| Title: | Alex. Wilson, New York to Mrs J. H. Denham, Antrim. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3370 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Wilson, Alexander/63 |
| Year | 1898 |
| Sender | Wilson, Alexander |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | NYC, USA |
| Destination | Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Denham, J.H. |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | D 1921/3/9: Presented by A. Fetridge Esq., Hardware Merchant, Church Street, Ballymena, County Antrim. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9311034 |
| Date | 01/11/1898 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C McK., 03:11:199 |
| Word Count | 502 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | 1st November 1898 Brooklyn. My dear Sister, I received your letter on Saturday last with the very sad news it contains, it has just made us feel as bad as yourself, to think that after all you and John have done for that young man Jack, he should be the cause of your complete ruin you may say, it was all I could do to keep from having a good cry, when I read your letter, after all the toil and trouble and broken health you have endured trying to keep up the business and keeping Jack like a gentleman to think he would through his carelessness and laziness and bad habits, be the cause of your loosing [losing?] everything and having to take the protection of the Court which was about all you could do, I do not see how he can stay around the place and look you straight in the face, if it was me I would go off and never come back until I could repay you every penny I was the cause of your loosing [losing?]. Indeed if it was you I would tell him to get out and make go and put a stranger in that you depend on as you will never be able to trust him again no matter what he says or promises. I only wish I was near you to do something to try and help you out of your trouble. I hope and pray that the auditors were in a better frame of mind yesterday and had a little money for the widow, and accepted your offer of 12/6 as I think it is fair for any one placed the way you are to offer them so much, but generally one or two of these people are very hard on any one that owes them anything when they can, and I do hope you will get everything settled as near satisfactory to yourself as possible, and that you will still have enough left, for a rainy day. #PAGE 2 Now dear sister do you not think it would be well to dispose of the whole business if you can do so, without loosing [losing?] any money, and getting as much cash out of it as possible, as the constant wear and tear on your health is wearing you completely out I am sure, without a man there to look after every thing [everything?] is done properly and on time, it must be very hard on you to do all this yourself of course I would not think of selling out at a loss, who is this Mr. Mehaffey that you speak of I don't think I ever heard of him before. Write and let me know how you made out yesterday at Belfast as we will all be very anxious to know how things are going. We all send our love and sympathy to you in your trouble and hope it is over by now With love from your loving Brother Alex. Wilson In haste. |
