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Title: N.B. Smyth, [New Orleans?] To [Dr. Andrew Smyth?] [Donemana?]
ID3002
CollectionIrish Emigration Database
FileSmyth, Natalie Bouligny/7
Year1909
SenderBouligny Smyth, Nathalie
Sender Genderfemale
Sender Occupationunknown
Sender Religionunknown
OriginNew Orleans, Louisiana, USA
DestinationCo. Tyrone, N.Ireland
RecipientSmyth, Andrew Wood
Recipient Gendermale
Relationshipwife-husband
SourceCopyright Retained By Brendan O'Reilly, Main Street, Dromara
ArchiveOriginal Held By Above Donor
Doc. No.9810121
Date3/4/1909
Partial Date
Doc. TypeEMG
LogDocument added by LT, 20:11:98.
Word Count649
Genre
Note
Transcript1435 St. Andrew's St,
April 1909

Dear Doc-
By the above you see we are again in
our old haunt. We are staying with Sallie McEnery
- who is very sweet and kind to us. Arthermise
got tired of having us & took the excuse that
David's wife was coming to see her from El Paso
to ask us to go as she needed our room - Sallie
had asked me to come to see her and so we took
advantage of her offer and are here. There is not
much news in regard to the land except that the
judgements are found to be nothing much to be
feared. They lapse of themselves in Dec next
and Mr Lemle thinks that as no record has been
made of them they are not to be feared. There
has been some talk of negotiation about [ceding?]
the lands for a cash amount reserving a half or
third interest in the profits; but so far nothing
has been concluded and I think the plan is off.
Mr Lemle went yesterday to consult [H?].B. [Sr?]
but what other plan they may have adopted I don't
yet know. Of your 2,000 odd acres there are left
to your name 618 acres in all - some of this land
has not been approved and it remains to be seen
whether we can get it done. The most valuable part
is that which runs along the Basin to West End. It
has been drained a beautiful shell [road?] made -
the land divided into lots and streets and taken
possession of under these improvements by the N.O.
[New Orleans?] Land Company. Of course this means
litigation to prove our title. The [burying?] up of
the old half - burnt Le Breton grant upon which
the Canal Bank [runs?] its [suit?] leaves people in
fear that [aurcher] old grant might come in here to
deprive us of the patents. This is about all that
has been done so far as I know about anything.
Since my last letter to you of the tumours I have
beem living in dread - that dread was lifted by your
letter and prescription which I took to Dr Matas
day before yesterday. Now all the anxiety and dread
are back again - for he advises an operation. I enclose
you a letter from him on the subject. He says that he
is not so sure of the tumours being strictly fibroid now.
I wish it did noy take so long for a letter to come
back and I would wait what you say, but if I wait and
have to be operated in the hot weather will be upon us
and I must return home before I have exhausted my
welcome here and at [Jane's?] where I expect to go.
God knows what I am enduring of terror and anxiety and
worry - the [money?] consideration alone for my stay at
Tours infirmary and the special nurses will take up nearly
all the money I counted upon for my return - and
you know Mr Mc Clatchie of the Belfast bank must be
paid in May, which is the time limit for the money he
lent me to come over here - Will you see about it? He
acted so nicely by me that I think us honour bound
he should not be bothered by the payment. Dr Matas says
that the pro rata of deaths from operations of this sort
has been diminished from 60% to a small amount - but
nevertheless there is the chance and I feel somehow as
if it were against me and I am in terror.
Goodbye I thank you for trying to help me with that
prescription but Dr Matas says that the growths
being extra uterine would not be helped by it -
God help me if I should die what is to become of
Arthe.

Yours,

Nato.