occurred on the Passage only the Death of the Captians [Captains?] Lady and one Child when i Landed in that Citty [City?] i Remained there for the space of 10 days Constantly looking for work but no chance so i started for the Citty [City?] of Pitsburg [Pittsburg?] distance three hundred mills [miles?] from Philadelphia but i had not money enough to carry over all the way so i began to work on the Centrall [Central?] Rail road where i remained for some time unto i got a Little money and then i started for Pitsburg [Pittsburg?] but on my arivill [arrival?] there the Cholera was bad at that time so i took the Steam Boat for Cincinnati whitch [which?] is five hundred mills [miles?] from Pitsburg [Pittsburg?] down the ohio River whitch [which?] Citty [City?] is the handsomest that i have saw since i landed in those steates [states?] but there i serched [searched?] in vain for trade and could not get a single days work and i found my self without a single Cent in a short time but thank god i allways [always?] injoyed [enjoyed?] the best of health so i started for the Rail Road but i had no taste for that work i could a void [avoid?] it and i fell in with a farmer and i began to work with him and i no [know?] that you will Laugh to Learn that became a mower and made surprising Progress at my new trade but at all events i Pleased my boss Remarkably and Remained with him unto his work was all done so again i went in to the City expecting to geat [get?] a shop of some kind but that i could not find but fell into work with a merchant Discharging flatt [flat?] boats Laden with fire Brick fire Clay and hee [he?] took a Likeing [liking?] to mee [me?] and hee [he?] sent mee [me?] up the river to virgina [Virginia?] where his esstate [estate?] was to work for the winter but the old Boss hee [he?] had there would not set mee [me?] to work so then i started for Pitsburg [Pittsburg?] and could not fall in there and from that to the Centriall [Central?] Rail Road and on Last Christmass [Christmas?] day i travelled 31 mills [miles?] and it snowing and blowing through the Drarey [Dreary?] wilds of this distant Land and i Remained on the Centrall [Central?] into the spring appeared [opened?] and then i started for to come #PAGE 2 east and i Came into this Little town about a month ago and here i chanced on a shop for the first since Landed this is a nice Little Place But it is rather sickly The ague is verry [very?] Prevelent [prevalent?] heere [here?] as this town is sittuated [situated?] on the Banks of the Susequhana [Susquehanna?] River but thank god since i Landed i never haad [had?] better health Please to Rite [write?] to mee [me?] as soon as you get this for i never felt so uneasy conserning [concerning?] home as i doo [do?] at Preasent [present?] Please to Let mee [me?] no [know?] Where Nicholas is or has hee [he?] Comee [come?] back since i Left home Please to give my kind Love to my father and mairy [Mary?] and all the Rest of your familly [family?] allso [also?] to my sister Catherine and ann and [?]y [?]ly allso [also?] Captain Breen Please to Direct your letter to middle town Dauphin County State of [Ble?] united S america [United States of America?] I remain your Affectionate Brother Edward McNally N B the shop that i am working in at Preasent [present?] is machine shop and a foundry attached to it the wages is one pound 1 shilling per week and Boarding is 9 shillings per week and if the Job Stands a few months it will serve mee [me?] and you soon shall here [hear?] from mee [me?] again |
