| Title: | Rev John Orr, Portaferry, to His Son John Orr, Chicago. |
|---|---|
| ID | 2036 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Orr, Revd John/90 |
| Year | 1847 |
| Sender | Rev. John Orr |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | clergyman |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | Portaferry, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Recipient | Orr, John M |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | father-son |
| Source | Copyright Retained by John McCleery, 80 Circular Road, Belfast,BT4 2GD |
| Archive | Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh |
| Doc. No. | 9702151 |
| Date | 06/08/1847 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 10:02:97. |
| Word Count | 154 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | My dear John As Jane Ellen and Margaret have filled the inside of this letter, there only remains the folding for me. Sabbath will be our communion. I expect abr [Abraham?] Johnson from Belfast tonight. I hope you will have opportunities in America of attending on Christian ordinances - and I trust you will regularly embrace them. You have always the throne of grace to go to. A [and?] be regular and earnest in your applications there. Remember us at home. We do not forget you. Mr. Warnock is in his usual health. I see by Mitchell's map of the U.S. that Chicago has 4700 inhabitants and is in Lake Michigan. Indian meal sold in town yesterday at 10/- per Cwt. Some of our farmers who refused 19s.11 per Cwt. for their wheat sold for less than 15 - or have it yet, not now worth 12/-. Harvest will commence in about a week. Yours Truly - John Orr |
