| Title: | James Buchanan, Milford to Robert Buchanan, New York. |
|---|---|
| ID | 404 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Buchanan, James/83 |
| 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. | 9705035 |
| Date | 10/12/1893 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 01:05:97. |
| Word Count | 320 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Milford Co Donegal Ireland. 10th December 1893. Dear Robert I received your letter and am glad to know you are well. I regret that your job at Maguire's has not been permanent, but I suppose employment is slack in New York this Winter. You were fortunate to strike a job so soon I hope it may continue. We are all pretty much as usual here. My father is still able to move about, but he keeps his bed rather more this cold Winter. My Aunt continues about as usual, but she don't go out much. The times are not very good either in England, Scotland, or Ireland. The Coal Strikes have hurt business of every kind. It is dull enough about Milford just now, I see Robert Hazlett and his father repairing the old Mill-Wheel down at [Bu--ly---?]. Miss Gilliland bids me tell you to come home if you get out of a job as you have made the house warmer and more comfortable than it was last Winter. I have read the letters Maggie sent you, of course you could not support her, poor unfortunate girl she has got into bad ways and I suppose she could spend more money than you earn. I seldom go to bed at nights without thinking of her and Joe, I could have shared my last crust with them, but they would have their own way, and now that they have it, they are the sufferers. I do not suppose you know anything of their Mother, but if you could put Maggie on the way of finding her, it might do them good. Have you heard anything of Joe since you went back, Maggie said she was going to see him, poor boy! I suppose he is going about in hunger and rags, without a home or a shelter, when he might have been comfortable. Miss Gilliland sends her best regards. Write soon Your Affectionate Brother James Buchanan |
