| Title: | William Stavely Pennsylvania to James Stavely Belfast |
|---|---|
| ID | 3051 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Stavely, William J/8 |
| Year | 1865 |
| Sender | Stavely, William J. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | businessman |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Natrona, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Stavely, James |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers-in-law |
| Source | D1835/27A/2/8: Presented by Greer Hamilton & Gailey Ballymoney. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9409347 |
| Date | 05/04/1865 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT/JW, 26:09:1994. |
| Word Count | 671 |
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| Transcript | Natrona April 5th 1865 Dear James On my return yesterday morning from a trip to Detroit, Port Huron [--?] I received yours of 18th Ult. which had arrived on the 3d Inst. Covering Draft on New York for eighteen pounds sterling in my favour. Allow me again, to express my gratitude for your attention. I was truly sorry a few weeks since, on seeing in an Irish paper a notice of the death of my much respected Aunt Anne Adams, she laboured under much privation on Earth, yet with all was highly gifted. She has now got over all her troubles here, and have no doubt is now rejoicing in the company of the redeemed in the Mansions of everlasting glory. I think my aunt did the best she could have done with her property under existing circumstances, Her distribution is a literal fulfilment of that passage which says, Unto him that hath shall be given to him that has not, shall be taken that he hath. will you let me know how Mr. Bones, and his family have been these years also what became of the family of the late Joseph Hind. are they all dead? A week last monday, I received a telegram, from Detroit, from Mr Davis the man with whom we boarded after Mr Stavely's death imploring me for Gods Sake to go there and use my influence with Mark Flanaghan, Provost Marshall to relieve him of the draft. I left that night and was there this day week. Davis got several certificates which with my statement to Flanaghan, Davis was an Alien got him free. This was a fulfilling of my fathers counsel to me "Thine own friend thy Fathers friend for suffer not" I went to Port Huron was twice at Margarets grave, the children had wished to have her remains brought to Allegheney this could have been done, but I did not deem it advisable to disturb them, I am only a stranger and an Alien here, the man is wiser than I can say, where me or mine will be buried, consequently I let them remain where they are. I got a headstone of Vermont Marble A neat paling painted white, and the grave otherwise renovated I have also arranged with the Sexton to take care of it, & I would send a small sum annually for his trouble. Altogether it is now fitted out as Margaret would have expected from me. I am sorry to say our old friend John N Moore is in a very precarious state of health, one being gone the other being nearly so, Mrs Moore, told me the Doctor had said Mr Moore might live ten years _ but liable to die very suddenly _ Mr Moore attends to his business, & to the uninitiated looks well he has a place of his own, & his life is insured for $1500, his salary is very small, only fifty dollars more than it was , six years since. I think some of Mr Moores wealthier brothers should do something for him A few pounds to a man in the back woods is a fortune. In Cleveland I met with a man named Craig - He says his Great grandfather was mine, also that his Grandmother was Peg (Margt) [Margaret?] Stavely, & that my Gfather [Grandfather?] give him a crooked sixpence for repeating the entire of the 119 Psalm at present I can not extend this I also met with a Mr Beattie an engraver from Belfast, He is a gentleman and cherished my Fathers memory. Mr Beattie is to send me a plate with my name, & I am to send him a copy of my Fathers Obituary - I also met P McKee a cousin of the Moores. Goods are down, not making money at present, expect to be in Philadelphia week after next. I send you a paper from Detroit My family are well, in haste Yours truly Wm [William?] Stavely P.S. I enclose receipt for œ18,0,0 I have put $1000 in Oil Lands |
