| Title: | Mrs. Annette Bruce, to "My dearest Sammy",[location?] |
|---|---|
| ID | 371 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Bruce, Annette/7 |
| Year | 1851 |
| Sender | Bruce, Annette |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Ireland |
| Destination | unknown |
| Recipient | Samuel |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | mother-son |
| Source | T 2919/1/17: Presented by Michael R. Bruce, Co. Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9502007 |
| Date | 08/05/1851 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 03:02:1995. |
| Word Count | 1518 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Thursday May th [the?] 5th 1851 My dearest Sammy your last note was a [very?] sad come nice one, except when you crossed the page without having lines or having ruled it you did not enclose the Latin exercise as you said you did I think if you were examined in all you [enumerated?] in Arithme tick [Arithmetic?] you must have gone through a great many rules you had not learnt atall [at all?] when you left the Institution and if you were tolerable in your answering at [Salle?] I hope you will do much better at midsummer if you are very [busy?] at giving your mind to your work the time will pass much quicker than you could otherwise expect, but I do earnestly hope you will often [some?] honours when coming home for your own credits sake it gives a boy so much a higher standing in the opinion both of friends & Stran = gers [strangers?] to hear he had not been left behind by his class fellows in the mental competition but beware of boasting beforehand of what you mean and hope to do, try your best remem ber those generally who are most confident of success, fail in the end and let nothing tempt you to act ungenerously or dishonourably towards another who may succeed before you do your best to deserve success be modest not holding too high an opinion of yourself, & never under= rate the attainment of others, but I have so much to write about I cannot spare any more room to this subject only to say I shall hope [appeal?] [deals?] from you, and pray that you may [sirrew?] her lines and write to James and thank him for his note Mr Blair I am sure would be grateful by your writing to him and telling him what you are now learning he seme [seem?] to send you kind remembrance to Mr Blair and sign yourself his grateful pupil it shows me you are grateful your asking my advice if you should write to him or Mr How but Mr How you will be surprised to hear has resigned his situation as head Classical Master at the Institution on the 11th of may Robert Steen is keeping the schools open at present the Board of managers have advertised for a new teacher but it will spoil the exami nations this summer in [that?] department I think Mr Howe will be no loss to the Institution the boys or at least few of them liked him, he was so irritating in his temper of course you know Thos [thomas?] Blair Esq [Esquire?] Royal Institution Belfast is the way you will address your note to Mr Blair, dont write too small I send you a Puzzle to amuse your self and the Boys with it came thro [through?] our James [Jan?] post office (of course in another Envelope ) you have the explanation also, but wont show it till they have tried to make it out, I have spent a great deal of time my child in trying to find the [Anamertic?] look which had the long of Beautiful Birds" in it but without success I have found many but not that one however if you see very anxious for the words for any friend I think I could get it to copy them for [you?] as I Carry the girls on the [bay?] have the song I shall still be on the watch for the [Anarse?] outing look and may yet find it if so I shall send it , your brother Williams examinations came on last Monday both he & Johnny are returned for honours and the honours examination will come on next Monday he will come home as soon as possible afterwards, he does not seem to expect success in the honours examination,but he now wishes to raise my hopes too high you will be impressed to hear they told old Jack just yesterday morning he had to have been [--w?] in the Jan in the course of the day but a dealer came up and after examining him offered 10.10-0 Pat has told me before that he did not think he need ask more than 10.00 Is in a quarter of an hour it has settled and 1.0..0 given as earnest of the bargain he was to return for him at 5 o'clock as he meant to take him to England that night with several others, he did do so and I gave 2/6 for a lucky penny poor old Jack I was very sorry to see him leave the shop for the first time he went off brisk and well but they did not mean to throw [-en?] a [sheet?] on him so I think poor Jack would be scarred [scared?] last night - Uncle William is astonished I got half so much for him he has his two new ones arriving about any day in a [break?] to prepare them for their own carri= age, they are wonderful good matches both [bay?] with black legs and seem to [----?] very quietly in mouth harness I hope I shall not be so long without a horse as they were, Pat will go to Ballyclare fair on Tuesday to look if he can see any thing to suit us and now I suppose you will be still more disappointed to learn that Lizzie is also sold she was sold before Jack but is not yet taken away, I am to get [---?] for her, so I shall not lose but at [stained] James was anxious that I should sell her now when I was offered a good price for her as I cannot afford to keep the horse & two ponys [ponies?] any longer and it is fair your brother William should be considered before you or James, so now we have any empty stable what none of us see [-----?] since I came have to have Gordon is [bu--?] today giving it a thorough cleaning out it is Mr Hull of Howard their whole lot Lizzie, Mrs Hull and the children are going to the country for the Summer & they have got a man tenant who is to lead the Pony with a little girl of seven years old and it is for her use it is bot [bought?], Mrs Hull wrote me it would be very kindly needed & was taken care of so now we [have?] great business on hands a horse for me and Pony Horse for W. [William?] Roberts [-----?] I hope [he?] shall be [Invited?] before you come home, I must be very active and walk a great deal on foot the weather has changed this very May and it is now coming heavily, I dont know how dry we have been without a shower the cistern has dry so have the casks which supply the greenhouse, however I dipped the large tank yesterday morning and found after filling the house cistern and Greenhouse casks, there was still 4 [feets?] of water in it,we have had a great deal of trouble opening the yard & scullery Pumps [our?] & [our?] [yard?] housing I hope they are now really put right - Annie Hutton is still at the Farm Danton came here this morning on his way to Dublin thinking she would return with him but Aunt will not hear of that the Bristow girls are not going to London now to the exhibition their Uncle [bal?] smiths hidden illness and [his?] still dangerous state makes them give up their promise to go, did you hear Mr [-----?] mention [bal?] Smiths [seizure?] as the account of it was in the Liverpool papers, he was in the act of speaking at a very large Public meeting a religious Anti Papal meeting he had been greatly excited previously preparing this speech and had only spoken a few sentences when he was seized with apoplexy and was from tuesday night till Monday quite unconscious both powerless and speech less yesterdays letter said he had regained a little use of one side and had they thought [knowing?] them all but little hope is entertained of his recovery Mr Saml [Samuel?] Smith was at the meeting [happily?] a the time he was seized - of course his friends here are very [worried?] about him Cousin [Letitia?] of Downpatrick had offered to go out to help to attend him but I must now have [none?] James is quite well I send you two [16's?] which is all the liken I have in the house buy a packet of Envelopes which will only be [ 3?] and also [ 3?] worth of note paper I dont like putting liken into my letter but the Puzzle will present [-- berry?] fold by any one good by my child I [----?] so nice to look on this to good error Uncle Bruce went to the opening of the grand Exhibition in London I had a long note from him this morning Aunt did not wish to go. |
