| Title: | Bella Smyth, Castledamph to James Smyth, Ontario |
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| ID | 2578 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, Bella Maggie/65 |
| Year | 1893 |
| Sender | Smyth, Bella Maggie |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | farming household |
| Sender Religion | Presbyterian |
| Origin | Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Recipient | Smyth, James Alexander |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, Castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth |
| Doc. No. | 0604035 |
| Date | 29/06/1893 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | |
| Word Count | 435 |
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| Transcript | [Front of Envelope] Newtownstewart [Remainder of stamp torn] Mr James A Smyth South Woodslee Box 4 Essex County Ontario Canada [Written at top of page] Rec [Received?] July 16 [Back of envelope] [Stamped] Hamilton 11 JY 10 93 Canada Plumbridge - JU 29 93 [Written at top] Ans [Answered?] 17 July 1893 [Page 1] 1893 Casltedamph June 29 Dear Brother I once more take the pleasure of writing to you again to let you know that we are all well hoping this will find you enjoying the same. I may tell you that the new drums has [sic] arrived safe on Monday night Andrew McClelland Jamey Gordon and Jamey McKelvey brought them from Newtown [Newtownstewart?] on the fur [fair?] night James Campbell had a treat waiting for them till the drums would come and they started on Tuesday evening at four o'clock but the [they?] got a very bad evening [Page 2] very heavy rain and a good deal of thunder and lightning they went up by Joe Gilkisons and on up and went through Glensass and it cleared up and they started from Campbells to go round by the butterslope but the [they?] got no farther than James Youngs Glengaw and they left the drums there and everyone made home as fast as they could they are for going to youngs to morrow evening (Friday) and fetch them on the drums pleases them well but they had no luck with them the first time the flag is not come yet [Page 3] They wont have too far a tramp this year on the twelfth they are all coming to Plumbridge and I think its time for them to get it easy they [the?] orangemen will have a great night on the 30th tomorrow night there are four to finish. John Gilkison Andrew McClelland David Houston and James Barker there are nine or ten of them getting new sashes so they will surely look well this year I think father forgot to tell you in his last letter the price of pigs the [they?] are all the things thats paying now 30s a pig and some of them more we have eleven now they will [Page 4] be three weeks old tomorrow but the [they?] might have a chance to be cheap before they are ready for sale We had very warm weather here untill [intil?] friday last and it is raining everyday since but it will do no harm for every thing had need of it the corn is nearly all shot and it is not very long but it will lengthen now we will have flax for pulling in three weeks over at Uncle Jamess and it is real good we have all the turf stacked and the turnips will soon be ready for thinning so everything will be early this year I dont think that there will be an orange lily for the twelfth I think there is nothing else particular this time Belle M Smyth Transcribed by Chris Devenney |
