| Title: | James Buchanan, Milford to Robert Buchanan, New York. |
|---|---|
| ID | 411 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Buchanan, James/116 |
| Year | 1891 |
| 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. | 9705015 |
| Date | 14/12/1891 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 01:05:97. |
| Word Count | 571 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Milford Co Donegal Ireland. 14th December 1891. My dear Robert I received your kind letter a few days ago, enclosing P.O. Order for ten pounds. It was too much money to send. I did not expect it, indeed, I had enough to get along very comfortably, but now we are well off, we have an abundance of everything that we need, plenty of meal and flour and potatoes and turnips, to do us until Spring, a good crack of "force-meat" and lots of bacon hanging up in the kitchen. I think there are very few in Milford who live more comfortably than we do. Of course I have been kept quite busy since I came getting the house and land into decent condition, but I can tell you during the last year I have had a hard time of it getting rid of the dirt and lice, and fleas in the house, but they are now all banished and the house quite clean from top to bottom. My father keeps in good health, he can eat his three meals a day, go about as usual and smoke away day and night, and now since you have sent him some money I suppose he will keep at it still more. Everybody says he is so wonderfully improved since I came home. He is well taken care of, he don't now drink much whisky and he can eat good food, but he still continues picking away at himself as he was when fleas were on him, although it is only imagination with him now, still he continues picking away at it day and night, he burns a candle away every night when he goes to his bedroom picking his clothes. Mr Osborne is very sick. Miss Gilliland bids me to tell you pay a visit to Milford and she will illuminate the house, she is still getting along, but has lately been sick of the Influenza, I have also had it a little but am now better. A great many people hereabouts have died of it, something like the "American Grip". It is no wonder we have it, as we have not had a dry day in the last month, rain, rain! all the time, day and night. John Curran of Glenalla was here last week at the Water's house (his cousins). It seems he had been sent to France by his Employers on some business and he came round this way to see his Mother. I believe he lives up at Tremont. I was going to send a Suit of Clothes to you but he had no trunk with him only a Carpet bag, and Miss Gilliland says you would not wrap any clothes made by Anthony Gallaher, but he makes them well enough for me, and I have more clothes now and am better dressed than I have ever been in Brooklyn. We have got the Meeting-House altered, it is now like a fashionable American Church. I sent with Curran five views of the Meeting-House before the alteration took place, and five views of Milford, you can keep one of each to yourself, and express the others to Alice Simpson she will distribute them to Scott to Mary Ann and Alex Buchanan Curran will likely drop you a line next month when he gets Home. In the view of Milford you will see my father at the door. Wishing you a Happy Christmas is all our wishes J.B. |
