| Title: | Rev. J. Orr, Portaferry, to J.M. Orr, Chicago. |
|---|---|
| ID | 2041 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Orr, Revd John/96 |
| 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. |
| Doc. No. | 9702056 |
| Date | 28/10/1847 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 31:01:97. |
| Word Count | 496 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Portaferry 28 Oct 1847 Dear John I recd [received?] two letters from you by the same mail on the 18th Oct one dated [8?] Sept the other 20th Sept and in compliance with the request contained in the former and repeated in the latter I now send you the accompanying order of the Northern Bank 954 Dollars on the House of Brown Brothers & Co. of New York. I wanted them to advise the house in New York but they said they [needed?] to and the order will be paid on sight. I thought it better to take it in this way than exch [exchange?] a Bill on London, as failures now so common that you know not where to tread. I borrowed œ100 from your Uncle William at the [Baxters?], for which I gave him my promissory note, [---?] with Int [interest?] at 5 per cent, I got also œ20 for a short term from Mrs Welch. Your uncle James McCleery has only paid œ50, and I will have to [review?] his [ac-p---?] on the other œ50 for three months longer. We certainly have felt gratified at your getting into business of which you say money cannot be lost. We hope so but I must caution you agst [against?] too great expectations. You might, like too many in this country embark all in some rash venture, and become a beggar. As you will see from the Derry Standard which I send now each mail, how matters are going forward or [rather?] backwards in the commercial world. [There?] [was?] a letter from Thos. [Thomas?] Warnock from Cincinatti this week. At the date of his writing he had not heard either of or from you, and had not recd [received?] a single syllable of [intelligence?] from home. He writes in grand spirits and says his health is greatly improved. [--ties?] & Margt [Margaret?] is home [something?] [better?], and all the rest are well. Your Mother & I were in Ballybeen and Belfast last week She seems rather unwell and much fatigued with the journey but is now considerably better - your grandmother is in her usual health - busy superintending her cheese making. She seems [rejoiced?] to hear from you. Your letter to Wm. [William?] McCleery arrived here the day he sailed from Belfast as mate of the Huron, for New Orleans. His father [received?] it and I saw the contents. He forwards it this mail. Jane Ellen wrote you by him. You will likely receive it from New Orleans. We wish to know what countryman your partner Wm. [William?] Bentley is. Wm. [William?] Blow advises you to keep a sharp look out on the Yankees - [Wm?] [Edwin?] Blair is now pretty well recovered. I saw him on Monday last. In the letter I posted at Comber on the [29?]th Sept. was your Mother's Catechism - Mind and answer what you have not already done. John Maxwell returned from New York and arrived on Sat. Evening last. |
