| Title: | [Artie Smyth?], Co. Tyrone To. Mrs A.W. Smyth, New Orleans |
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| ID | 2549 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth Hay, Arthemise/15 |
| Year | 1911 |
| Sender | Smyth Hay, Arthemise |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | housewife |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | Dunnamanagh, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Destination | New Orleans, Lousiana, USA |
| Recipient | Bouligny Smyth, Nathalie |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | daughter-mother |
| Source | Copyright Retained By Brendan O'Reilly, O'Reilly's Bar &Restaurant, Main St, Dromara |
| Archive | Original held By Above Donor. |
| Doc. No. | 9808584 |
| Date | 04/11/1911 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 28:08:98. |
| Word Count | 908 |
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| Transcript | Addressed to Mrs A.W. Smyth C/O Mrs J.S. Wood 1225 Milan St New Orleans La U.S.A. My darling Mamma I hope everything is going well with you I expect you are in N.O. [New Orleans?] by now. I hope the land is booming. I was just thinking about that plan of mortgage which was to give us œ250 a year. If you agree to that you had better have the transaction passed through the hands of some honest lawyer other than those interested as they might slip out of your hand & some fine day stop paying the interest of œ250 & you would find they had gobbled up the land & capital. Yesterday was the worst weather I remember in a long time - it rained and stormed as if the world would come to an end. I staid [stayed?] quietly in bed & got up at 12.30. We had dinner at 2 - Annie cooked it all beautifully, she stuffed the goose with bread mixed with the blood & put nuts & all sorts of good things in it, & I can tell you it was a dinner every body licked their chops over. Mr Henderson seems a very nice man - very clever, and D [David?], says he preached a fine sermon. He had to leave on the 3 o'c train so we did'nt have much time - However he says he will come to see us again in the Summer. Mr Park who preaches on Monday, is said to be a very fine preacher. The weather has improved very much today - but it is cold & looks as if it might snow - I expect it will fortunately have settled by tomorrow as the sun is coming out now - Ginger returned - he did not like his Dunamanagh [Dunnamanagh?] boarding house - I did'nt think for a moment that he would stay there. I must tell you a good joke on David - Mrs Easton wrote me a note to the church yesterday asking us over to tea next Thursday - but David thought it was for him, & opened it - When he came home he through [threw?] it on the table for me to read & says "hang her ignorance but shes [she's?] getting sweet - thinks because I am a married man she can send her love & sign herself very affec [affectionately?] she never did that before." I nearly had a fit laughing at him. He was so surprised when I showed him it was addressed to me. I don't know if I will accept the invitation or not. I will consult with Papa first - I feel fine & the new trap does not shake at all - so I don't think I would feel any the worse for it but I will do what ever the old man says - I think all danger is passed; but I am just as careful as ever - I think even if I wanted to do anything imprudent it would be hard for me - as David watches me like a hawk. I keep forgetting to send old Fay's letter to you I will forward it today if I remember when the post comes. We have our dear little William James Harron back again & he sits & bleathers [blethers?] away to the girls as usual but it gives one time to write an answer to letters. I see by the "Witness" yesterday that Marcus Dill has been appointed cheif [chief?] Moderater [moderator?] of the Church of Scotland. The first time that an Irishman has held the honour - He is minister of Alloway - not Burn's alloway the paper says. - I think David & I had better call on him when we are in Scotland - He might be glad to know his relations. They brought in the cattle last night for the first time & they were pretty wild - the men were afraid of them; but David managed them & chained them himself. I don't know how this place ever got on without David he seems to be so necessary for everything. Mr Joe Colhoun got down to his breakfast at 7.30 this a.m. D. [David?] says that if he wants to stay here he will have to mend his ways - The Rabble [Raffle?] is Wed week & Straban [Strabane?] Fair the Monday before. I don't know what changes there will be. I don't think Sarah is getting married. D. says there is no such luck." She seems to be trying to [improve?]; but needs watching & she keeps Terrible fires going; She soon will have to burn sinders [cinders?] & turf. Annie is trying to do her best - she takes good care of her little self but she is a good wee soul & is very kind to me in every way. The old man looks very white but is so cranky & ever - especially where cleanliness is confirmed - he won't eat fish or anything except those eggs - Yesterday he enjoyed the stuffing of the goose - his digestion seems to be very poor & he is easily made sick. Old Mr. Smith is still lingering & getting weaker. Ashmure Bond died last week & also the Bishop of Derry's 2nd wife. I seem to have written a vey long letter today. David has gone to the manse & told me to send you his love when he was leaving Your loving little girl Artie. |
