| Title: | B. Neely, Burnally, Co Derry to brother Samuel and Sister[ ?] S.C. U S A. |
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| ID | 1944 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Neely, Benjamin/174 |
| Year | 1820 |
| 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 | T 3508 by Winthrop College, South Carolina. |
| Archive | Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9407060 |
| Date | 05/05/1820 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 04:07:1994. |
| Word Count | 1345 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Dear Brother and Sister I am well at present and Expects these few lines will find you and the Rest of your family in the saim [ same?] Dear Brother your letter Dated August 23-1819 I Re January 1820 I was happy to hear of you All being well at that time-- your friends are All well at present hear [ here?] ___ I have Nothing verry [very?] particular at present to Communicate to you at present this Contry [Country?] is verry [very?] Dull at presant [present?] on account of Scarcity of money Occasioned by Sloping of trade which is a General Complaint through all the three Kingdoms and I may with safely say throu [through?] all the Known World----Only South Carolina wher [where?] you Dwell____you have reason to be thankful you live in the land of Canan [Canaan?] flowing with milk and Honey____and a great plentings [ plenty?] of money _____Which I think you /you have Every Reason to be thank [ thankful ? ] that the wise Conducter guides you to Such a Contry [ Country?] but when people gets in the way of prosperity they are apt to forget the wise Conducter of all our affairs in this world ____but I hope thus is not the case with you _____you mention of having a second plantation and a House Built on it______Dear Brother I hope you hive [ have?] or will have a house prepaired [ prepared?] for your self that you may have pleasure in thrue [ through ?] All Eternity ____I hope you will Excuse me for speaking so free but as the subject is so verry [very ?] interesting and the Unly [Only?] Object we oght [ ought?] to strive for I Cannot help to Remark to you____ you wish me to let you know whither Ever I will be in America or not _____ I must inform you I have quit all thoughts of ever seeing it ____Neaver [ never ] the less I must Acknowledge Ireland is by no means to be compaired [ compared? ] to America I must be content to lay my Boans [bones?] with my Ansestors [ Ancestors? ] as I hive [ have? ] No famly [ family? ] at present ___how long I will be in that way I cannot tell you mention of me not writing I think I have been verry [ very? ] particular in sending you Letters You mention Mrs Whitetorne not writing with her ___I Neaver [ never ] knew she was Going or left the Contry [ Country? ] to [ till?] you let me know ____ nor doe [ do? ] I ever Remember seeing her since I come [ came? ] but once or twise [twice? ] shortly after I did come Home Dear Brother John Barnet is verry [ very? ] much Redused [ reduced? ] in the world he has been soald [sold? ] out twist [ twice? ] this two or three years for Rent ___the Cancer that was in his Lip is Quit [ Quite? ] whole which is a merical [ miracle? ] to every person those [ who has? ] saw him though Gods Providence Ought to be no Mericals [ miracles? ] to us Nathan Cherry and wife and daughter is still living in Loment and Doeis [ Does? ] as well as they Cann [ can? ] _ Robert Barnet wife and 3 or 4 children is living in Crindel [ Crindle? ] She is a verry [ very? ] Industrious woman and Doeing [ doing? ] tolerable well ___Dear Samuel I have Nothing else to inform you of but now must comence [ commence? ] to let you know how I am coming on and what improvements I have made since I come home ____ I have built a neat set of office Houses in 1813 and last year I built a neat dwelling house I am not moved into it yet I expect to be in it in the fawl [fall?] I am getting the work of it done at present the [they?] are all Breek [ brick? ]and sleated [ slated? ] Iintend to send you a plan of aand how they are sited which I hope will be pleasing to you to think what improvements I have made at Burnally since I come home ___ I believe I let you in my last know (and) what Robert Neely had done with the Low quarter of Burnally that he lived on he neglected his buisness [ business? ]and did not Labour his land and Got Involved in Debt and Drank it out and was obliged to sell it he intends going out to America this Season I am sure I know not what he intends doeing [ doing? ] there Joseph Scott of Ballymeeran Bought it at 700 and fifty pounds he had verry [ very? ] littel [ little? ] to lift when soald [ sold? ] to call his own his mother is Living in part of the house hur [ her? ] Life and Litter to Liv [ Live? ] on George Neely Lived in his Unkil [ uncle? ] Williams House and farm he got Considerable in Debt betwixt [ between? ] 4 and 5 Hundred pounds in Debt he Left this last November privilly and went to Newyork [ New York? ] and intends remaining in America to [ till? ] the farm clears its self ___ the Land is now Let his wife and four children as a supart [ support? ] off it and in the Coarce [ Course? ] of Seven or eight years it will clear its self what him or Robert will Doe [ do? ] in America Iam sure I know Not Since George Neely went to Newyork [ New York? ] he wrot [ wrote? ] me to send him Directions to Direct to you and [ probil? ] How to travel to you ____I did not nor will not for nither [ neither? ] William,George nor Robert Neely would anny [ any? ] credit to you and less off it by having them in your house or near to your place as for your Sister Bell she Retuns you hur [ her? ] cinsir [ sincere? ] thanks for the verry [ very? ] kind and friendly proposils [ proposals? ] you made hur [ her? ] and family She would go with the greatest of pleasure So would the whole of hur [ her? ] family but I will neaver [ never? ]advise hur [ her? ] or them to that hur [ her? ] husband is a man not calculated for that Contry [ country? ] he is too much attatched [ attached? ] to drink which has been verry [ very? ] hurtful to his family So you must with out anny [ any? ] doubt think it would be a Crime of mine to advise @ family with such a head over them to go to America Your Sister Hannah and family is well she has too [ two? ] yong [ young? ] men Sonis [ sons? ]and wan [ one? ] daughter Nancy married one of hur [ her? ]Sons John talks of Going to America and intends Going to see you I will advise him to it ____but I am doubtful wither [ wether? ] Ever he will or not as his mother is too fond of hur [ her? ] childrin [ children? ]____Your Sister Rebecca is still living hur [ her? ] Daughter Nancy and hur [ her? ] [-------] [----] Granddaughter keeps a little shop for their Support and is doing as well as can be expected ____Dear Brother and Sister I must Conclude my long letter with Requesting to be Remember me in the kindest manner to Henry and Joseph_ Betsy and her husband and Benjamin Hopes he is Improving in Ideas knowledge and learning is the sinceir desire of your Affectionate Brother Bery Neely Burnally May 2/5th 1820 |
