| Title: | T. T. Wright, New York, to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3424 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Wright, Thomas T/25 |
| Year | 1863 |
| Sender | Wright, Thomas T. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | businessman |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Campbell Allen, William J. |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | business, friends |
| Source | D 1558/1/1/250: Papers of William John Campbell Allen Deposited by F. D. Campbell Allen. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9801324 |
| Date | 14/01/1863 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 12:01:98. |
| Word Count | 478 |
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| Transcript | New York 14 Jany 1863 Dear Sir I have just arrived From Augusta and thinking you would like to hear from our mutual and Dear friend Mr Robert Campbell I take the liberty of dropping you a line. I mailed several letters to you last season from Mr Campbell which I hope you have recd [received?] They went out on Blockade Runners from Charleston. Mr Campbell is quite well and also his worthy Lady. He spends his summer in Clarkesville and his winters in Augusta. He has Invested your Bank Divds [Dividends?] I think in Cotton. Mr. Bryson purchased it at reasonable rates. I think Cotton The best species of property one can hold In the South at present if well stored and Augusta I think one of the best points in the South to hold cotton. You must not feel uneasy about its being burned I hold some cotton there also. I am not in the least uneasy about it. Augusta Is now and will be I think remote from all active Military operations. There is at present about four hundred thousand Bales of Cotton In and about Augusta. The Citizens are interested in most of it and they will protect it from the Torch of either party whether Federal or Confe [Confederate?] There is no disposition on the part of the Citizens to Burn their own Property In the event of Augusta falling. Your friends the Bones are all well Mr John Bones looks and lives as well as ever. You no doubt hear all manner of stories relative to starvation In the South. Such is not the case there is plenty of food In the South. The Corn crop last year was very abundant. The people at home do not suffer In the least for food. The army may fare differently. I cannot say how they fare. The suffering is confined I think to those portions of country overrun by the Federalists. Your Friend (My Wife's Mother) Mrs Samuel Clark died In May last. She was a warm friend of yours a few days before her death She showed me a Book You presented to her several years since. I have heard her speak so often of you That I feel I know you well. She was one of the purest and most tender hearted beings I ever knew and as those of this and other lands who have enjoyed her friendship and Munificent hospitality will testify. If you have letters or wish to write Write to [Wm?] [William?] Campbell. I will be most happy To send them for you anytime address Enclosed to Mr. Case of Lees & Waller No. 65 Broad Street New York. Do not mention anything of a political nature In your letters. Yours very Resp [Respectfully?] Thomas T. Wright W. J. Allen, Esq Belfast You must pardon my writing you with a Pencil the mail is about closing and I have only a pencil at my command |
