| Title: | [?], Richmond, Upper Canada, to "Dear Brother". |
|---|---|
| ID | 3919 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | 1811-20/112 |
| Year | 1820 |
| Sender | unknown |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Richmond, Upper Canada (present-day Ontario) |
| Destination | unknown |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | The Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 4 December, 1820 |
| Archive | The Linenhall Library, Belfast |
| Doc. No. | 9804182 |
| Date | 04/12/1820 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 08:04:98. |
| Word Count | 348 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | EMIGRATION Extract of a letter from an Emigrant from the Parish of Cambusnethan, dated at Beckwith, near Richmond, Upper Canada, Sept. 5, 1820:- "DEAR BROTHER- We left Quebec on the 1st of August, and arrived at Montreal on the 2nd, a distance of 200 miles, and proceeded up the Grand River, and were located upon land, upon the 13th of August -and-and-each [sic] received 290 acres of good land, altogether making upwards of a square mile. Each man received a hand-saw, two mattocks, one blanket, one bed-tick, two [hoes?], one axe, camp kettle, and many other articles of husbandry, too tedious to mention. We have nine acres under crop, corn and potatoes, and expect to have twenty acres or more next year, We have two hogs, five hens and a cock, and before this reaches you we will have three cows. We would be happy to see you and my sister, or any of my friends, as we will have plenty to support you. When you come, bring a pit saw, and tools for making furniture, tea kettles, and pots, as they are three prices here. Needles are one penny each, and thimbles three pence each, and pins in proportion. Bring Highland plaiding, and Campsie-grey, and corduroy, pocket knives and night-caps, also flannel for shirts, as they are worn in this country, and combs and scissors; bring two pairs of shoes for my brother, and I will pay you when you come. Bring also a little hay-seed, and a few Dons and dark red potatoes - There were only two or three settlers here when I came, and now there are some hundreds. I am among good neighbours, all from Perthshire. This country is much more healthy than home; the weather is more regular, the summer warmer, and the winter colder. The snow falls regular, and lies about four months, and goes away without rain, the heat of the sun melting it in the month of April. There is no such thing as wild beasts here to do any harm. We can gather plenty of good substitutes here for tea. We make the best of sugar on our farm, and are much better and happier here than in the old country." |
