| Title: | W. Murphy, Allegheny, New York, to Hugh Donnan, Saintfield, Co.Down |
|---|---|
| ID | 1930 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Murphy, William/3 |
| Year | 1874 |
| Sender | Murphy, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | shop assistant, delivery boy |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Allegheny, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Saintfield, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Donnan, Hugh |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | D2795/5/6: Presented by Mrs C.Donnan, Ballynahinch, Co. Down |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9501045 |
| Date | 25/02/1874 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT/JW, 05:01:1995. |
| Word Count | 1167 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | To: Mr Hugh Donnan Cahard Co. Down Ireland In Care of Mr Andrew Wilson Saintfield [Postmarks on front of envelope] NEW YORK PITTSBURGH [on back] DUBLIN & BELFAST A MR [MARCH?] 11 74 [1874?] SAINTFIELD B MR [MARCH?] 11 74 [1874?] Allegheny Febuary [February?] 26th Dear Sir We received your Letter and we are glad to hear that you are all well I would have wrote to you before now only we expected that you would hear from us in the letter we sent to Samuel Mehaffy [Mahaffy?] about three weeks ago we are all in the very best of health at present hoping that thies [these?] few lines will find you all in the same you wish me to let you know if James Corry lost his money be the Bank failurs [failures?] and I can tell you that it is altogether an untruth he brought about three hundred pounds with him here and has it deposeted [deposited?] in the bank in pittsburgh and he is looking for it A house to buy but it is of very little use to buy one here you would pay from five to seven thousand Dollars for A house with six or seven rooms like what he wants and his fifteen hundred Dollars would be of verry [very?] little use in getting one her[e?] he is living in a hous [house?] of five romes [rooms?] and pays 20 dollars per month which would be 4 pounds in Belfast we are living in one at 8 1/2 Dollars per month with three rooms and A seller [cellar?] it is counted very cheap the houses here are nearly all farm houses built of wood and it takes as much money here to make a good seller [cellar?] below them as would build a good house in Belfast this is A great place for houses and factorys [factories?] getting on fire but thier [their?] is A great many fire engines in all directions kept in the best of order nine or ten men with each the Amricans [Americans?] I believe have the best and nisest [nicest?] fire and railroad engins [engines?] in the world James Corry is working in A Foundry at present the son is some times in A plaining mill and the daughter Jane is working and all the rest are at school and times may get better with them this winter is got over I am always in the old place and have got the bad winter over for so far without any change thier [their?] are thousands that could not say the same our friends and old neighbours count us one of the most fortunate famlies [families?] that came on the Baltic fore [for?] since the day we set sail from Belfast not one of us have [has?] experenced [experienced?] one hours sickness and since the day we landed always making money I drive one of the best teams on liberty the bought too [two?] fine young horses with new wagon [wagons?] and harness [harnesses?] when the moved to liberty st [Liberty St.?] if I could reach the april [April?] fair in Saintfield I would have no trouble in getting 70 or 80 pouns [pounds?] of pes [sic] for then the whole afair [affair?] cost them about 800 Dollars We have had A remarkable [remarkably?] nice winter old men say the never remember so mild A winter or even as cool A summer I have seen far colder winters at home for so far I have never had to use gloves here yet thieris [there is?] very little rain hire [here?] at presd [present?] the streets are as dry as the ar [are?] in sum [summer?] with you when it dos [dose?] rain it rains very hard and then clears up thier [there?] is of far clearer sky here nor [sic] is with you the Schools here are all first rate buildings. the are nearly all as good as the modle [model?] school in Belfast the first place A schollar [scholar?] goes is to the sellar [cellar?] which is under ground and learns his letters and when he gets through that he gets up to the second floor and so on until he gets seven or eight roums [rooms?] up Hugh will soon be into the third stoury [storey?] he is learning remarkable [remarkably?] fast each school has A great large bell on it which you might very near hear The houses of worship are nearly the same as in Belfast but thiers [there is?] scarcley [scarcely?] any gallerys [galleries?] in they have thier [their?] servises [services?] commence at half past ten and only lasts to within ten muinets [minutes?] to twelve so you may guess thier [there?] is but little preaching when the- [they?] fight about A [an?] hour of that time for Mooney [money?] the have got the envelops [envelopes?] the same as the [they?] had in Saintfield thier [their?] preaching is somthing [something?] like what A student would do for the first time pew rent would be about three pounds A year for the third of A pew we never have Joined any of them yet but some of us generly [generally?] go to metting [meeting?] the Americans and we differ very much about the monney [money?] the count every Dollar the same as you do A Schilling and let it go the same ways But I call ever five dollars one pound I seen James Smith and all the family the other evening he has been out of work for three months and on that acoont [account?] will not be home to [until?] the fall he wants to work this summer to make it up but I believe he will be hom [home?] for he has bought A tckt [ticket?] from A young man which his father sent for him and he would not go home and sold it for five dollars les [less?] than it cost it will [not?] do any time insid [inside?] A year it is thought this will be a good summer and Eliza dont think very much lon [long?] The three children never loked [looked?] as well in thier [their?] life as they do at present and Eliza is luster since we came here Hugh never thought the least Long but some times wishes he was near his Grand father and mother and we [wee?] Thomas for he could spare them of A lot [o-?] and the reason we do not think much long is we hope that with the help of God we will see you all yet pleas[e?] write soon we feel as if we had [have?] seen you when we get a letter from you Yours W [William?] Murphy I have not got any word from my fathers people I sent of letter about the times I sent to you last [but?] but I have not got any this 11 months If her [here?] you Direct as Belfase [Belfast?] 211 Liberty St in care of A Martin & Co [Pittsburgh, PA?] [Pensylvania?] My uncle writes to me we got a letter the other day from Mr Crawford and the want us to send our likness [likeness?] to them and we will send you one at the same time excuse bad Writing |
