| Title: | Jane Taylor, Philadephia to Robert Taylor, Shanrod |
|---|---|
| ID | 3089 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Taylor, Jane/3 |
| Year | 1841 |
| Sender | Taylor, Jane |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Covenanter |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Shanrod, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Taylor, Robert |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brother and sister in law |
| Source | The Taylors of Shanrod Co Down, Letters from America. Copyright retained by Heather Taylor, 46, Coolshinney Rd., Magherafelt, BT45 5JF, rookvale@hotmail.co.uk |
| Archive | The Centre For Migration Studies |
| Doc. No. | 701101 |
| Date | 17/02/1841 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM, 30/01/2007 |
| Word Count | 501 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | [Another letter from Jane, this time dictated to her youngest son. Again some punctuation has been added.] For Mr Robert Taylor Of Shanrod Ireland In the care of Mr Stuart [Page 1] Mr Robert Taylor Philadelphia February 17th 1841 Dear brother, I take this favourable opportunity of writing to you these few lines to let you now [know?] the children are all well. I have not very good health myself. I have been ailing for This two years but I am still abel [able?] to go out about yet. I have not had a letter from you this long time and I am anxious to hear from you i had a letter from sister Sarah a short time ago and was glad to hear that you are all well. John is free and is working with the man he served his time with. Robert is aprentice [apprentice?] yet. Elizabeth & Nathaniel goes to school. If you have heard from John Taylor you will please to let us know where he is and what he is doing. The winter has been very hard. Their [there?] has been nothing Adoing. Our banks are in a deplorable condition. They have stoped [stopped?] paying Silver for their notes. And it is [suposed?] they will be 3 years before they will be abel [able?] to redeem them again and it makes all kinds of business very dull. Flower [flour?] is from 5 to 6 dollars a barrell [barrel?] Potatoes is from 50 to 60 cts a bushel pork is from 8 to 12 cts a pound. Dear Robert we are in a pinched Circumstance at present on account of keeping Nathaniel and Elizabeth at school until they are abel [able?] to do for Themselves. [Page 2] I am not abel [able?] to earn anything myself and we are entirely Depending on the little John earns to suport [support?] us until Robert is free i have been thinking this some time of asking you if it would be Convenient for you to send us a little of the money that remained of our part of the place. when we came away I know that Nathaniel wrote to you that he did not want it nor neither we would if he had lived. but you know that we where [were?] left very desolate and helpless at the time he died. I always left it to your own conscience and do now wether [whether?] you would think of us or not. We had this letter wrote at the time it was dated when we heard of this gentleman Mr stuart [Stewart?] who is going home. he is a merchant of the city and we Send these few lines by hand with him. Dear brother you will please pay over the balance to Mr Stuart [Stewart?] who will send it on to his brother a merchant in this city and we will get it. We say no more at present but Remember me to mother and sister Nancy and all the children. Nathaniel is the youngest and is the writer of this letter he is 11 years past in February. The children all joins in sending their love to you. No more at present but remains your Affectionate sister Jane Taylor |
