| Title: | John Boyd, Canada, to Mrs & J.W. Stavely, [?] |
|---|---|
| ID | 260 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Boyd, John/21 |
| Year | 1867 |
| Sender | Boyd, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | St John, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Staveley, James W. |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | D 1558/1/8/4: Presented by the late F.D. Campbell Allen, Esq, 15 London Road, Harrow-on-the-hill, Middlesex |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9907212 |
| Date | 14/10/1867 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 26:07:99. |
| Word Count | 599 |
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| Transcript | S [Saint?] John Oct 14. 1867 My Dear Mrs. Stavely I regret exceedingly that I cannot accept your kind invitation to be present on the occasion of Anne's wedding, I know nothing that would give me greater pleasure, but we are not our own in this part of the World by any means, and so I must forego this pleasure. It is indeed a double pleasure that Anne will be near you, and when your husbands are wandering about enjoying themselves and the pleasant scenes and merry people of Ireland - you may remain at home together chatting over their little troubles and pleasures, and preparing your happy homes for their return - how pleasant it is after wandering about, to know we can come home to those who care for us - warm our slippers, sugar our tea - give us a loving kiss, and are ready with all the thousand and one little household and [C---?[ topics to amuse and [--------?] us - Oh these women folks - they do love us poor fellows, and we - I suppose like to be loved. Well it is quite an event in a family - the first Marriage, how the younger ones wonder and look round in solemn awe as if [Sinai?] with all its thunderings was to be unfolded before them - No long faces would I have in the house on such an occasion "Begone dull care" should be the burden of every song, for instead of losing a daughter you will be gaining a son, whom I hope will be like me a dutiful, obedient loving little dear. Mrs. Boyd intended writing to you this mail, but she has just gone off the a Wedding Party up the County all in a hurry, and so it must lay over until present time; she desired me to give her kindest regards to you all, and especially at present to our dear friend Anne - How much we would both of us like to be present. What lots of Weddings we have had this year out here - the young people are really getting crazy and we know not where it will end. However we are married, as that trouble is even in our case, and we might both be glad of it; for it is such a bother to decide what one shall wear, who to invite - how to sustain the guests - how to pluck up courage to say the solemn words of agreement +c +c +c [etc.], O dear I'm glad I have it over for I was so scared. Now don't tell Anne anything about this, as it is all private and confidential between us - How does Mr Mc Carrol get on with his little family? Poor man he must have his hands full - and how is that [p-----?] who has such a sweet voice, and the third wife? Do you ever think of Dr. Morgan's sermon of that afternoon - How often we have spoken about it - it was the kind of preaching that I like to hear now and then, and only an old man can preach such sermons. So you have been again at the seaside - Dear be with that white stone, and all the pleasant places around Warren Point - Can you manage next year to come out to a pic nic [picnic?] in S [Saint?] John - Did you see the account of the one we [Covenanters?] had here? Kindest regards to all at home in [S--gall?] Place and [-----?] me [my?] dear Mr. Stavely Yours very truly John Boyd |
