| Title: | George Mahood, Petersburg to Robert Love, Petersburg, Va. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3670 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | mahood, george/49 |
| Year | 1823 |
| Sender | Mahood, George |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Protestant (Methodist?) |
| Origin | Petersburg, Virginia, USA |
| Destination | Banbridge, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Love, Robert |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | T 2393/2/34: Presented by Messrs Heron & Dobson, Solicitors, Banbridge, Co. Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9405172 |
| Date | 20/06/1823 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 09:05:1994. |
| Word Count | 1271 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Mr R [Robert?] Love Petersburg Virginia June 20th 1823 Banbridge My dear friend You have long since, reached the Land of Your fathers: the embrace of your friends: and the full enjoyment of Irish hospitality_ and now I hope, under the paternal advice of the best of Parents: you are fully content in your situation: your knowledge of [?] and the world will, I trust be of infinite service to you. Experience has taught you, how little may be seen & how scanty and superficial all that's to be known: let me entreat you, therefore to make your fathers house your home, untill [until?] you choose to provide a home for yourself; or untill [until?] every one of your dear little sisters are provided for. You [have?] ere [before?] this, entered into the sphere of a deputy husband; or father: The obligations you owe to your affectionate mother, and loving Sisters, are great and to you they may have to look; as the [redresser?] of their grievances before many years roll round - let me therefore [press?] you to this noble, this manly resolution I am sure it is one, which heroic souls will approve. I will stand by them. I will be the redresser of their wrongs. I will see Justice done, to my invaluable Mother and my virtuous Sisters, and while I live; they shall never want a friend, to ask where`s the dog dare bark at them. You know, it would afford me unspeakable pleasure indeed, to enjoy your company: for since you have left town, I have lived as if a man had clung me here. But when I consider the consequences of encouraging you to return: I would much rather live in a convent: than to try & Rob your family of a principle member _ no - it would cost to [too?] much: such a thing however [grateful?] to me; would open afresh the wounded hearts of your parents, and be like tearing their heart strings out. What do you want? that you have not? Why you have the balm of life. The enjoyment of Friends: Friends indeed: Together with peace plenty, harmony & Love. Be thankful. Oh be thankful and contented: Jane Eliza Love, is a lively, volitile [volatile?], smart, active, little creature very delicately formed. Tho [Though?] by no means weak. She has several teeth, can speak a few words, and is full of notions, & very imitative: She has a beautiful head of hair, and has not worn a cap unless at night, for a length of time. [Bill Fisher?] made a bold stroke for a wife (at last) in proposing marriage [faded] dived for pearls and sunk in the mud: got a [faded] to her parents objections to Bill as an unhealthy looking young man [faded] miserable poor soul, you never saw in all your life; than he [?] sometime afterwards. If I had not laughed, joked & scolded him out of it: the consequences might of been serious. Since which [Betsey?] went down to [Curry?] to see friends on a visit, and got acquainted with a rawboned Virginian, of the name of Ellis. he counted [?] and in [?] [l?] after, she returned to her fathers: he came two three times, and all parties agreed: that they should be married: What is it at a Small plantation, a few Knotty headed negroes; Stock House & farming utensils wont accomplish. [faded] extraordinary Revival of Religion, here last Summer [faded] Petersburg I expect will soon be as famous for its Piety; as it was its [?] contempt of sacred things. Thirty or forty Joined the [faded] nearly 200 was added to the Methodist Church: and the papists [faded] that got Religion among the methodists; from them by [faded] as did you never feel the necessity of going into the [faded] The new Presbyterian church is built but not completely finished [Herbert ---more?] is married to Widow Couch, dont you think he was most [faded] Son of the [?]. But as remarked above a fine house, [parcel?] of [faded] heads, House and furniture complete a plantation Cash &c [?] Strong [faded] to some men, I know this much I would sooner [?] with [faded] in a dungron [dungeon?] than marry HER and live with HER. Jacob [faded] & Nat [Fema?] of the house of Harris & [Fe--?] are dead Thomas [Smith?] [faded] many others went off last Summer & Fall. Benjamin [faded] of Clinton Georgia requested me in his last to Present [his?] best Respects to you in my first letter. Joanna Ellis says please Remember me to Mr Love Jesse Ellis is dead. Now Robert, dont you think its full time to begin & scold you. One year has nearly elapsed, and it has been all SILENCE on your part it would appear that you had remembered to forget me. What in the world could induce you to do so - did I ever think you would behave so towards me - did I not write last, when you were in Norfolk: and did we not agree that whoever failed to write, all further communication should be stopped, on & from the other party. If you ever wrote to me I assure you I never Received it. [illegible] you left this place [?] out the old man with [torn] Peters store: But I can [torn] indeed be as he said a "Curosity" [Curiosity?] to [torn] of Reasonable explanation of the [torn] [-ould?] be as difficult as to try to explain the [torn] mathematical demonstration. One the [torn] be a good boy write me soon, let me [torn] long [?] have writen to you: [torn] [?] [?] [?] Remember her to you: [torn] [?] [?] Jane's name is a [torn] [?] As to myself, I have [torn] away, [Several?] times a little more [would?] [torn] & then alas [poor?] George would have [torn] l am thankful [?] Still alive. Buisness [Business?] [torn] there first [?] States: are [crumb---?] [torn] about banking institutions N.C [torn] [?] 8 p cent [per cent?] complaints on all [torn] [how?] to make laws to suit the whole State which the [?] [?] [one part?] may be oppressed with a heavy discount whereas they may be [?] grievance at all to the other part - besides many other things The militia men are all to have guns and side arms, for which they [must?] give their notes to the Commander of the Regt [Regiment?] to be forthcoming if the gun should be stolen or lost: But out of a whole Regiment in a County not far from this only one man would take a gun because there is a fine imposed on all those who will not keep their guns in good order So you see what they are coming too [to?] John Thomas was married to Mary Toole of Blandford last night I wonder how that mixture will agree she is a Roman Catholic & daughter of old Edwd [Edward?] Toole an Irishman. He I suppose a Hickory Quaker. Miss Abalenia Williams is married to [Burcher?] the Silver plater - & Wm [William?] Brownley to Miss Moss [?] of Tom Moss - & Miss Kitty Orgain was married to some man from New York lately surely no woman need despair after that. Having [?] almost everything I can Remember worthy of mentioning Oh we Request you to Present our sincere regard & Respects to your fathers family & remaining yours as ever we subscribe ourselves Your affectionate friends & [?] G [George?] & E [Eliza?] Mahood N.B. I recd [received?] a letter from Father dated 25th April 1823 which I answer by the same conveyance. |
