| Title: | [J C?] Smyth, Lifford to James A Smyth, Co. Tyrone |
|---|---|
| ID | 2837 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, John Charles/45 |
| Year | 1903 |
| Sender | Smyth, John Charles |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | carpenter |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Lifford, Co. Donegal, Ireland |
| Destination | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Recipient | Smyth, James Alexander |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge. |
| Doc. No. | 401007 |
| Date | 26/1/1903 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 06:01:2004. |
| Word Count | 364 |
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| Transcript | [Front of envelope] Mr James A Smyth, Essex, Essex County, Ontario, Canada [Stamped] STRABANE JA 26 03 [Back of Envelope] [Stamped] LIFFORD JA 26 03 STRABANE [Stamped] ESSEX FE6 03 ONT. [Page 1] Lifford Infirmary 26/1/03 Dear Brother I suppose by this time you have heard the mishap I met with I told Mary to let you know how I was getting along I am going out to morrow [tomorrow] I am almost better now I have a pain in my chest & back my [thumb?] is not quite healed up yet but it will be in a week or so [Page 2] It was a great accident I wonder I was not killed the [there?] are always mercy mixed up with everything it was so here I have an [a---?] in my forehead it comes down about 1 1/2 inches below the hair Im [I'm] afraid the hair will not grow on this cut either but thats [that's] nothing when you take every thing into consideration If you saw the place I went through you would wonder I had a great many out to see me [Page 3] Bob Duncan Ballindrate [Ballindrait?] wants me out to stop a night with him before I go home so I intend to go out to morrow I am getting out so you might say I got on well they were very much afraid of my [head?] In case it would turn to something worse however It was not allowed to be so I have great reason to be thankful I am not up in [Badloney?] today It just might as well been the one thing as the other when you look at it both ways [Page 4] You might say they were annoyed at home when they heard it Mother was the worst as usual it was not much wonder the way it was in the paper I had to cry myself when I read it out of the paper I sent it to Mary so you can see it Just what happened me I got 7 stitches in my head two in my cheek 3 in my thumb the [there?] will be a blue stroke in my skull[?] about 2 1/2 inches long its not very conspicios [conspicuous?] except when you are very closes [close?] I think I have give all the news I will write soon again Good By [Bye?] Your Brother J C Smyth Transcribed by Alan Houston |
