| Title: | John Smith, Ballymoney, to Mrs James Smith, Moycraig |
|---|---|
| ID | 2503 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smith, John/34 |
| Year | 1841 |
| Sender | Smith, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | inn keeper and distiller |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Moycraig, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Smith, Jane |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | son-mother |
| Source | D.1828/57: Presented by James Steele, Mosside, Ballymoney |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9510032 |
| Date | 01/01/1841 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 12:10:95. |
| Word Count | 181 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | To: Mrs James Smith Moycraig From: Bm[stained] [Ballymoney?] Saturday Afternoon Dear Mother I got this cheese from Misses [Ms?] Thomas Lyle it weighed 15lb and 3/4 and I [it?] was not long untill [until?] I bled it but whether I struck the wright vain [right vein?] or not I could not say but it Did not bleed to what I expected it would have Done to have looked at it but the only plan I know to get red [rid?] of it is to cut large lumps of it at once and to put every ones share on a plate and eat hard And you well Can get through with it that way I think, I kept the one half of it to my self or as near as I could Cut it but you can weigh yours and then wee [we?] can settle the firs [first?] time that I am out whether it will bee [be?] tomorrow or not I am not sertain [certain?] as yet, I Jamie Dies [does?] Cap fits him if not keep it Clean and I will get it changed your son with respect John Smith |
