| Title: | Eliza Anne Thompson, Newry to Davison McDowell, S. Carolina. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3111 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Thompson, Eliza Anne/142 |
| Year | 1816 |
| Sender | Thompson, Eliza Anne |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Newry, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Georgetown, S.Carolina, USA |
| Recipient | McDowell, Davison |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | T 2305/16: Presented by South Carolina Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9404145 |
| Date | 10/10/1816 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 20:04:1994. |
| Word Count | 554 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | To Approv'd on the 28th Feb 1817 Davison McDowell Esq. George Town [Georgetown?] South Carolina America My Dr [Dear?] Davis Once more I take up my pen to communicate melancholy news, it is my unhappy fate, to have nothing pleasing to write. On the 24th Sept. my Dr [Dear?] John breathed his last - my beloved child has been in a Decline, five months past, and at last, slept [slipped?] away without a sigh - he is early gone to reap the fruits of an innocent well spent life - I have one consolation [amidst?] my heartrending sufferings, that his misconduct never call'd a blush to the cheek of his [disconsolate?] Mother - I leave you to judge my Dr [Dear?] Davis, how I stood those scenus [scenes?] - after my recent loss, in the death of my much lamented William - nothing but Divine aid [?] have supported me under such trials, and to that Divine will [?] with resignation my Dr [Dear?] Boy never appear'd the least impatient, he could not let me out of his sight, for the Past six weeks night or Day, and as few moments before his decease he prayed that the Almighty would support his dear Mother, and relieve him, his Father and Robt. [Robert?] were an hundred and thirty miles distant at this time in County Rosscommon [Roscommon?], and totally out of their power to see him either living or dead - In your last letter to which I wrote a reply the next week you say those the Lord loveth he chastneth, if so, I trust I am a belov`d child, perhaps nothing less would have brought one to a proper sense of my duty if I had not errd [erred?] greatly, my punishment would not have been so severe, I lov'd my Children to excess, and in their loss I am to be chastis'd - but, shall I mourn the lot of Angels, shall I lament that a weight of glory is fallen on thou I lov'd No, I should rather rejoice in the prospect of rejoining them and being a p[?]taker - You see my friend I am endeavouring to draw some comfort from my own reflections - I see nothing around me to give the smallest pleasure - which we are deprived of comfort in this world, we must look up to a better - It is very selfish to detain you so long, from pleasure & happiness, with my grief, but as it is a relief to the troubled mind - I trust you will excuse me - this a sorrowful letter for a young person to read - therefore will finish it, by requesting a few lines to know how my dear relatives in Charleston are - I think they might write me a few lines even in your letter as it is likely it is all of them will ever have the happiness [of?] seeing, my Dr [Dear?] Davis may they, or you, never feel such sorrow as is the [?] of your Sincerit [sincerest?] very Eliza, Robert and [?] Affectionate Friend And Children desire [you?] Eliza, Anne Thompson Oct. 10th 1816 P.S. I had almost forgot to let you know [a?] [ource?] trouble - as [ti?] [aying?] seldom sorrow [com?] [one?] the day before yesterday Robt. [Robert?] and his Father were sent home, without [being?] paid for what they [?] even - there was no [re?] sign'd |
