| Title: | James Buchanan, Milford to Robert Buchanan, New York. |
|---|---|
| ID | 402 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Buchanan, James/68 |
| Year | 1893 |
| Sender | Buchanan, James |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Milford, Co. Donegal, Ireland |
| Destination | New York, USA |
| Recipient | Buchanan, Robert |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | D1473: Presented by K. Baxter, Milford, Co. Donegal. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N.Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9705020 |
| Date | 24/08/1893 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 01:05:97. |
| Word Count | 323 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Milford Co Donegal Ireland. 24th August 1893. Dear Robert Although I sent you a letter not very long ago, yet as we have had no word from you now for a long time, I now write a few lines to let you know we are all tolerably well. Miss Gilliland bids me tell you to write as soon as you receive this letter and let us know how you are, and whether you are still in work. We are reading about the great panic in the U. [United?] States and the number of people who are thrown out of work. I suppose it would not be pleasant for you: if you are out of a job to return here again so soon, but if you are likely to be out of work for any length of time, I think the best thing you could do would be just to return here and stay until things get settled. We will at any rate have plenty to eat here, although we may not have much money. Willie Waters and his wife have been over here for a month, they go away again tomorrow. Yesterday some one told me that Anthony Buchanan came over for a visit, and is likely to stay a few months, I expect there will be a good many Americans coming over here until things get better in the States. I think in a former letter I mentioned that Mary Ann and Margaret Buchanan and a Nephew had been over here on a visit. They staid [stayed?] here for a couple of weeks, and then left to travel through Ireland, England and Scotland. I had a few lines last week from the boy saying he had gone over to France, and I expect them all back here this week, they will stay here until they sail about the 7th September. My father keeps as usual. Miss Gilliland desires to be kindly remembered. Your Affectionate Brother James Buchanan write soon. |
