| Title: | Hamilton Young, New York, To "Dear Matty", Ireland. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3488 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Young, Hamilton/83 |
| Year | 1789 |
| Sender | Young, Hamilton |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | goods trader |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Young, Martha |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | D.729/22: Presented by Miss Duffin, Mount Pleasant, Stranmillis, Belfast. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9605322 |
| Date | 21/02/1789 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 28:05:96. |
| Word Count | 564 |
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| Transcript | Dear Matty New York 21 Feb 1789 Since writing you the foregoing The 12 & 13 Jan: I rec.d [received?] your favors of the 28 Octr & 25 Novr: & hope Molly is purfectly [perfectly?] recoverd [recovered?] we are busey [busy?] with the Books I hope to be able to [Indgr?] in all next Month when I can leave this The next pacqt [pacquet?] which is to sail on Thursday week goes by the way of Halifax & they will continue so untill [until?] Novr [November?] & those coming out from March the same, I flatter myself you have the Means of Living comfortably, & you ought not to fret about the delays that has been put upon me, [&?] [do?] [live?] Cheerfully with your friends you'l [you will?] make me happy in doing so, I did not think you was so great a [proficient?] in the Law, Davy Park was more fortunate than I coud [could?] have expected from the little he did, am pleased you have had such good Crops but your order about the Aples [Apples?] came too late youl [you?] [will?] find them very good, I mentiond [mentioned?] what you said to the Ladies, I shall be able to tell you more wrng [writing?] next relative Templeton & Stewart, I found the Girl in the House of one Mr Mooney an Appolstrer [upholsterer?] in [Nassau?] Street & has given her my best advice as he wont [will not?] goe [go?] home, I shall call & ask, how she beheaves [behaves?]. McCormick is Just got out of Goal [Gaol?] where he has been some time, Andrew [Brysons?] Land not in leting [letting?] the Farm at such a [rack?] rent deserves no favor, you may depend he receives the surplus rent, therefore oblige him to pay ours, they used to take the names of the People in the Post office to whom foreign letters were directed in my time, I am doing all I possibly can in the Settlement of Affairs here. The King seems to be in a Melancholy Situation tho [though?] his Physicians seem to have afavorable opinion of his disorder. I have a very high opinion of the present Minister & shoud [should?] be sorry Mr Fox or any other shoud [should?] come in. Shoud [should?] those failures you mention arise from bad Management, or what, they seem to increase rather than diminish, All People here wait with much Anxiety for the Meeting of the New Congress, as they expect great things from the Constitution they have framed, There is much Energy, Subordination & Economy wanted to make the People Happy they certainly have the Means if properly Applyd [applied?], they must have the begining [beginning?] of the next Month, one of my friends the Miss [Althorps?] is Married to a Member of Congress, the third Daughter, its rather [June?] & Jany [January?] she's 22 & hes 60, I hope notwithstanding it will prove agreeable as She is a good Young Lady, I am with Love to you & Sisters & Compl. [complements?] to all our friends Dr [Dear?] My [Matty?] [&c?] Pacquet [Packet?] &c &c Pacquet [Packet?] Belfast H Y [Hamilton?] [Young?] 4th March, I have seen Mrs Mooney who sais [says?] the Girl has learned to do very little, & that she will Acquaint me if she behaves wrong &c Pacquet [Packet?] 18 March &c Capt [Blane?] via [Newry?] of no [arrival?] |
