| Title: | Robert McElderry, Virginia to Anne McElderry, Ballymoney. |
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| ID | 3821 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | mcelderry, robert/15 |
| Year | 1852 |
| Sender | McElderry, Robert |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | businessman (dry goods) |
| Sender Religion | Protestant (joins The Presbyterian Church At Some Point) |
| Origin | Lynchburg, Virginia, USA |
| Destination | Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | McElderry, Anne |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | T 2414/7: Copied by Permission of Dr Helen Megaw, c/o 66 Malone Road, Belfast 9. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9403159 |
| Date | 11/06/1852 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 14:03:1994. |
| Word Count | 824 |
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| Transcript | Lynchburg 11th June 1852 Dear Sister I have been putting off writing to you for some time but I must now begin and see if I cannot gather something together which will interest you and should I fail to do so you must attribute it to a want of news and not to carelessness on my part I have been away from home over three years and still I continue to think as much of you all as I did on the day I left and if any differance [difference?] I think more and more every day and if I had time and plenty of money I should go home and see all of my old friends but I reckon the best I can do is to dream of home and sometimes take a quick trip to that place about the hours of midnight and return in time to attend to my bussiness [business?] during the day Since I last wrote to you I have been well and getting along in the same old way nothing of interest happening to me We have not as yet had much hot weather but I reckon we soon will as the summer time is now come and it is generally very hot at this season of the year There is a great deal of tobacco selling in market at this time it is commanding higher prices than it has ever done before there was one [hhd?] sold last week at ninty [ninety?] two dollars to hundred pounds which is as much as you get in Ireland after paying duty and all expenses The tobacco looked so fine that it would almost have tempted any one [anyone?] to chew who was not accustomed to do so This fine crop was raised by a widdow [widow?] lady in Bedford County From now till [until?] after the election next November we will have exciting times Some one [Someone?] has to be elected to fill the presidential chair and the two great parties of this country will have an opportunity of trying their strength You will see by the papers I send who has been nominated by the Democratick [Democratic?] party as their candidante [candidate?] and next week the [Whigs?] will nominate their man and then will commence the tug of war Every man in this country is a politician and for the next six months there will be little esle [else?] but politick [politics?] talked about I cannot have a vote untill [until?] the first of May 1854 When I shall have been five years in this country which when any one [anyone?] takes the proper steps entitles him to citzenship [citizenship?] Mr Peters had a letter from his brother some time ago he was then in Paris and intended travelling on the Continent for some time he did not say at what time he would be in Ballymoney but I should think he will be there some time next month The last two papers I sent to you especially the Bedford Sentinel I should like you would Keep safe for him as there is a good deal of news in it that would be interesting to him When I last worte [wrote?] home I do not recollect whether I mentioned anything about the shirts you sent me They were mislaid somehow or other in New York but when Mr Peters was there this spring he recieved the full value of them I was very much gratified to see in the last paper I got from home that W Small had been promoted in my opinion there is no man more deserving of it Has William made up his mind about coming to this Country and when does he intend to start if he comes I hope he will come with the determination to do well and be steady I have not much doubt but he might succeed and do well but I would not advise him to come with his expectations to [too?] high as in that case he might be dissapointed [disappointed?] I should be glad if when you see old W White you would ask him were [where?] James White is I should be glad to hear so that I might write to him I have not heard anything of him since before I left Baltimore If ever any thing [anything?] induces me to leave this country it will be the want of good tea I have not had any good since I left home and if you would send me some I will pay you when I get able to do so Are Thomas Lyle and Samuel Boyd good boys I hope they are do not let them forget they have an Uncle in old Virginia who wants to hear from them and who would be very sorry to hear that they are not good Give my respects to al[stained] old friends and aquaintance [acquaintances?] Hoping you are all well I Remain Yours Ever Robert McElderry [addressed to:] [stamped:] Miss Anne McElderry LYNCHBURG 2 AMERICA 5 24 Ballymoney JUN JU28 LIVERPOOL Ireland 13 1852 JU27 B 52J |
