| Title: | Anne Scott, Londonderry, To Her Sister, Eliz, [Location?]. |
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| ID | 2398 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Scott, Anne/169 |
| Year | 1833 |
| Sender | Scott, Anne |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Derry, N.Ireland |
| Destination | unknown |
| Recipient | Elizabeth |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | sisters |
| Source | T.2609/2: Copied by Permission of Mrs J. F. Hodges, Glenravel House, Glenravel, County Antrim. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9701203 |
| Date | 26/10/1833 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:01:97. |
| Word Count | 864 |
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| Transcript | Willsborough October 26th 1833 or 4 My dear Elizabeth, Here we are at last, safe & well thank God, we returned the latter end of last month, but I was so engaged that I had not time to [write?] first settling, then with a visit from Mr & Mrs John Young, & daughter next an enormous party, to celebrate Kitty's coming of age, receiving & returning visits, in this neighbourhood no easy task, the Balteagh family spent two days with us, I rejoice to find Bessy more easily drawn out of her [dim?] [period?] it is good for the children to associate with others. I think it is an advantage to both parties, our last act of dissipation was a visit to [Earlsgift?], Mr Douglas' place, where we dined & slept last Friday, they are an interesting family of young people, the two eldest girls conduct the establishment & take care of the children in the most admirable manner their father, is alas, a giddy thoughtless man. after all this I am perfectly well, never was better in my present situation, & think I am now quite safe, & may take my rest I have just been writing to Kitty Richardson, who promised us [a?] last spring and whom we have been putting off ever since, to propose her now coming to us, and I venture to make a request to you which if you grant, it will be a great gratification to us all, Will you allow Annie to accompany her? & trust me with her for a short time, Thomas & Willy Campbell will be going to Dublin in the course of next month & can bring her home, I assure you I shall consider her a sacred charge & she shall receive equal care with my own, she can proceed with all her studies, & as she has not any masters at present, can not lose much, now do not start dear Elizabeth, but think of this, I do think it an advantage, that relationship should be kept up between children & surely you & James will not fear to trust me for so short a time with my Godchild - I suppose thursday week is that on which dear Edward is to enter College, I shall feel most anxious to hear how gets off and [what?] (sic) his plan of study is to be, I suppose he will return home for the present, Our James promises to be a quick boy, he is getting on extremely well with his Latin & Greek grammars, but has not got further, his uncle George has him examined with his boys, & he is to spend a day at Balteagh every week for the purpose Elizabeth Clements sent me a long letter from Olivia, who is in Germany at present and staying at one of the Spas there, on account of her health, which is very delicate, but it may I trust be accounted for by her present situation, she expects to remain the winter abroad, as Mr Stubbs is building, she seems very happy & to enjoy her travels very much. The McKinny [McKinney?] family are all well, Thos [Thomas?] was offered the representation of the County, but I rejoice to say declined the honour - I have had letters from both Maria & Jane, the latter well & enjoying herself at Clifton, the former travelling with James Ogilby, she wrote from Beau Meauris [Beaumaris?], in Wales, where they had stopped, intending to stay some weeks, as Jas. [James?] had tired of moving, they propose spending the winter in the Isle of Wight, & visiting [Lyncombe?] in North Devon, on their way; James's bother [brother?] has got a Statement of his accounts from Mr Moss, & demanded a full one from his cousin, Mr M. L. O [gibby?], which is promised him in november, this is a great point gained. Dr Carlyle is still with him - you have never told me whether you have weaned baby, until I hear you have done so, it would be vain to hope for a visit but when that is over, I hope & trust you will contrive to come & see us. If Annie & Jane are good english scholars, with well-regulated minds, I think you need not regret accomplishments, they have enough to go on with themselves, & be a recourse to them, & it will be easy if an opportunity accrues, now & then to get assistance from masters, but the more experience I gain, the more I feel convinced, accomplishments are not education, that in consists in the formation of right habits, is not thinking & solid information, which they can acquire without masters or mistresses either, except yourself - I am beginning to feel anxious on this score, about Lizzy & Hanna Miss Addis is not the person to carry on this sort of education, & we are casting about in hopes of finding one more to our minds - I have scribbled over all my paper & must now come to a conclusion, with the sincere love of all here, to all your numerous party believe me ever dear Elizabeth Your sincerely attached Sister Anne Scott |
