| Title: | Robert Smith, Liverpool, to Mr James Smith, [Moycraig?] |
|---|---|
| ID | 2534 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smith, Robert W/8 |
| Year | 1841 |
| Sender | Smith, Robert W |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | back in the USA after visiting family in Ireland |
| Sender Religion | Presbyterian Check Jonathan And Jon. W, Robert And Robert W Presbyterian |
| Origin | Liverpool, England |
| Destination | Moycraig, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Smith, James Sr |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | son-father |
| Source | D1828/20: Presented by James Steele, The Whins, Mosside, Ballymoney, Co Antrim |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9509079 |
| Date | 18/04/1841 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:09:95. |
| Word Count | 702 |
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| Transcript | Dear Parents With the kindest feelings that ever a son had for his parents I wish to inform you of my welfare since I parted with you on the morning of the 15th last I rejoice to inform you that the mercies of the almighty God has ever been with us since we left you when I parted with my last friend in Portrush, it of corse [course?] made me feel effected [affected] a little but I had parted with some before that time that affected me more than eny [any?] that I seen [stained] I will now inform you about our passage [stained] went of [off?] from the wharf Delightfully myself standing on the paddle box our friends on the shore and we had not closed our respect to each other by waving our pocket handkerchiefs at each other until my brother James was caught sick when I came from my stand I found him casting up his accounts over the side of the vessal [vessel?] and cried out o Robert I am going to die cheear [cheer?] up my lad sed [said?] I your heart is hole [whole?] Rachel Burnside was next on the carpet and then Misses [Mrs?] Scott Jane Burnside was a little sick in short every passenger on board was sick but James Scott and myself. I was fit to dance Juba on Deck when the [they?] were all at the worst before we came to the Giants [Giant's] causeway James was wishing for home and a sight of [stained] and his mother when we came to Balleycastle [Ballycastle?] we stope [stopped?] and got in a great quantity of Potatoes an [and?] James did not know where we were although he said if he was home he never would be away we landed at lern [Larne?] at 4 Oclock and went ashore and had a plesent [pleasant?] walk on land we then started and the eavening [evening?] got a little cold and the ____ [sea?] more boisterous we landed in Liverpool after a passage of 30 Ouwers [hours?] but we got one of our Enjines [Engines?] broken and the Colraine [Coleraine?] will not be home for 10 Days until she be repaired I am now starting my figure through Liverpool and you may let Cozen Robert Wite [Cousin Robert White?] know that I stop in the single young man lodger for a nit [night?] Mr Samuel Kirkpatrick came out in a bot [boat?] before we landed and has been with us ever since and us going alongst with us he is to mess abought [about?] with me he had his provisions to by since he Agreed our passages he bought a variety of every thing and he will have part of our domestick consern [domestic concern?] and we part of his we agred [agreed?] our passage in the ship called the North America bound for Philada [Philadelphia?] to sail on monday the 19th Instant and paid œ4..0..0 in the seckon [second?] Cabin which is a place for our selves we had to pay 4S 0D each of head money we have all our goods on board and slept there last night I got James Black in the same place with myself and also the Burnside girls and the [they?] are all well Brother James Says that it is no wonder that I did not encourage him to go to America for when he sees the vessel of liverpool and the curiosities of both see [sea?] and land and the anense croud [immense crowd?] of Vessals [Vessels?] and the disagreableness [disagreeableness?] of being at see [sea?] that if his passage was not paid he would go home but he says that he will go on as long as he has me with him give my tha [torn] to Ja[torn]Vica for his friendship manifeste[torn] us in coming away and to all those that offered [torn] friendship in the same way and to every one that inquires after me or my Broth [Brother?] which is far from his mamey [mammy?] I conclude with hoping to see you all once more I remain your affectionate and dutiful Son Robert Smith our Capten [Captain's] name is Baker we have near 200 passengers |
