| Title: | William Parke, Petersburg to Mary Parke, Ireland. |
|---|---|
| ID | 2060 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Parke, William/31 |
| Year | 1860 |
| Sender | Parke, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | shop owner |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Petersburg, Virginia, USA |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | Parke, Mary |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | husband-wife |
| Source | T 1648/16: Copied by Permission of Miss M. Parke, 9 Bridge Street, Banbridge, Co. Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9403185 |
| Date | 29/09/1860 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:03:1994. |
| Word Count | 796 |
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| Transcript | Sept 29th 60 [1860?] My own dearest I got your [scrap?] of the 13th yesterday very glad to learn you had gotten over the cold & that all were so well sons teething is a matter of course & we could not expect him to get them all without a little indisposition, I dare say he has got on with as little sickness as most children, glad to hear of his proficiency under his gr pas [grandpas?] instruction I dare say reading the papers is not his only accomplishment. I have not any thing new since my last of Thursday except that I bought a small [lounge?] of a different shape from the old one in good order almost new for $5.38 about half what it is worth there are auction sales every week I go look at the things before the sale if I like any of them I tell the auctioneer to buy for me in case they sell under a certain price in this way I expect to get enough at my own price before you get here & if you should not like any of them it will be very easy to get rid of them at a profit, there was a nice bureau yesterday I told him to buy me under 13$ but it brought 15$ I got a double paper from Alex with yours, by the time this reaches you he will be a settled old man I presume give my best wishes to him [?] has Tilly made up her mind yet to cross the herring pond & try our American air for a while? if she have not I really think she ought. I have great faith in its being of use to her & we will give her lots of [mush?], [hoe?] & [ash?] cake she & her nephew can run wild in the woods & make the most of our fine days in Winter I think we might give her a sleigh ride too, it is not unlikely we will have enough snow for that purpose I enclose my measure dearest taken by myself it might not do for a wedding suit but will be a guide to get a fit in ready made clothes, I also give you the name of a comfortable hotel I mean to try next time in N.Y. [New York?] near [Barnums?] museum & the city Hall, it was lately "Earls Hotell [Hotel?]" but now "Powells" I believe $1.50 per diem. I do not now recollect dear whether I wrote last week in August or early [in?] Sept but I think I did & I hope you did not wait in vain as I wrote to know how much money I should send you unless I hear from you next week I will not be able to send you an answer that would reach you in October you will know by the time you get this when to look for an answer to your letter so that if you should have arranged to leave by any vessel I dare say you could borrow what money you require and I will make the check draft payable to Robert order as he will be able to get it cashed without difficulty. I am very glad to hear the harvest has turned out so well from the accounts we had two weeks since I feared it would be very bad & speculators went almost crazy in running up the price of breadstuffs, but under the late favourable accounts they have got back to the old price which is reasonable, the weather has been growing cooler for some days & is now almost cool enough for a fire morning & evening, the Thermometer is at 66 degrees tonight but it may be 10 degrees warmer tomorrow as it was last week tho' [though?] we may have an early winter I don't think we are done with all our fine weather, indeed the weather is delightful now neither too hot or too cold & the days & nights bright & dry I wish you Tilly & son were here to enjoy it but I dare say you would rather have the gloomy there well there is no knowing how soon we may all go back there to stay I will not say how soon it might be, but very soon if you do not get good heat as without it there would be no enjoyment & I am not so fond of money as to put it in the balance, with Gods blessing we can make a living in either country, I am counting the days now untill [until?] the time I expect you love, remember me affectionately to all & believe in the devoted affection of your loving husband. |
