| Title: | James Buchanan, Milford to Robert Buchanan, New York. |
|---|---|
| ID | 405 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Buchanan, James/97 |
| Year | 1890 |
| 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. | 9705013 |
| Date | 01/10/1890 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 01:05:97. |
| Word Count | 657 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Milford Co Donegal Ireland. 1st October 1890. Dear Robert I have been so busy since Miss Gilliland's arrival that I have not had time sooner to write. She got into Derry all right after a passage of about ten days. I met her in Derry and was astonished to find the number of trunks boxes and packages she had with her. You must have had a big job helping her to pack them and get her off. It was foolish of her to bring so many things or she might have had them put up in smaller space. The freight amounted to nine pounds, and the porterage and carting of them in Derry amounted to two pounds more, and as she had no money with her but what you gave her, I had to bring her home without her trunks, very fortunately I had written to Mrs Simpson for money and I had an Order from her at home for twenty pounds so after I got Miss Gilliland to Milford the next day I went back to Derry and paid the eleven pounds and had it shipped aboard the Rossgul and came along with it to the Quay and have now got it home. I am not sure how much the freight will be from Derry to Milford as I have not yet got the a/c [account?] but I expect it will be about 30s. so that the money I had to keep us all winter is now in great part spent on freight. Take care of your money in Bank as I may have to borrow some from you before Christmas. I have had to spend some considerable money on the house to make it fit to live in. I got the Chimney cemented outside and some slates on the roof. I also got a metal skylight put in the Kitchen and a good cement floor in the Hall, I had new Rafters put in the Pantry and properly slated, and I made a good cement floor in the Kitchen and the Pantry. I am just finished Whitewashing and Chimney-cleaning. Altogether I have had a very busy time about the house, getting things in order as it was much in need of repairs, I have thoroughly whitewashed the garret where I sleep and have made a good room of it. When you next take a trip to Milford you will find the house more comfortable than it ever was before. I seldom or never go out of the house, I am kept busy all the time. I think I have had only two days all Summer and from all appearances I will have plenty of work about the house during the Winter. Miss Gilliland bids me tell you the Slater tried from the Roof with a Baker's long-handled shovel to dig the Crow's nest out of the Chimney but could not do it, so he had to break the wall in the garret and got out the nest which had been there for years. We are much more comfortable since Miss Gilliland came, and we are having a busy time getting her things moved and put in the place. She likes the place very well, but she says she has had only three nights sleep since she came on account of the fleas, (they are not yet all banished). She says you were very kind to her and she will write when she gets settled. My father is very well he eats his meals regularly, and he keeps busy putting Coal and fir on the fire. I suppose we are going to have a hard Winter this year in Ireland the potatoes won't be more than half a crop, and the bulk of the Oats is still out in the fields and it has now been raining steadily for ten days. I must finish this brief letter, will soon write a longer one With regards from all, I am Your Affectionate Brother James. |
