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Title: John J Smyth, Castledamph to James A Smyth, Canada
ID2855
CollectionIrish Emigration Database
FileSmyth, John James/20A
Year1892
SenderSmyth, John James
Sender Gendermale
Sender Occupationfarmer
Sender Religionunknown
OriginCastledamph, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland
DestinationEssex Co., Ontario, Canada
RecipientSmyth, James Alexander
Recipient Gendermale
Relationshipfather-son
SourceCopyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, Castledamph@btinternet.com
ArchiveMr & Mrs J Smyth
Doc. No.506076
Date29/08/1892
Partial Date
Doc. TypeLTE
LogDocument added by LT, 07:07:2005.
Word Count720
Genre
Note
Transcript[Front of Envelope]
Mr James Alex-Smyth
SouthWoodslee Box 23
Essex County
Ontario
Canada

[Stamped]
[NEWTOWNSTEWART?]
D
SE 1
92
[IRELAND?]

[Written on Envelope]
1892
[Figures on Envelope]
814
632
---
182

[Back of Envelope]
[Stamped]
PLUMBRIDGE
C
SP 1
92
[Numbers and sums on Back of Envelope]




[letter 1]

[Page 1]

Castledamph
August 29th 1892
Dear James
Once more I take
the pleasure of letting yous [you?]
know that we are all in good
helth [health?] at present hoping the
arivel [arrival?] of this note will
find yous [you?] all well - we have
all our flax in the Dams - we had 25
pullers we were dun [done?] long before
night I dont know how it may
yeald [yield?] But the [there?] are [is?]
some trouble with it anyhow - some
of the corn is colouring and some
of it not much changed yet our
field at the Bridge is prety [pretty?]
well forit [forward?] - it will be ready
in about a week - Robert McFarland
Barness [Barnes?] had 47 they
pulled all in Barness [Barnes?] he had
4 acres and one in Castledamph
flax pulling is going on strong
But it will soon be over this
week will wind it all. up -

[Page 2]
Dear James - I supose [suppose?] By
this time yous [you] have all you [your?]
crop in it must ripen very quick [sic]in
that contey [country?] for I think we
putt [put?] ours in as early in-in spring
as yous [you?] Does [sic] - and yet we
are always Behind - this summer was
neither hot nor cold wet nor Dry
- one day fine and the next one wet
turff [turf?] was not got half
dray [dry?] we stacked none of
them on the hill Just picked
and Drew away we have about the
half of them at home we cannot
get at them now with other Buisness
[Business?]
Dear James - we intend taking
some of the sheep to gorting [Gortin?]
fair But to sell I am fraid [afraid?]
will be impossible as prices is [sic]
so very low and the sheep so very plenty
[sic] Some of the lambs is [sic] very
small Some pretty good 12 of them is
[sic] weathers [wethers - castrated
rams?] Robert McKelvey cutt [cut?] them
this year again

[Page 3]
Dear James - we have done nothing this
summer at the wireing [wiring?] in
glensass nor had we very many rows
either McConnell has caught some of the
sheep But he has not summond [summoned?]
yet - the girls has [sic] all left him
now and gone to Omagh to a factory
[factory?] although it has lasted 4 years
now - I think we will be able to come off
more than conquerors in the end in Spite
of McConnell Archibald and Fitzmaurice
all of them did and is [sic] dowing [doing?]
there [their?] very Best and more than
the [they?] could in Justices -- it was
not anough [enough?] to lock the Door
the day the police and us went to
the J-P [Justice of the Peace?] But
Tilda [Matilda?] Jane told William McFarland
[sic] daughter of Drumspare [Drumnaspar?]
that I sent a letter to your uncle to not let
Willie John in there - and that the [there?]
come [sic] a letter Back to Aughlane [Aghalane?]
and they sent it up to eden

[Page 4]
I went Down to Aughlane [Aghalane?] and
William and Elisa Jane said the [there?]
come [sic] no letter of the sort there So
I give [gave?] myself no more trouble about it
Butt [But?] Eden ones laves [leaves?] the blame
on Alexanders ones and I lave [leave?] it on
tilda [Matilda?] Jane - So the [they?] had a [sic]
most to be [must have been?] some talk over it
for she is never done Gebleling [gabbling
talking?] about hir [her?] neighbours - But you
would not here [hear?] much talk about old
Marget [Margaret’s?] money with any of them
they can keep that close anough [enough?]
But the J-P- [Justice of the Peace?] at a
mans name will be of very little use to
take a man through the Dark valley and the
shadow of Death Being a Sabeth [Sabbath?]
school teacher [schoolteacher?] or elder of
a meeting house or any other name will matter
very little when the summond [summons?] of
Death comes time will tell a good dale
[deal?] more then I can write If we have
Days to live to see it all - I will write
soon again I would like a letter from your
Uncle to here [hear?]
what he thinks of the times - I remain
yours J-J [John James?] Smyth