Title: | John Orr, Chicago, To Margaret Orr, Portaferry. |
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ID | 2027 |
Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
File | Orr, John M/33 |
Year | 1848 |
Sender | Orr, John Malcolm |
Sender Gender | male |
Sender Occupation | unknown |
Sender Religion | unknown |
Origin | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
Destination | Portaferry, Co. Down, USA |
Recipient | Orr, Margaret |
Recipient Gender | female |
Relationship | siblings |
Source | Copyright Retained By John McCleery, 80 Circular Road, Belfast, BT4 2GD. |
Archive | The Ulster American Folk Park. |
Doc. No. | 9702140 |
Date | 28/09/1848 |
Partial Date | |
Doc. Type | EMG |
Log | Document added by LT, 10:02:97 |
Word Count | 598 |
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 | Chicago, 28 September 1848 My Dear Margaret On my return from Mendocia where I wrote my last letter. I found two letters written by you & father waiting for me, one of which as you say gave one a small taste of a lecture for not writing oftener and stating that you had not received a letter for seven weeks from me and that you were uneasy about me on that account how this has happened I dont know unless there has been some mistake in the mail as I never yet have allowed seven weeks to pass without writing. I know it must have caused you all some uneasiness, as I myself would be a little so at not hearing from you for that length of time I wish the British and yankies would settle on a cheap postage, again, I have got to pay 34 cts [cents?] for all the letters I either get from or send to you in place of 24 & 12 that used to be the rates. I am going to Michigan first Boat tomorrow to attend to some business on that side the lake, the weather is beginning to get Coolish here. I see by the New Orleans papers that there is quite a panic in the city, on account of what you would scarcely guess, it is the supply of Ice falling in three or four days, you living in Ireland can hardly form any idea of what keeping Ice is in this climate, when the water is almost luke warm, the quantity consumed is enormous last season the supply was very small on account of the mildness of the Northern winter there was little saved last year over 4 or 6 Inches. I had a letter from Willy [William?] McCleery from Trieste and answered it a few days ago. I expect the same mail will take both. I am sorry to hear of the Potatoe [Potato?] not being so extensive with you it just the same here, 29th we had a small fire last night here only one house burned as there was no wind at the time, if there had, five or six houses would have been burned. I see by this mornings paper that the English news is better markets a little lower, and not so much fears of the entire destruction of the Praties [Potatoes?]. Ireland quiet again so that Mother wont have to take a trip across the Ocean on account of the wars, the grain trade is brisk at present large lots arriving by Canal Boats and wagons and shipping from this to Buffalo for New York, the roads are being made from the city so that wet weather wont hinder the farmers coming in as it used to in another month we will have winter navigation closed, River frozen up and snow with sleigh riding &c. Thomas Warnock is well and intends writing home next week, he has been waiting for a letter from home for some time. Archy Warnock has been ill but has recovered, he left Warrenburg on the 20 for Cincinatti [Cincinnati?] and New York, then has been no sickness here except few epidemics such as dissinteries [dysentery?] and Intermittent and bilious fevers and not much of them. Mr Bentley has recovered but is still weak. I have exhausted all my stock of news so must conclude hoping that all at home are well, grandmother you speak of as having been subject to sudden attack of sickness. I hope she has recovered and will keep so. Remember me to her and all other friends. Yr [Your?] Brother John M [Malcolm?] Orr Miss Margaret Orr Rev John Orr Portaferry Co. Down Ireland |