| Title: | J. Mullawney, St. John's, to "My Dear and loving Father ...." |
|---|---|
| ID | 1918 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Mullawny, John/46 |
| Year | 1847 |
| Sender | Mullawney, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Catholic |
| Origin | St. John's, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | writes to his family |
| Source | British Parliamentary Papers, 1849, X1, (122), pp 127-128. |
| Archive | The Main Library, The Queen's University of Belfast |
| Doc. No. | 9804815 |
| Date | 22/11/1847 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 30:04:98 |
| Word Count | 910 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Appendix to Minutes of Evidence Before Select Committee Appendix X St. John [John's?] N.B., November 22d. 1847 My Dear and loveing [loving?] Father and Mother I take my pen to address you with those few lines hopeing [hoping?] to find you Father and Mother Brother Patt & Brother Mick in as good health and all inquiring friends as the [they?] are to [too?] numrious [numerous?] to mention thir [their?] Names as My Dearly beloved Sisters and I is [sic] at present thanks Be to the Most high and Mercifull King of heaven for it. My Dear Father & Mother I wrote ye a letter in the commencement of July last which left me and my sisters verry [very?] uneasy for not Getting an answer to But I Believe that it was not your fault alltogether [altogether?] Leady [Lady?] Gore Booth Brt. Lissadell Got it as I am informed By Different people that come aut [out?] to this Country. And I heard that ye sent a letter with Young Mick Geraghty not hearing one word of it untill [until?] my Master sent me to the City with a horse and waggon for his Daughter and her husbant [husband?] and I stead [stayed?] in town until the [they?] come [came?] home on Sonday [Sunday?] Eavening [evening?] and the Man that I told you to Direct the letter to told me that this Mr. Geraghty was in his house and he told him to Give him the letter and he would not which the Man was verry [very?] uneasy [sic] when he could not Get to send me an account But when I got going in he told me all about it and I happened to see the other Mick which i [I?] was verry [very?] much regoiced [rejoiced?] and he told Me that he had the letter for me and if he had known that he would not Bring me the letter he would take it out of the trunk and keep it for me But he went to the United States and Biddy Butlers Mick was to go the Thursday after me Been talking [sic] to him he told me that his Brother Patt sent him œ3.10s. from New York to St. John to pay his Passage and he is to let his Brother Patt know how he treated me But God forgive [forgives?] and I forgive him. My Dear father and Mother i [I?] wrote a letter for Flan Feenys Daughter and i [I?] wrote home to ye in her letter to wright [write?] to me as soon as possible But i [I?] did not Get an Answer as yet and now I am wrighting [writing?] this with the Assistance of God to ye and I hope i [I?] will get an Answer to it. My Dearly Beloved Father & Mother I am told that ye have the Cow in Lisadell which I am verry [very?] much regoiced [rejoiced?] to hear that she has a hiffer [heifer?] Calf and when i [I?] told Mary and Margret the [they?] were verry [very?] much regoiced [rejoiced?] to [too?] Dear Father & Mother there is a disorder verry [very?] numerous in this Country what the [they?] call the tipes [typhus?] fevir [fever?] there is thousands of people Dieing [dying?] with it But thank God we were never in Better health Dear Father & Mother I hope that ye are not in want nor poverty as yet and we are waighting [waiting?] to Get an answer to some of the letters and with Gods healp [help?] for nothing good Can Be Done without his healp [help?] we will send ye home a valluable [valuable?] letter for Margret [Margaret?] is verry [very?] often talkeing [talking?] to me about sending home Money none cam [can?] B [be?] sent home from here less than œ4 of the Irish Currency But thank God we can send home what will Be of Service to ye at all evence [events?] My Dear Mother and Mick I hope that yeare [you're?] in good [sic] for i [I?] Be often thinking of Ye and not forgitting [forgetting?] Father & Patt No more at present from your Dearly Beloved Son John Mullowny [Maloney?] & Daughters Mary & Margret Nancy Leader of Cloughvoley [Cloghvoley?] is at service within two miles of us and She is Doing well But She got Great sickness on Bord [board?] of the Ship Dear father I hope you will let Brother James McLeane know that i [I?] will not forget him for his kindness to me when I am sending the next letter I send my love and Bist [best?] respects to him and sister Mary Patt Martin and Misses [Missus?] which i [I?] was very much regoiced [rejoiced?] when i [I?] heard she had a young son Mary Margret and me joines [join?] in sending our love and Best Respects to my uncle Martin & Misses Patt Martin John Mary and Nancy to Mick Hart and Misses and all the family John Devany [Devanny?] and fammily [family?] Patt Hooks & fammily [family?] Patt Mulroony [Mulrooney?] & family and to all the Brothers and Sister that is joined [sic] in the holy Order of St. Domnick [Dominic?] No more at present from your Dearly Beloved Children John Mary & Margret [Margaret?] Mullowney till Death Weare [we're?] all highered [hired?] in the one house. As soon as you receive this letter wright [write?] as soon as possible and Direct it to Mr. George Ball of Misspeek Mills Parish of Simons Province of St. John British North America. |
