| Title: | Nicholas Martin, Chicago, To William Shaw, County Down. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3723 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | martin, nicholas/31 |
| Year | 1870 |
| Sender | Martin, Nicholas |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | merchant |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Destination | Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Shaw, William |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | son and father in-law |
| Source | D2709/1/88A: Presented by Miss Shanks, Ballyfounder, Portaferry. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9502176 |
| Date | 26/12/1870 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:02:1995. |
| Word Count | 277 |
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| Transcript | Chicago Dec. [December?] 26th [---?] Wm. [William?] F. Shaw Ballyfoundrey Co. Down Ireland Dear Sir I hope you found all your friends In good health when you arrived in Ireland, we see by telegraph that you had a quick passage over. We have had very cold weather...[remainder of page missing] Hugh Glenn was up and all the young ones was at the Baptist Church having a supper there and a general good time of it. I hope you had a pleasant time of it yourself. The baby will soon be able to run around so Bella says Dan McKillop left the sunday after you I see he has arrived by telegraph There is nothing a doing...[remainder of page missing] Paris 9,000 S & Hanson $15,000 I have not went to see anything about buying as yet the ask as much for a vessel that is 4 & 5 years old as what the cost to build [--?] got settled with Loomis our [----?] stand about $14,500 total yours and Sams is a little over 18,000 mine stands about $16,500 but he is hard up...[remainder of page missing] Seventh cleared neat profits this year nigh $7,000 and since I bought her she has netted nigh $19,000 Glad Tidings cleared over $7,000 for all season So she came up [neated?] nigh $8,000 Between the vessels and sailines [sailings?] this season our total incomes has been $18,000...[remainder of page missing] Christmas I will write in a few days Bella is going to write to her Mother in a few days give my kindest regards to your Mother and same to our friends Nicholas Martin Chicago P.S. Willie Robb is dead... sick two days that is where... and [----?] is lost...[ends] |
