| Title: | John C & Bella M Smyth,Co Tyrone to J. A. Smyth, Canada |
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| ID | 2844 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, John Charles/86A |
| Year | 1898 |
| Sender | Smyth, John Charles |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | carpenter |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Castledamph, 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, Castledamph, Plumbridge. |
| Doc. No. | 410133 |
| Date | 18/04/1898 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 27:10:2004. |
| Word Count | 583 |
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| Transcript | [Front of envelope] Mr James A Smyth Essex Essex County Ontario Canada [Stamped] NEWTOWNSTEWART PM AP 21 98 [Written upside down on left] Ans [Answered?] May 16 [Back of envelope] [Stamped] PLUMBRIDGE B AP 21 98 [Stamped] ESSEX MY 2 98 ONT. [Letter 1] [Page 1] Castledamph April 18th 98 Dear Brother We received your letter on Saturday 16th we were glad to hear of you getting along so well. I was surprised to see that mistake you made in your letter about the Liverpool Apprentice "Hell" I would be bound for four years receive £30 & board but no washing well again I would come home once or twice a year & pay for the washing & get cloths [clothes?] etc I would not have much at the end of the four years I thought I would let it go by I wrote to Uncle William about it but he did not give me much satisfaction about it. [Page 2] You talk about that Civil Service you had more education than I had the time you wrote to Sherry about it, it dropped through & it would be the same with me I might as well apply to be County Court Judge for its what I would never be until I would get Education I think you ought to be good enough now for that Civil Service When I was going to school I would not be let I would be told I was good enough for any thing so that left me the way Im today I expect to be in some firm before long large or small, What do you think about that photo I got it taken to send it to Liverpool so then my mind changed & neither photo nor I went perhaps Im as well where I am, Well we have a run-a-way [runaway?] at the bridge today Daniel [Henry?] & a girl from Gortin side the name of Henry too. [Page 3] the runaway started last night [30. 10?] They had five pints of Whiskey drunk yesterday (sunday) at 3pm & they are drinking ever since they had Wm [William?] Noble fiddling last night from twelve It will be no loss to Plumbridge Public House's anyway This is a wet day it will favour it very well for the people will be all running The people will get their mouths wet again this last while the [they?] were nearly out for a subject to talk about now this will do about [daniel?] Good luck to him for by his chance [sic] I may tell you all the news when I am writing Jamie Gordon has got into a very good situation He has got in to be Mason in the Derry Asylum He will have thirty five pounds for a start rising 1£ annually till 40£. [Page 4] He will [sic] a free house, & £1 £10 [sic] for shoes, every third sunday & a day in every month & a week in every year so I think its very good he will be starting in about a week or a fourteen days [sic] John will have a lot of work to do this year. A good deal of our sheep has lambed [sic] now Tomy [Tommy?] bought five or six more in the Plum [Plumbridge?] fair I think we have about 56 or 57 now we had three lambed yesterday. Rev C M Monteith has give [sic] Miss Dunn three months notice to leave the school all through Charlies [vote?] that time Father an [and?] Moses Ballantine Uncle James & Bob Mc Kelvey is(sic) going up some day to see if the [they?] get it setteled [settled?]. No more at present John Chs [Charles?] Smyth Castledamph We had James Barker putting a skin on a we [wee?] drum the other day. |
