| Title: | Robert Love, Petersburg, Va. to John Love, Banbridge. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3632 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | love, robert (nephew)/84 |
| Year | 1819 |
| Sender | Love, Robert |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Protestant? |
| Origin | Petersburg, Virginia, USA |
| Destination | Banbridge, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | son-parents |
| Source | T 2393/2/4B: Presented by Messrs Heron & Dobson, Solicitors, Banbridge, Co. Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9006248 |
| Date | 01/01/1819 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 07:02:1994 |
| Word Count | 672 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Petersburg Virginia 1819 I promised before I left you that I would give you a full account of every thing [everything?] that happened during the Voyage and when I got here I had no time the first letter as I had only been about an hour here when I wrote it I will give you now [---?] [----?] that I think will be interesting to you just as it happened On Sat 22d May I came on Board in the even[faded] [evening?] and the next morning about nine O Clock we weighed anchor and set sail with the Pilot on board and some of the Passengers coming down the River in Boats we were all mustered and them that was not going with left us a little below Carrick in the evening we got to the mouth of the Lough we were for two or three days becalmed in the Channel and knocking about one way or other we [faded] the Mull of Cantire [Kintyre?] in Scotland and several Scotch [islands?] we pass'd near the Giants Causeway and on the 26th took our Departure from Enistrihall [Inishtrahull?] Island a few days after we got out it blew a severe gale from the South [faded] 4th June we spoke the Higson of Cork from [Norfolk?] with Saml [Samuel?] Riddle on Board only 16 Days out in Lat [Latitude?] 51 [?] Long [Longitude?] 20 [?] On the 12 We were Becalmed the sea was smooth as Glass in the evening [we?] seen seen something ru-ling the Water at a great distance as it [approached?] nearer we discovered a great many porpoises sporting themselves and leaping a great height out of the Water they can Close to the Ships side and then turned and went of [off?] at a great rate in the evening a fast Breeze sprang up from the East at night the sea seemed as if on fire numerous dolphins and other fish Sporting about the Ship all night Sunday 13 This was a Beautiful Morning the Breeze had increaced [increased?] a little, there was no swell to retard our progress all our sails was set and we seemed as if to fly over the Water On the 23d We tryed for Soundings on the great Bank of Newfoundland but did not get any We spoke a Dutch ship from the Havanna [Havana?] in the Island of Cuba for Amsterdam in Long [Longitude?] 49 W [West?] Lat [Latitude?] 44 N [North?] the next day we spoke the Albion from [Charstown?] for Liverpool 21 Days out she was belonging to New York On 23rd We got soundings in 100 Fathoms there was a fine Breeze and a great fog we could hardly see the length of the Ship we had to keep a good look out for ice or for fear of running foul of the fishermen #PAGE 2 in the morning the fog cleared off and we we found ourselves amongst a fleet of French fishermen we would if it had continued surely ran foul of some of them we were now wishing for a Calm to get Wishing for a Calm to get fishing a little but as soon as we got over the Banks out of the fishing Ground we got a Calm when we did not want it July 5th Spoke the Brig from St. Johns Cape Sable Bearing W-N [West by North?] Distance 22 Leagues July 9th Spoke the Brig Navigator from Jamaica for Quebec loaded with Rum and Sugar the Rats had eat holes in their Water Casks and spilt it all they were on an allowance of 1/2 pint per day their Carpenter could not stand it and had leaped overboard a day or two before and Drowned himself we gave them 2 Casks of Water the Captain was an Irishman he made us accept of some rum from him On Saturday [17?] we got the Pilot on Board and on Sunday Morning 19th I spied land we got in to the Bay about 1 O Clock |
