| Title: | Eliza A. Thompson, Co. Down to Davison McDowell, S Ca., USA |
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| ID | 3110 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Thompson, Eliza Anne/69 |
| Year | 1825 |
| Sender | Thompson, Eliza Anne |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Georgetown, S.Carolina, USA |
| Recipient | McDowell, Davison |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | T2305/29: Presented by South Carolina Library, University of S. Carolina, Columbia, S. Carolina, U.S.A. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9804827 |
| Date | 21/08/1825 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 30:04:98. |
| Word Count | 632 |
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| Transcript | To Davison McDowell Esqr Asylum Bee. Dee George Town South Carolina America My Dr. [Dear?] Davis- This is the second letter I have written to you, since I had the pleasure of a line-I wrote immediately on receipt of your letter mentioning Mrs M Dowells Death-I felt for you greatly on that occasion-as I know from fatal experience what it was to part with a dear relative on whose existance [existence?] in a great measure our happiness depends however the Almighty supports us under ev'ry [every?] affliction if we rely on him, who never yet deserted the distressed- few I hope has experienced such scenes of trouble as I have-and I have tryd. [tried?] to bear them with Christian patience altho [although?] my paths through this World has been mostly str[?]d with [?] [?] [?] my [last?] letter that Jack Thompson and Family had mov'd [moved?] to Glassdrummond to live just as they were fixed in their new House my Sister dies in an Apoplectic fit-greatly lamented by her Family and acquaintence-Hugh Jameson is also dead he lived in [Mourne?] the last two years, and was Clerk to Lord Kilmorey-the Be[nn?]s and a Man who calls himself, Jameson, are at law about this property as he died without a Will- Isaac M. Nielly [Neilly?] and Mary Walmsley are married I mention'd [mentioned?] Charles Lewis and Nancy McNeight- Jane M[armion?] and Lieut. Stephenson Margaret M [Marmion?] married to a Mr Glover in my last two letters- I will now quit this uninteresting news to say something of my own Family my Dr [Dear?] Friend I know will be glad to hear that Robert has got a situation as Chief Officer in the Water Guards which tho [although?] no great emolument he was glad to accept, as it supports himself gentieley [genteely?] Stephen and James are grown up; and industrious fine fellows but Fatherless, and of course friendless Ross & [Annie?] are at school and are very promising, they are the handsomest of this Family Eliza is well and desires her love of her Cousins she is not yet tired of jer [?] name-tho [although?] to my knowledge she might have changed it three times, she desire [desires?] also to be [re?]membered to you - I have not seen Ro[?] these eighteen months he is now in County Wexford this is a long absence for a Mother of my feelings-the Children lookd [looked?] up to him as a Father, his word was a law unto them-when he had to leave them to themselves-their parting was dreadful tho [although?] Station'd [Stationed?] in the same Kingdom-we have an addition to our Family since I wrote last, Miss Charlotte Moore of the [Park?] lives with us-and is a great acquisition as she is a pleasing sensible girl-there are three Miss Moores still unmarried- I will let this letter go, with troubling my dear Friend with my grievances as usual, and trust I shall have the happiness ere I leave this Vale of Tears, of seeing you again, in your native land-may I ever expect that pleasure, if you were here, I think some of the Family you would have difficulty in keeping behind you-James Stephen are constantly talking of America how ardently I wished to see you and my dear relatives, I hope my sister still lives to be a comfort to you and my Dr. [Dear?] Nieces-remember me to evry [every?] branch of the Family in the most affectionate [?] and am my Dr [Dear?] Davis with love to you in Which this Family joins your ever Affectionate Friend Eliza Anne Thompson August 21st-1825 I send this letter by a Man who sails for America tomorrow and hope he will take care to post it I trust it will remind you there is still such a person alive, as by your very silence you suppose me dead I am certain Eliza A. Thompson 4 Augt [August?] 1825 Answerd [Answered?] June 1826 |
