| Title: | E. Savage, Brooklyn to Prof. G.F. Savage Armstrong, Ireland. |
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| ID | 2379 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Savage, Edmund/12 |
| Year | 1901 |
| Sender | Savage, Edmund |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Parkville (Brooklyn), New York, USA |
| Destination | Co. Wicklow, Ireland |
| Recipient | Armstrong, G.F. |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | penfriends (Mr Savage provides information |
| Source | D 618/152: Presented by Major R. Savage Armstrong, Strangford House, Strangford, Co.Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9702137 |
| Date | 30/5/1901 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 10:02:97. |
| Word Count | 618 |
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| Transcript | BROOKLYN N.Y. MAY 30 7.30PM FLATBUSH STA.[Despatch postmark 30 May 1901?] Prof. Geo. F. Savage Armstrong, No.1, Sydenham Villa, Bray, Co.Wicklow, Ireland. Steamer Lucania June 1st. DUBLIN AM 5.30 JU 8 01 [Dublin arrival postmark 8 June 1901?] Parkville, Kings Co. N.Y.[New York?] May 30th 1901 My Dear Sir, I duly and pleasurably received your favour, mailed at Bray on 24th ult., addressed to me at Albany, from whence it was forwarded to my present abode as above. My Mother died rather unexpectedly after a weeks illness Dec 11th, 1893, having nearly completed her 88th year, and being the sole survivor of our family, I moved in the spring of 1895 to this place to reside with the remnant of my uncle's family - the late John Savage. My uncle married my mother's sister. Our village is a suburb of the borough of Brooklyn and is in the corporate limit of the city of New York and within ten minutes ride of the Manhattan and Brighton beaches on the Atlantic coast. My father, the late James Savage who came to this country in 1817 from County Derry, Ireland, was the son of Robert Savage and Isabella Ewing. Grandfather Robert, who was the son of William Savage, had eight children, four sons named respectively James (My father and the eldest of the family), William, Robert, and John (who was the youngest of the children); and the four daughters were Mary, Isabella, Jane, and Nancy: William and Robert of the sons, and Isabella and Jane of the daughters never married. My aunt Isabella died Mar 3rd 1900. I enclose herein a cutting from the Mid-Ulster Mail, Cookstown, being one of the several Newspaper obituary notices sent to me. In her last letter to me dated January 31, 1898, Aunt Bell mentioned that she was the last of her name so far as she knew, in her vicinity. You will notice that my grandfather and great grandfather bore the name of William, the first Savage who came to the province of Ulster, and Robert, upon whom Edward III conferred the extensive manor. The list of publications which you enclosed show that you have been exceedingly industrious in your literary work. Of course, I have heard of Longman's Green & Co., your publishers, and although they appear to have a branch in New York as well as London and Bombay, I do not remember ever having seen their publications here. They do not give their location in our city, but I shall enquire, when in the neighbourhood of the publishing houses and booksellers, and learn if they have a representative here. By the same mail which carries this letter, I send copy of "The Sun" issued 19th and containing an article (marked) under the caption "Once a Bonaparte's Home", which related some incidents in the life of Ex King Joseph Bonaparte while in exile in America, and his American wife Annette Savage. I remember the time when Annette's daughter was received by Napoleon III, and the Empress, and the publication of the decree of legitimacy. It is quite a romantic story which I thought would interest you, and one that had possibly escaped your knowledge or notice. I do not know what branch of the family Annette belonged to. All residents of Philadelphia (styled the Quaker City) are dubbed "Quakers". My grandfather Robert had a brother John, and some of his family and a daughter emigrated to Philadelphia at an early date, probably towards the latter part of the 18th century. Never heard father say anything about Philadelphia Savages, and yet that City was quite a Mecca for Irish immigrants in early days, especially those engaged in the weaving industry, who generally settled in the Kensington district. I suppose that old functionary and inconstant changeling "still remains" -"That whatsoever King shall reign Still I'll be the Vicar of Bray, Sir" - and yet survives? Thanking you for the Evidence of your remembrance, I am Yours Sincerely, Edmund Savage. |
