| Title: | A Letter from Benjamin Neely [Ireland?] to his Brother and Sister |
|---|---|
| ID | 1940 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Neely, Benjamin/118 |
| Year | 1821 |
| Sender | Neely, Benjamin |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Co. Derry, N.Ireland |
| Destination | S. Carolina, USA |
| Recipient | Neely, Samuel |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | T3508: Deposited by Winthrop College, South Carolina |
| Archive | The Public Record Office Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9407150 |
| Date | 24/06/1821 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 02:06:1994. |
| Word Count | 880 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Burnally June 24-1821 Dear Brother and Sister I am well at present so is all you friends thanks be to God for all the mercies we Daily Receive from his Bountiful hand - I Re.d [received?] a letter from you some time a goe [ago?] which I was verry [very?] [De-ira--?] to hear from - Dear Brother I said Some time a goe [ago?] but when recolecting [recolecting?] I received none. Since you Rot [wrote?] me of James and Jeans Death if you wrot [wrote?] [one?] the [they?] have been mif [miss?] caried for I have Re'd [received?] none. Since that I writ [write?] yearly to you [Let?] you Receive them or not - you wish me to Inform you whither [whether?] William Robinson's family Ever Expects to Go the America or not I think the [they?] neaver [never?] will. Wm [William?] Robinson is not much Calculated to Go a broad he is to [too?] fond for Company keeping and [one?] to a [derise?] a family home has such a Head over them to go to a Strang [strange?] contry [country?] it would be not be a proper Advise So I think home is best for Such a man I have nothing verry [very?] particular to Communicate to you at all present - I have built a compleat [complete?] Set of Offis [office?] Houses a [sic] and a Dwelling House for my self I have not yet moved in to it yet but Shortly will in the Coarse of three or four weeks I will be [-able?] to Go in to it - then tumble the [Oald?] House Down the Oald Barn Steable [Stable?] and Cowhouse is Down Long a Goe [ago?] I Intend to send you a plan of the House and [---?] the Offices [--t?] Shortly - after all Building I have Some of the American Monny [Money?] yet I have too [two?] Hundred pound at Intrest [Interest?] Never the Lef [less?] of All my Improvements there is wonderful Alterations in Burnally Since you left it and Ever Since I came Home I believe I Let you Know of Robert Neely having sold his part of Burnally that is the Lower Quarter to Joseph Scott Belymecran for 750 pounds he had verry [very?] Littel [little?] to Left when he went a way he is Gon [gone?] to America too [two?] years a Go ther [there?] he has been no word from him as yet he is some place in the Heart of Pensylvania in what Empoy [employ?] I no [know?] not I know not who [what?] Employment would fit him he Drank the whole prise [price?] of his Quarter of Burnally as for George Neely he got himself in Debt and went of [off?] to America November was a year and Deserved his plase [place?] to be left to the Debt would be paid be Remained Chiefly Newyork and Last fawl [fall?] had took his pafsige [passage?] to come home and Sell out and Return back a Gain - the vefsil [vessel] being but four Days She Sprung a Leek and was [oblige-d?] to put Back a Gain [again?] During Saim [tim-?] George Neely died of the flux he was ealing [ailing?] befor [before?] he went on [board?] he lay some time on Shoar [Shore?] befor[before?] he departed his [Cloas--?] sold to pay his Defay [Defray?] his Expenses when Lying ther [there?] was nothing [belong--?] to him Come Home safe His Bible. I cannot Say he Drank [?] though he Lived far too high for his fortun [fortune?] - he left a wife [and?] too [two?] Sones [Sons?] Behind Him to Lament his Lofs [Loss?] his first Sone [Son?] is 11 or [12?] years of Eage [Age?] he made his Will properly Befoar [Before?] he left Home [so?] thats [that's?] in feavour [favour?] of his Children his farm is is Let out to the Debt paid - 8 or 9 years will Clear off all the Debt that is against it Dear Brothers I have nothing Else worth letting you know - please Remember me to Nancy and Betsy and each of ther [their?] Husbands in the kindest manner - pleas [please?] Give my Best wishes to Benjamin and Let me know what you purpos [propose?] making off [of?] him - in this Con [?] there is a Great Deal of Fealurs [failures] on Ac't [Account?] of Scarcity of money [produc-?] is very Low of Every Sort and that makes money verry [very?] Scarce - Dear Brother I must conclude with my cincir [sincere?] wish for your [wellbeing?] and believe me to be your Affectionate Brother Benj.m Neely I wish you write me Every Opurtunity [Oppurtunity?] Since I wrot [wrote?] your Nephew this Letter Jon Reed [Informed?] me that he intends to Go to America he wishes you to inform him how he Could make out ther [there?] he is a tolerabe [tolerable?] English Sealer and a young man of an Excellent Caracter [Character?] I am well convinced in Ceas [case?] of him Going to your place that you might watch for his conduct in what eaver [ever?] Capacity might turn up he wishes you to inform him how he might be Imployed [employed?] in that Contry [Country?] times may have altered since I was there Mr Samuel Neely planter York County niar [near?] Yorkvill S Carolina |
