| Title: | Sally McKee, New York to James B Gillmer, Co. Down. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3846 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | mckee, sally/35 |
| Year | 1850 |
| Sender | McKee, Sally |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | NYC, New York, USA |
| Destination | Mayfield, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Gillmer, James B. |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | D 3561/A/18: Papers of Prof. E. R. R. Green, Deposited by Dr. P. R. Green. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9311030 |
| Date | 01/01/1850 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C McK., 03:11:199 |
| Word Count | 524 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | (Copies of emigrant letters collected by and sent to ERR Green as part of his research project on emigration) Jany 1850 From: Sally McKee 43 Orange St 21, T Envelope: James B Gillmer [Gilmer?] Esqr Mayfield Dromore Ireland, Co. Down. Per Boston Steamer My dear Sir Mr McElroys Son brought your kind letter to me Saturday 19th I took the duplicate to his Father (they keep an extensive dry good Store on this Street close by in Broad Way ) in the evening he will get it cashed in the Bank to day where he is on [one?] of the Directors The only I can account for your letter going astray is Mr Chapman being left the city and us having moved to a different part of the city a few weeks after Mr Chapman failed he moved from Brooklyn State N [New?] York to Hoboken New Jersey I suppose you directed to his care as all letters that are not properly directed for the letter carrier are advertised he gets two cents for each letter Mr Chapmans number was changed from 278 to 550 now the number of it is 648 if he had not left the city it would have made no difference as he paid for a Box in the Post Office and sent for his letters to it I am glad your children are all living and that you are all well also our other Friends I am in good health and able to around slowly I have had several letters from Mary since she left me they are very nice folks she is with in her last she said Miss Chapman had given her ten dollars and told her she would settle on the 1st of the month I was beginning to fear she was going to get no pay #PAGE 2 at the first (she has to give 3/4 of a dollar per dozen for her washing) her residence is near to the Lockharts. Mr Thomas Lockhart Senr was married to my Husbands Aunt she died a month after their arrival I dare say eighteen years ago his only daughter Mrs Logan and her little daughter live with Thomas Lockhart Junr [Junior?] keeps Wholesale Trimming Store in Wm. [William?] St. the firm is Lockhart and Gibson his brother Samuel and family came out a year last Summer he is in the Store with Thos [Thomas?] they all reside near to each other and are very attentive to Mary. Robert is very attentive at School. Mr Chapman has taken a Tobacco Factory in N [New?] York he left this by Rail way [Railway?] to set agoing [going?] there on the 17th Mrs George and her two Children are with my Sister they arrived here ( (sic) from ten miles beyond St Louis in Missuri [Missouri?] in Nov. left George teaching in a large School. they went to the country in Summer when The cholera broke out. Mr Chapman has written for him to leave that at the end of his quarter. They [The?] family will leave Albany at May. I dont know what we will do yet I think the Mr Lockharts will be the best to advise with when it comes nearer to May They are wise steady people. I am sorry to hear of the condition of Ireland. Robert unites with me in kind love to you Mrs Gilmer [Gillmer?] and family Yours affectionately Sally McKee |
