| Title: | Robert Love, Banbridge to William Fisher, Petersburg, Va. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3635 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | love, robert (nephew)/203 |
| Year | 1840 |
| Sender | Love, Robert |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | runs a grocery, glass and earthenware business |
| Sender Religion | Protestant? |
| Origin | Banbridge, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Petersburg, Virginia, USA |
| Recipient | Fisher, William |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | T 2393/2/45: Presented by Messrs Heron & Dobson, Solicitors, Banbridge, Co. Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9405173 |
| Date | 01/03/1840 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 09:05:1994. |
| Word Count | 1149 |
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| Transcript | I received your kind [torn] January on the 10th Feby and [I assure?] you [torn] gave me no small pleasure to hear of your welfare and that there still remains some out of my former acquaintance in Petersburg who are still alive and who have not altogether forgotten me. It often gives me a pleasing not however without a shade of melancholy satisfaction to look back and bring former scenes and friends to my recollection often have you made a prominent figure in the [ideal?] [?] scene and I need not tell you that my pleasure and gratification was great when I saw your name attached to the letter. I thank you for writing to me and although I lament in George Mahoods descease [decease?] the loss of one of my oldest and kindest friends still I did not feel surprized [surprised?] with the account _ his long silence made me think that he was dead long before this. the last letter I received from him was in 1828 immediatly [immediately?] after having joined the Va [Virginian?] Conference - and being appointed to a circuit and knowing how often M. P. change their situations I never wrote back - not knowing where to direct to. I need not mention to you the friendship that existed between Geo [George?] and myself. in a strange Country - and without friends to him I looked to as an elder Brother for advice and direction in every case and always found him [torn] friend. thank God that his latter end was such as I trust in his mercy also that ours may be. Please to remember me in an affectionate manner to Mrs Mahood & to Miss M [Mahood?] (if I remember right I think she should be a namesake of mine and of course she should think of her absent Godfather) and to all the family - let Mrs M [Mahood?] know that George`s father & mother has been dead this many years and the family scattered the oldest son James who resides a few miles from this I immediatly [immediately?] informed of Geos [George's?] death and read him that part of your letter which related to it - he said he would soon write. he has lately sold a place he had here and is now in the way of purchasing another Alexr [Alexander?] is in England selling Linen Cloth - he promised to inform him immediatly [immediately?] and desire him to write to Mrs M [Mahood?] - if she would wish to write to them let it be directed to my care here and I will see it forwarded. let Mrs Mahood know that it would give me great satisfaction to hear from her now and then and to know how her and her family are doing. I am sorry on your account my Dr [Dear?] William that I was not asked to the Queens Wedding - as I woud [would?] in that case have tried to give you such a description of Royalty with the attendant Princes dukes Peers & Peeresses - Heralds & Pursuivants men at arms [?] - trumpets blowing cannons roaring - Men in Breeches shouting and women in peticoats [petticoats?] all screaming God save the happy pair and all the other etcetras [et ceteras?] as would have [astonished?] all the young republicans in Va [Virginia?] however having a friend at Court I [torn] wrote to Windsor to endeavour [?] you [torn] peice [piece?] of the Brides Cake and with a great deal of trouble and no little interest has this been procured which I send to you - although but small it will be a novelty - and as such I suppose will be prized the friend alluded to could not get this untill [until?] he applied to the Lord Steward of her Majesty`s household Give my kind love to all my inquiring friends to Susan, Betsey Andrews Mrs Fisher your mother - you had 2 sisters when I was in Pg [Petersburg?] what is become of them you do not mention them. Perhaps Mrs Orr would recollect me if so present my respects to her - who is R [-?] Hannon I cannot now recollect. I heard of W Riddle`s death immediatly [immediately?] after it happened. I am glad to hear of the great improvements you have going forward in Pg [Petersburg?] it would be my delight to revisit it again. but of that there is little prospect at present however who can tell what may happen. Tell me in your next (for now that the ice is Broken you must write to me regulary - and if you think it worth while I will keep up a regular correspondence with you it would much gratify me if you would engage to do so) what is become of Mr Tufts Miss A. B. Williams, G. P. [Dessosway?], there are many others whom I distinctly remember but whose names I forget whom I would like to hear of _ Now I will tell you something of myself I set up Business for myself in 1825 in 1835 I married [torn] [torn] Prudence 6 mo. [months?] [?] I [torn] would be rather inconvenient notwithstanding all the improved ways of travelling there are at present to bring all these over on a jaunt of Pleasure _ to Va [Virginia?] so that untill [until?] I see a more pressing occasion than there is at present you must be content with hearing about them and [mo?] we all enjoy good health thank Providence my Father Mother and Sisters are all well - I am now in my Grandfathers place for whom I was called Arthur and carry on the Grocery business together with Glass & Earthenware and cannot complain of my share of trade. I am a temperate man these several years is that Society making much progress with you. You seem to think that my Principles are "high long" you never were more mistaken, what led you to think so was I suppose a feeling of kindness for my own Country when I was abroad, and in endeavouring to justify all the actions of its rulers before foreigners - this was still my plan but in heart I was still a liberal as much so as any republican of you all If I had room and time I might endeavour to give you some idea of the state of parties in this country every man at all acquainted with politics is either a high tory or a liberal - but I shall spare you the [?] tell me next would papers go free to you and if so I will send you one now and then - when you will perceive the exited state we are in - but we have no such fears as to the result as you imagine we expect all to go on well |
