| Title: | Robert Love, Petersburg, Va to John Love, Banbridge. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3634 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | love, robert (nephew)/99 |
| Year | 1820 |
| Sender | Love, Robert |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | shop assistant at hardware store |
| Sender Religion | Protestant? |
| Origin | Petersburg, Virginia, USA |
| Destination | Banbridge, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | son-parents |
| Source | T 2393/2/10: Presented by Messrs Heron & Dobson, Solicitors, Banbridge, Co. Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9403201 |
| Date | 18/02/1820 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:03:1994. |
| Word Count | 676 |
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| Transcript | Petersburg Va [Virginia?] 18th Feby 1820 My Dr [Dear?] Parents I recd [received?] my Fathers letter which he sent by Liverpool only this morning and am extremely well pleased with its contents I recd [received?] the letter you sent by Mr Searight on I believe the 23rd Sept last he has set up some kind of Store (I dont know exactly what kind) at a place called Bloody run near Bedford Va. [Virginia?] Old Mrs Quins Death was a thing to be looked for I am afraid I will not be gratified wit [with?] seeing the few lines you mentioned Mr Hopkins was to get put in the New Orleans paper as we do not recieve [receive?] any from that City. in your next after receiving this I would be glad you would mention his direction If you can find it from any of his friends I am glad to hear your visitors was pleased with your place I hope you will soon be able to raise the front of the house as Lord D. wishes as you are pleased when I write often you may depend I will embrace every opportunity but you must also do the same every vessel coming from Belfast or Newry to the States it is so long coming to hand by L.Pool [Liverpool?] however when there is no opportunity by the other, use that as for provisions, Ive had plenty, and to spare. My mother is too kind in promising to send me the Shirts; I hope yet to have it in my power to thk [thank?] her in person for her kindness to me I see you have been particular this letter not even forgetting [forgeting?] to mention my birds, but apropos of birds I have now 14 or 15 beautiful Canaries in my room, & which I have the care of belonging to Mr Peters, this you may be sure is no toil to me. I recd [received?] about a fortnight ago a letter you wrote in Belfast; If I had not recd [received?] this one I was going to complain of your writing such very laconic letters, but there was an excuse in Belfast. I recieved [received?] a letter from G [George?] Mahood about a fortnight ago from Baltimore, he was well and had not been any ways ill effected [ill-affected?] with the Plague that was in that City last Season. We have had a great many fires in this Country this season, some of them very destructive particulary Savannah#, in Georgia, & Wilmington#, in North Carolina, both of which Cities were nearly entirely destroyed by this destructive Element - we have had also little touches of it ourselves here, this winter there has been five or 6 fires, one destroyed about 20 houses and if wind had not fell would have been more destructive - in all there was I suppose about $30.000 worth of property lost. this afternoon no less th[torn] was a house burnt down and it was [torn] fortunate there was a very great rain this [morning?], & a large hole near the house was filled only this was so convenient, a whole side of a street would have been in great danger [torn] Street here you will see the remains of [torn] that has been burnt not yet rebuilt; to [torn] stranger it appears very dismal. Business is at present at a low ebb Failures every day The hardware is the best business I believe here of any in the commercial line we contrive midling [middling?] well to hold up our prices selling very little without having 40 or 50 pcent [per cent?] profit Give my best respects to my G.father [Grandfather?] in Tandragee My G.mother [Grandmother?] Mr & Mrs Sloan Mr & Mrs Lavery my mother and all the children & Prudence & Mary I believe I will write to John I remain Dr [Dear?] Father your affectionate Son Robert Love # these two places there is reckoned 10 or 12 millions [faded] property lost Remember me kindly to all neighbours & [companions?] and all enquiring friends [addressed to:] Mr John Love Banbridge County of Down Ireland |
