| Title: | William Shanks, Chicago, Michigan, to Mother, Ballyfounder, Co Down |
|---|---|
| ID | 2435 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Shanks, William/14 |
| Year | 1875 |
| Sender | Shanks, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | sailor |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Destination | Ballyfounder, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Mrs Shaw |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | son-mother |
| Source | D2709/1/14: Presented by Miss Shanks, Ballyfounder, Portaferry, Co Down |
| Archive | Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9501122 |
| Date | 28/03/1875 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT/JW, 11:01:1995. |
| Word Count | 306 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Chicago March 28th 1875 Dear mother I write you these few lines to let you no [know?] we are all well we have had a very hard winter since we came it has thawed and frezed [freezed?] since we came we have had a small shour [shower?] of hail they were as large as hen eggs I saw a small fire it was a hay were house I saw the fenians marching all were in silence they had [2?] carrages [carriages?] horses and each eight they had all their [greene?] wash of course you know I take the place very well for so far it is a very large place there is some very nice buildings in it Belfast would not make a patch to it if it was set in the middle of it I had a letter wrote the sunday after uncil [uncle?] Sam wrote I did not like to send it for I wrote about they [the?] thing when uncil [uncle?] William got the letter about them I thought the [they?] were no use of it but I rite [write?] you a full one now I will get them to rite [write?] sooner to Granma [grandmother?] you need not fret for I am as well here as I were at home or very neer [near?] when I begin to think longe [long?] I go out with my spark as I am never took at a short for one she has put the notion of riting [writing?] till now she asked me when I rote [wrote?] she told me that I should a rote [wrote?] so I did it You can tell uncil [uncle?] Nicholas that if he comes out their is plenty of widow women here [or?] I send him home one as they are very useful in a cold night Remains your obedient son William Shanks |
