| Title: | [?] Co. Tyrone, to Joseph Miller, U.S.A. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3994 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | 1861-70/45 |
| Year | 1870 |
| Sender | unknown |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Destination | New York, USA |
| Recipient | Miller, Joseph |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | father-son |
| Source | T 3491/2: Photocopied by Courtesy of Mrs. M. N. Comfort. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9802544 |
| Date | 01/02/1870 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 09:02:98. |
| Word Count | 937 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | To : Joseph Millar [Sandusky?] New York, U.S.A. From : A relative in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. February [1870?] Joseph dear this oppertunity [opportunity?] in riting [writing?] you these few lines to let you know that we are all well thanks be to God for all his Greatness to us all at this and every other time we received a news paper from you in due time 20 days after your date of Willy [William?] is ploughing now John is at School he is getting on well now. he is in booking [book-keeping?] will soon be ready for any bisiness [business?] Serah [Sarah?] Jane and Ma [Mother?] and Little - Thomas James is busy in the house and I am atending [attending?] to see every thing right about the house so far as I can Joseph I have long and peasantly [patiently?] waited for a letter from you we were watching the poste [post?] every morning this three weeks past so I could wait no Longer so I sit down to rite [write?] to you in hopes that we will have a Letter from you to-morrow [tomorrow?] or next day or the [they?] might meet each other on their way uncle Thomas Irvin [Irvine?] Ant [Aunt?] Jane is all well uncle Thomas and Susan was over here this day young Jane is down at [--ble?] this week Joseph and Adam and all is well bob [Robert?] is in Cookstown in Mr Edward Lillies store Grocer [----?] bran grain deal is a great Merchant bob [Robert?] Likes his situation very well and is now a big boy uncle Walter Young ant [aunt?] Susan and their Family is all well and doing very well uncle John Miller Ant [aunt?] Margaret is all well he was up here last Sunday uncle Thomas McAlessh [McAleese?] [MacAleese?] Ant [aunt?] Susan and Family is all well [-----?] was here last night Thomas is getting on well at his blacksmith trade he was not in our house but once since he went to his trade uncle Mathew [Matthew?] Megaghey ant [aunt?] Mary and Family is all well uncle Mathew [Matthew?] has a brother lives in New York he has sent for Mary and Serah [Sarah?] I do not no [know?] wither [whether?] they will go or not yet there is a letter from bob [Robert?] Carson and Matilda 3 days ago they have one child the 3 Likeness in one card they Look well Matilda sent œ1-10-6 in this Letter Henry Lenard [Leonard?] and Margaret and their 2 sons is all well - I had a letter from John Johnston 3 weeks ago they are all well Wm [William?] is got married I did not answer his letter yet his ant [aunt?] Mary McCord is not to [too?] well this while past I am waiting to [until?] she comes over and then I will rite [write?] to him Johns Ant [Aunt?] Mary McCord had a fine [cau--?] [torn] died about 10 days ago it is a very [great?] [torn] Loss to her she was worth about œ12-0 she died in calving inflamation [inflammation?] in the Calf bed they are all well William ray [Ray?] [Wray?] was here last monday he bes [is?] always about you and I show [showed?] him your Letters they are all well and sends their kind Love to you William and Jane [McCord?] [torn] wishes to be remembered to you this has been a very severe Winter here we [h--?] [torn] had frost for the last 10 weeks it is [nam--?] [torn] turned to reain [rain?] your ma [mother?] is wishing thr [w-?] [torn] she was with you for she says she does [n--?] [torn] sleep about you she is always thinking about you wondering what you and [Luci-?] [torn] and Albert James is doing there is a great many sudent [sudden?] deaths in this country you do not know any of them the Rev [Revernd?] Mr. [[Mec?] Ractor [Rector?] of Ardtrea calls in our house [to?] see us he never for gets (sic) to ask about you he had a tea party for the scalars [scholars?] of Ardtrea Johny [Johnny?] was at it he says he must have Serah [Sarah?] Jane and Thomas James the next time he is a very [han---?] [torn] Gentle man (sic) he has a wife and no children the Rev [Reverend?] Mr. Fergusons son Willy [William?] went to Belfast to be a drapers Clark [clerk?] he served 4 years and one more [to?] serve but he is now home in bad health 2 Months ago I want to know [torn] [if?] you had any word from My cusin [cousin?] [----?] [torn] [--ice?] there is a great many sudent [sudden?] deaths [here?] I think that time will I can come when I will not be here to rite [write?] to you nor [torn] hear yours red [read?] May the lord bless you all and me Like wise (sic) I can not find as yet my apertunity [opportunity?] of sending you the corn and the wheat I am watching for some one (sic) going out there Johny [Johnny?] Marks went out to New ork [York?] 14 months ago has sent his Father [torn] 11-0-0 his Father has got his Land back again young James Burns is dead in Austrilia [Australia?] Left a wife & 4 children his Father had letter from them last week well Joseph I am coming to a close by sending kind love to all of you on that side of the Great river by your da [father?] & Ma [mother?] Willy [William?] Serah [Sarah?] Jane and little Thomas [torn] [James?] rite [write?] soon for your Ma [Mother?] is watching for it |
