| Title: | Letter of Thanks by Belfast Printers to Public Appeal. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3976 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | 1861-70/1 |
| Year | 1863 |
| Sender | Passengers of the Neptune |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | printers |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Ship Neptune, Liverpool, England |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Relief Committee |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | letter of thanks |
| Source | The Armagh Guardian, Friday, 9 January, 1863. |
| Archive | The Central Library, Belfast. |
| Doc. No. | 9508057 |
| Date | 05/01/1863 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 11:08:1995. |
| Word Count | 217 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | THE UNEMPLOYED PRINTERS OF BELFAST. Some of the poor fellows who have been deprived of labour by unhealthy competition in Belfast, have left that town through the aid of a public subscription, and express their feelings in the following valedictory epistle - "On board the 'Neptune', Liverpool, January 5, 1863. "GENTLEMEN - We take occasion on the eve of sailing, to return you are very grateful and heartfelt thanks for the aid you have afforded us in proceeding to North America, where we hope to earn a livelihood for ourselves and families which, owing to competition among many of the master printers of Belfast, on the strength of boy labour, we have been unable to do at home. You have not only paid our passages, which we were utterably unable to do ourselves, but you have given us an outfit for the voyage and the country to which we are going, and an ample supply of provisions and other necessaries while at sea, together with such a sum of cash as your Fund would permit. Words fail to convey our thanks to you for your exertions, and to the Public who contributed, in thus enabling us to leave a town where we have suffered sorely by want of employment. Once more, gentlemen, we thank you, while bidding you a heartfelt, warm adieu." (Signed) "On behalf of the Compositors, "W.H. Wardlow. "On behalf of the Pressmen, "John Deane. "To the Gentlemen of the Relief Committee." |
