| Title: | John Smith,[Ireland?], to James Smith Junior,[Ireland?] |
|---|---|
| ID | 2508 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smith, John/72 |
| Year | 1848 |
| 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, James Jr |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | D.1828/47: Presented by James Steele, The Whins, Mosside, Ballymoney, Co Antrim |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9508161 |
| Date | 02/05/1848 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 24:08:95. |
| Word Count | 469 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | To: Mr James Smith Junior Moycraig From: Ballymoney 2 May 1848 Dear James you must Bring the poney [pony?] And cart with you on thursday And bring the Boxborrow [Box Barrow?] with you and All that is in it for I cannot Doo [Do?] without some of the things that is in it And if you Doo [Do?] not like to go home that night you can bring feeding for it and it can stay to but the best way I think is for to bring it and either you or I will go home that night and it can come back the next Day As William was talking of Coming to the fair And for the poney [pony?] it is As well for it As it is better working than standing idle and I want you to bring one of the Beech sticks that I got at Gracehill 9 feet long, and bring 12 of the worst of the small larch I mean of the crokedist [crookedest?] of them if the [they?] should not bee [be?] the smallest And you can Bring the Gug [Jug?] and Bason [Basin?] with you and Any other thing that you know that wee [we?] would need And old strainer that wee [we?] are ill off for to keep the peas in, I wish to inform Father and you that I would like you and him to purchase A puncheon of Whiskey to me and that I will give you All the profit that will bee [be?] in it I mean All the profit by the gallon that will bee [be?] in it tkaking [taking?] the puncheon than by purchasing it by the small I believe that wee [we?] could save from 3 pence to 6 pence per gallon by it And not that only but there would bee [be?] A greater sales in the town when the [they?] would see A pungeon, the [they?] imagine that the [they?] would get poor Dealing when it is bought in small quantities so you can consider with your selves And wee [we?] can see what About it on thursday you perhaps may think that it would bee [be?] too mutc [much?] [stained] let into my hands but I think that if health of body and mind bee speared [be spared?], there is little fear for I intend not to let this transaction Doo [Do?] me any harm in Any one way for if I cannot succeed in it I will give it up at once and I never will leave you nor any one that has backed me At this Anything the worse of it, I hope you will comply with this and by the blessing of god I trust it will Doo [Do?] us All no harm yours John Smith you will please to send Jms [James?] Taggart his As soon as you get this |
