| Title: | William Wylly, [Bahamas?]to My Dear Aunt |
|---|---|
| ID | 3433 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Wylly, William Jr/31 |
| Year | 1799 |
| Sender | Wylly, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | army officer, plantation owner |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | New Providence Island, Bahamas, West Indies |
| Destination | N.Ireland? |
| Recipient | |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | nephew-aunt |
| Source | D955/49a: Deposited by Martin, King French & Ingram |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 303025 |
| Date | 30/03/1799 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 21:03:03. |
| Word Count | 922 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | New Providence 30th march 1799 My Dear Aunt Your letter of the 1st of June 1797 reached me only three days ago and afforded me all the pleasure which the most affectionate hearts are capable of receiving when informed of the welfare of those who are most dear to us. - It has however been so long upon its way that we can not but be uneasy lest the misfortunes of your Country may have [interrupted?] the happiness which you were enjoying when you wrote & [---?] the horrors of a [civil?] war [Has?] [---?] [wretched?] on [account?] [of?] my [relations?] in Ireland who, [although?] not personally known to me have always [held?] that place in my affection to which as the dearest kindred of my [father?] they are [entitled?]. It would be difficult for me my dear [madam?], to convey to you the idea of the pleasure [we?] recived [received?] from the very pleasing account you have given me of your own and my Aunt Gayland 's families. The circumstances of your own I know to be such as I could wish. But about [Mr?] Gayland I have had [much?] [unco usall--?] [we?] [could?] [I?] for many years previous to the [receipt?] of your letter [hear?] any thing of them. I therefore concluded some [altercation?] taken place [in?] [their?] [[ulaber?]which might [occasion?] the failure [of?] [my?] [sisters?] [but?] [your?] [letter?] gave me the first [intimation?] of her death. Indeed [------?] of the casualties of the war I have moved close to [Nach?] [once we left [Georgia?] that except [whether?] a [few?] years past I can hardly be [considered?] [as?] [having?] [had?] any fixed home. [Even?] [from?] Colonel Wylly I could receive no information. [This?] [induced?] me at length to make inquiry through [Mr?] [Harris?] [and?] [our?] [late?] worthy [partner?] Mr [Forbes?] and I have [always?] [thanked?] myself [for?] [---?] us [Lauy?] [---?] [so?]. During a summer that I was in England [--teen?] years ago, I had the [pleasure?] of [receiving?] [more?] [letters?] [from?] Miss Gayland the same I presume who is now Mrs Fitzsimmons with whom [---?] [understand?] and affectionate [dis---?] I was quite delighted and you will oblige me by telling her I [know?] [nothing?] as [we?] would that would afford me more happiness than the [receival?] [receipt?] [of her?] correspondence which I would immediately [attempt?]if I knew her to address her. your kindness madam in gratifying me [with?] so [full?] an account of my relations in Ireland concerns me that I can not make you a more agreeable return, than by giving you more information of [----?] here. At the conclusion of the American War in which both my [Brother?] and myself joined in the Kings army and [----?] [Company?] we found ourselves stript [stripped?] almost of every thing, and reduced to Captains [---?] pay. The [---?] he [disbarred?] [then?] of our [Regiment?] to this colony. I went to England and having returned to the [Bar?] received the [news?] [Lascary? Appointment of Kings Counsel in Nova Scotia in which country I afterwards spent two or three years very unprofitably indeed. My mother went to Jamaica with a few slaves. When we had saved them the wreck of our property in Georgia [we?] afterwards spent three or four years in England and it is now some years since we all met again here, - where we have been [tolerably?] [successful?] in making new establishments - My brother looks as well as he did twenty years ago, and is surrounded by Grand Children. My sister Mrs Anderson has three. My Brother has the same number and I have already had eight & six of whom are alive. [Two?] of them are at school in Nova Scotia and I am in hopes at being able to [prevail?] upon my [mother?] to take three or four others to England its the [cousins?] of the Ned [Janner?] My Brother who is speaker of the House of Gentry has some valuable appointments . My [own?] place of Chief Cashier is worth between £900 and a thousand. a year and we have all [C----?] [Rastations?]? You [mention?] that [one?] of [yourselves?] is disposed to come abroad but do not say [at?] what [line?] of life he would wish to move. Many good [lines?] have been made here during the present war is made by [privateering?] and [at?] [---?] [----?] that we do not yet understand the of [allure?] of [Cotton?], the only [while?] [for?] which [our?] [land?] [can?] [abolish?] Nor is there any other good field for a [young?] [man?] here. [Think?] my cousin come to this part of the world, he [has?] [not?] [obliged?] [me?] [much?] [here?] by [commanding any [fencing?] [which?] it [may?] [be?] [my?] [favor?] [to?] [----?] him. Your letter came by way of Jamaica with which island we have no [Regular?] [interest?] I received at the same time some other [letters?] which had been lying there upwards of [two?] [years?] [&?] [They?] will in future direct for me, under cover to [Messrs?] Simpson & Davison [Mercht?] [Merchant?] [London?] You letters will be forwarded invariably. I have [lately?] heard from Georgia Colonel Wylly and [Mr?] Habersham and near [families?] [were?] well - My [Mother?], [Sister?] & [Brother?] our living children &c all write in [regularly?] our [now?] [affectionate?] [regards?] [may?] be presented to yourself Mr Lawrence[&?] to all our [----?] I beg you to be leave [believe?] me my dear Aunt - Ever dutiful Affct [Affectionate?] Nephew Wm [William?] Wylly Transcribed by Jim Buchanan |
