| Title: | H. C. Bryson, U.S.A. to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast. |
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| ID | 386 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Bryson, Harper C/20(1) |
| Year | 1865 |
| Sender | Bryson, Harper C. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | businessman |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Augusta, Georgia, USA |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Campbell Allen, William J, |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins, business |
| Source | D 1558/1/1/307: Papers of William John Campbell Allen, Deposited by F.D. Campbell Allen. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9802469 |
| Date | 02/10/1865 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 09:02:98. |
| Word Count | 515 |
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| Transcript | Augusta Geo [Georgia?] 2 Oct 1865 Ansd [Answered?] Nov 4 1865 Wm. J. [William John?] C. Allen Esqr Dear Sir Your favours of the 22 Jul [July?] and 12 Aug were duly received and would have been replied to sooner but was desirous of hearing from our mutual friend Mr R Campbell with regard to the disposition to be made of your Cotton. He agreed with you and the other parties concerned that it would be to their interest to dispose of it here and in this opinion Mr Jhn [John?] Brown and the writer concurred. The inland revenue of 2c [cents?] pr [per?] pound with an unusually low river the only channel of transportation with the Rail Roads in Georgia and So. Co. [South Carolina?] destroyed by the Federal Army on their march through these States - freight to Savannah is from Six to Eight Dollars pr [per?] Bale without the expense of shipping to New York would fall little short of eight cents pr [per?] pound. as the Cotton was stored in my Warehouse it will not be out of place to explain the causes why the charges are so very heavy. you have doubtless been long since informed of the freshet we had here in Jany [January?] last which submerged the city. the water was quite as high as in 1846 and 1852 in the back part of my Warehouse it was from four to five feet deep the pressure being so great that it burst the gates open to which from 250 to 300 Bales were carried off of which only three were recovered. the bottom tiers were almost ruined from their being so long in the water. early in Feby [February?] and before anything could be done with the wet Cotton the Confederate commander of the post issued an order to have as much of it as possible removed to the commons and the balance put into the streets so that it could be burned in the event of the Northern Army attempting to capture the City and thus prevent the houses being destroyed. fortunately however this order was not carried into effect. had it been our City today would be a mass of ruins. at the time the weather was very wet and streets unusually muddy and in this condition it remained for several weeks. from the quantity stolen and destroyed will account for the great loss in weight. so soon as leave was granted I had it removed back to my Warehouse a large portion of which had to be pecked and repacked. and the balance compressed. every exertion was used to make the loss as light as possible and save expense. the sales shall accompany this. and in a few days shall follow duplicate. the nett proceeds having been remitted to your friends in New York. Mr Brown has addressed you on the condition of your Bank Stock. which I am much afraid will prove worthless. as it is many years since I had any communication with my friends in Ireland it will afford me pleasure to hear from you as often as convenient. with kind regards to my friends I remain Yours Very Truly Harper. C. Bryson |
