| Title: | William Montgomery, New Orleans, To Joseph Seawright, Philadelphia. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1841 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Montgomery, William/57 |
| Year | 1848 |
| Sender | Montgomery, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Destination | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Recipient | Searight, Joseph |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | D 2794/1/2/31: [Letter 1] Presented by H. H. Montgomery, 4, Kensington Gardens, Belfast 5. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9504039 |
| Date | 30/12/1848 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 04:04:1995. |
| Word Count | 188 |
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| Transcript | To: Mr Joseph M. Searight 1 So [South?] 9th St [Street?] Philadelphia Pa From: Wm [William?] Montgomery July 1st 1848 New Orleans December 30th 1848 My Dear Joe, Your letter safe to hand this morning and as it contains some news of importance respecting uncle Joe. I hasten to reply & give you some information respecting the property which that gentleman thinks he has a right to. In the 1st place the lease of all grandfathers land dropped a few years ago and my father now holds the said land direct from the landlord during his pleasure without a renewal of the lease 2 [---?] My father has in his possession at this present time Grandfathers will & testament it being found amongst the late William Browns papers and entrusted to my keeping till I left home in 1847 so that if necessary it can be produced. It does not mention a single word of any such person as Joseph Malcolmson & he may make himself easy on that point & it would be idle for him to waste his money upon a law suit you will please have either this letter or a copy transmitted to him as soon as possible in order that he may be acquainted with the facts Your Affect [affectionate?] cousin W Montgomery |
