| Title: | [W------ll?] [Ireland?] to Isaac Cordulles, New York |
|---|---|
| ID | 4004 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | 1871-80/33 |
| Year | 1880 |
| Sender | unknown |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Ireland |
| Destination | New York, USA |
| Recipient | Cordulles, Isaac |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | D 2015/6/1: Presented by C. L. Davis, Esq., 59 Maryville Park,Malone Road, Belfast 9 |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9809035 |
| Date | 22/12/1880 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 07:09:98. |
| Word Count | 668 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Isaac Cordulles Esq New York 22 Decr. 80 [1880?] My dear Isaac Your letters of 26th Novr. & 2d Decr came duly to hand I wrote you a few lines acknowledging receipt since then the apples are to hand & duly delivered one to Mrs Hunter one to Mrs Gracy one to Mrs Gilbert & one to [Spofield?] they all opened out in fine condition not a bruised apple in any of the barrels they are the very best American apples I have ever tasted our people are very much pleased with them & desire me to convey to you their best thanks for your kind & thoughtful present, the 3 Dollars [---?] can covered all expenses I had enough left to treat several of the Boys & to Drink your good health which we did with 3 times & 3 & one more. I note your remarks about Jane Cordulles with which I quite agree she is a fine girl & I hope she will get a good husband if ever she comes to Belfast it will afford me great pleasure to offer her the hospitality of [s-----?] - I had a letter from Wm. [William?] Thompson the other day saying the Executors wished a Brass plate put up under a stained Glass Memorial Window Tom put up to the memory of his father & mother in Holywood Church I replied I would have it done while on this subject I mention a circumstance which occurred on the evening of the day on which poor Tom was buried all the family dined that day at Mrs Gilberts & I was asked for Dinner after Dinner we were talking about poor Tom & speaking in admiration of this window, I then suggested that Tom's four sisters should put up a memorial window in the Church in memory of Tom & that a very fine one could be put up for œ400 - Mrs McKibben at once said she would be œ100 - Mrs. Thompson said she would be one as did Mrs Gilbert Mrs Caruth was not in the room at the time & when spoken to said she would like to consult Mr Caruth first about it (Caruth having gone home before this) I was certain it was all settled so much that I spoke to the Vicar & Churchwarden saying what a generous thing it was of Tom sisters & asking them to leave to put the window in this was at one agreed to & this whole thing caused a general feeling of pleasure and satisfaction as it would adorn the church & be a lasting memorial to poor Toms memory. you may guess my surprise & annoyance when Mrs. Gilbert some days afterwards told me Mr. Caruth did not approve of it & the thing fell through = to Jane Cordulles's credit & wish to add she very generously said she would be the fourth but the others declined & I think were quite pleased to be out of it & save their money. After all it was a very small thing for each of them to give out of a big legacy God help us money is not everything I dont grudge them their riches with such sordid minds as they must have - I am a very poor man & I would rather than a fifty pound note it had been completed & put up for the sake of poor Toms memory he was very fond of our little church & subscribed very liberally towards it he gave œ200 towards the new organ some years ago - & was always very willing when asked for any thing connected with the Church I have not been able to get the information you require about the York St. property but will do so soon and write you again soon - with kind regards & wishing you many happy returns of the season I am dear Isaac yrs [yours?] very truly [W ------ll?] Yesty [Yesterday?] 21st Dec. was my Birthday 64. |
