| Title: | John Orr, New York, To Mrs John Orr, Portaferry. |
|---|---|
| ID | 2023 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Orr, John M/27 |
| Year | 1847 |
| Sender | Orr, John Malcolm |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Destination | Portaferry, Co. Down, USA |
| Recipient | Mrs Orr |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | son-mother |
| Source | Copyright Retained By John McCleery, 80 Circular Road, Belfast, BT4 2GD. |
| Archive | The Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh. |
| Doc. No. | 9701192 |
| Date | 19/07/1847 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:01:97. |
| Word Count | 199 |
| Genre | |
| Note | N.B. John Malcolm died in 1851 (Did various jobs and decided to go west where he expected to do some kind of business) |
| Transcript | New York 19 July 1847 My Dear Mother I send you a Dagueriotype Portrait of your big son. I hear it a good likeness, you can judge for yourself. I am in a great hurry to day as I start for Chicago to morrow morning and have got a good deal to do, I should not much wonder if by the time you get this you will have an account of my travels westward, I will be about 5000 miles from Portaferry, it wont be more than a fortnights trip shortly - and that wont be much. I send this by Capt Lawrence who is going to Liverpool and will visit Belfast before he leaves. It was tremendously warm last night the pespiration [perspiration?] was running off me so much that my nightshirt was completely wet and I had to get up rub myself dry and put on dry one the thermometer is about 95 to day, rather hot that. What is the matter with you all that none of you have written a scrape, I was very much disappointed that I did not get a letter by the mail yesterday, the news about the grain market is going to play the mischief here I am dear Mother direct to Chicago Your affect [affectionate?] son Illinois John M Orr Mrs Orr Rev John Orr Portaferry Ireland |
