| Title: | Judith Warren, Indian Island, to "Dear Father" |
|---|---|
| ID | 3185 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Warren, Judith/37 |
| Year | 1848 |
| Sender | Warren, Judith |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | house help |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | Indian Island, N. Brunswick, Canada |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | daughter-father |
| Source | British Parliamentary Papers, 1849, X1, (122), pp 129-130 |
| Archive | The Main Library, The Queen's University of Belfast |
| Doc. No. | 9804818 |
| Date | 02/02/1848 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 30:04:98. |
| Word Count | 402 |
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| Transcript | Appendix to Minutes of Evidence Before Select Committee Appendix X Dear Father Indian Island Feb. 2th [2nd?] 1848 I received your truley [truly?] welcome letter a month after it was wrote [written?] and was pleased to hear that you were all well in the first place I will tell you what kept me in St Johns I was a week sick and after that I was trying to get employment I was in two houses but neither of them pleased me being both catholick [Catholic?] houses, you said in your letter you wished me to go to New York but it is very sickley [sickly?] there now the hospitels [hospitals?] poor houses and every place is full and it is a very healthey [healthy?] place where I am and a decent religeous [religious?] family I do not like to leave them It would take five dollars for my passage there and I had rather stay and send you home what money I can when you write again send me word what way I shall send it as there is no bank hear [here?] for me to get a check. I was very sorry to hear that you lost the mare lett [let?] me know in your next if you have got another and if you had any seed potatos provision is not as cheap heare [here?] as it is with you but still the people gets [get?] along very well. I do not know anything of Mary Hart since I left her at the Quarinteen [quarantine?] Island she was there doing well when I left St Johns as for the others I do not know any thing about them since we parted dont forget to lett [let?] me know If the public works are going on as they were last year or if there is anything doing I never enjoyed better health in my life then [than?] I do now thank God. lett [let?] me know If you have any seed corn or wheat and if Thomas Shaw died I was very sorry Indeed for poor Jane of the hill and her three Children now Dear Father I have nothing more to say but give my love to my sisters and brother and except [accept?] a large share for youreself [yourself?] and may the lord of goodness and mercy bless and comfort you all is the sincere prayer of your affectionate Child. JUDITH WARREN. When you write again do not pay the postage I will pay it myself. |
