| Title: | Jane White, Goderich to Eleanor Wallace, Newtownards. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3309 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | White, Jane/44 |
| Year | 1860 |
| Sender | White, Jane |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Protestant (Presbyterian?) |
| Origin | Goderich, Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Newtownards, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Wallace, Eleanor |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | D 1195/3/25: Presented by J. W. Russell & Co., Solicitors, 4 High Street, Newtownards, County Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9403057 |
| Date | 01/01/1860 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 09:03:1994. |
| Word Count | 458 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | To: [Eleanor Wallace?] [Newtownards?] [County Down?] [Ireland?] From: [Jane White?] [Goderich?] [Ontario?] [Canada?] [circa 1860?] [first part of letter is missing] to the conclusion of being cautious, he is certainly a very clever man he has an income of over three hundred [per annum?], there seems to be great many Unitarians in our congregation, the Episcopal church in the States seems tinged with this doctrine, they omit the creed of Athanasias [Athanasius?] in their prayer books, I admire the service of the church more than anything of the kind next to the Scriptures and do not put so much dependence in preaching on that account, I do not think religion confined to any [sort?] of Christians but that whoever believes truly in Christ will be saved. The Methodists are making great progress here, I rather like their doctrine, but I think they are a troublesome people to belong to a great deal of hypocrisy among them, the Miss Del--rs [Dellors?] I am acquainted with belong to them, their father is as pleased as a [dog?] with two pockets that he has been made a member of the town council this time, by the time he puts in a year and knows the trouble and difficulties of it, he will not be so anxious another year, the Mayor for the this (sic) year will likely be Dr [Doctor?] McDougale the last one, the one of last year I mean, it seems queer he is a Papist and a Jesuit, but being a steady, quiet and rather clever person, he is liked by the council, Mr James Watson is in a tremendous flurry to be made Mayor, but being of a haughty, overbearing turn of mind he never gets a sufficient number of votes, he is a laughing stock about once every year, he is so anxious to be highly honoured My father could be Mayor any or every year if he chose easily, but he never accepts it, the Doctor seems tired of it already, it is troublesome, one Member of the council last year wanted to get a sewer made to drain his own private property [that?] would have cost £1000 and the town of course would have been taxed to by for this, I hope the majority of the Councillors will be wiser this year again than to vote with him, it would cause a scarcity of water and all the wells would about town would (sic) be nearly dry. The English Company who purchased the Railway concern are said to have bought the harbour area here for 17 thousand pounds are going to expend 70 thousand more on repairing it. I suppose it is time. You asked me about my acquaintances, I have not many intimate ones, there is Miss Parke and her three cousins the Misses Williams, one of them is married up at [Pennetangor?] [remainder of letter is missing] |
