| Title: | H.B. Moody, Ducks Ponds, Australia, To Abraham Moody Ireland |
|---|---|
| ID | 1854 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Moody, H. B/15 |
| Year | 1862 |
| Sender | Moody, H. B. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Ducks Pond, Australia |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | Moody, Abraham |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | relatives |
| Source | T 2901/3/9: Copied by Permission of Mrs M. Mayne Reid, 30 Ballymullan Road Crawfordsburn, County Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9504119 |
| Date | 14/09/1862 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 25:04:1995. |
| Word Count | 636 |
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| Transcript | Ducks ponds September 14th 1862 My Dear Abraham By Mrs David Moody we are informed of your having had a very serious illness recently before she left I have been talking to all our brothers about it and then repeated attacks made all of us feel gloomy and as this months mail is to hand without any letters or papers from you to me things are not made to look better I may however find in a day or two that some of my brothers have intelligence from you of a better nature From this it is pleasant to turn to the intelligence from the same source of the good health and good looks of all the members of your family When I am on this matter I may tell you that I have been thinking how I may get out a photograph likness of you and your family I will ask you now to get one executed and perhaps Doctor Watson would bring it to us next year as we hope to have him here again He did not get an opertunity [opportunity?] of visiting us this time as no vessel called for our post while he remained in Western Australia which was about seven weeks consequently he had to go home to India He is however desirous of getting out here again and then he is altogether likely to call with us So this will be one opertunity [opportunity?] of sending it and at present I do not know of anything that I could ask you for would please me as much I was about as much surprised as you had previously been when you informed me of Davids affair as this was the first intimation of it that I had received nor did I even hear of his arrival until we got an invitation to the wedding which of course we attended yes too and enjoyed ourselves prodigiously The lady herself looks the very picture of health and I believe got on beautifully throughout the whole voyage and I think we may hope that the "turnout" will be "all right" At least I am bound to say that her sister is a good woman and possessed of considerable smartness and refinement I have read the numerous contents of the book which you with your usual thoughtfulness sent us and I have heard a high character of the author from this I think I will like it very much We are all in good health with the exception of Joseph's wife who is a little poorly from getting cold a little after confinement The little boy Howard by name is getting on finely It is a pity after all my old aunts care and industry that she has not a companion in her old age and her [B-----ness?], I had intended to have sent a little by Doctor Watson had he come this way but if you will advance five ponds on my account I will send it by him on his next trip as it is likely that before that time we may have the post office money order system established with England I will send it this way Within two months I have paid œ650 for land and I am at present "hard up" for money but if you will keep me in mind of my aunts requirements I will endeavour to do the best I can I may here tell you that within the last few months the pain in my leg is much abated and perhaps it may yet go altogether away What is old Miss Moody about I think you were a little remiss when you were sending out Miss Wilson that you did not bundle her also with a few more on the hooter and let them have a taste of home Yours H. B Moody |
