| Title: | Extract: From [?] to William Drennan, Edinburgh. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3884 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | 1771-80/53 |
| Year | 1776 |
| Sender | unknown |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | unknown |
| Destination | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Recipient | Drennan, William |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | unknown |
| Source | T 765/1/9: Obtained From Mrs. Duffin, Summerhill, Mount Pleasant, Belfast. #TYPE LET The Drennan Letters, 1776 - 1819: Extract of Letter From [?] to William Drennan, Edinburgh (no date). |
| Archive | Public Record Office Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9002032 |
| Date | 01/01/1776 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | 22:02:1990 JM created 12:06:1991 GC input 03:07:19 |
| Word Count | 185 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | joined the Provincials - young Bristow who was with Genl. [General?] Borgoine [Burgoyne?] & lost his all writes to his Brother here that he had heard of his old friend Pierce & that he was then a Major of Brigade there was a Mr. Sarrell here some years ago, a spirited little fellow who married Nancy Smith of Waterford they went to live at Philadelpha [Philadelphia?] where a Sister Mrs. Smith took with her married, her husband joined the Kings troops, Sarrell the Provincials he commanded at Red Bank where 600 have lost his life at Mudd Island, in my opinion the horrors of this barbarous war is only just now begining [beginning?] we have a saying of his M--s [Majesty's?] here (how true I cannot tell) that he wd. [would?] go to Hannover [Hanover] before he wd.[would?] give up the American War, of two great Evils we may wish for the least. I have not the least doubt but Jimmy Kennedys letter wd.[would?] show that he possesss [possesses?] a good head & kind heart, he spoke to me a good while ago upon |
