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Title: John Caldwell Jr. to his Father John Caldwell Sr., Ballymoney
ID431
CollectionIrish Emigration Database
FileCaldwell, John Jr/26
Year1798
SenderCaldwell, John Jr.
Sender Gendermale
Sender Occupationemigrant (waiting to board on ship to America)
Sender Religionunknown
OriginDonegal Arms, Ireland
DestinationBallymoney, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland
RecipientCaldwell, John Sr.
Recipient Gendermale
Relationshipson-father
SourceT 3541/4/3: Presented by R.V.T. Edie
ArchiveThe Public Record Office, Northern Ireland.
Doc. No.9309143
Date20/08/1798
Partial Date
Doc. TypeEMG
LogAction By Date Document added by C. R., 01:09:1993
Word Count498
Genre
Note
TranscriptDonegal Arms 29th Sept. [September?] 1798
My Dear Father
I wrote you on Tuesday night & [and?] have none of yours
today-- I was brought up here yesterday with a number of others & [and?]
this day gave in security -- Rob. [Robert?] Patterson 500-- Henry Rowan
500 & [and?] myself 1000 that I would leave the Country by the 12th
October & [and?] never return, unless by leave of the Government - J.
John?] Parks will not leave Dublin before Sunday & [and?] I suppose you
will meet him here on Monday - a Lady who has Children at the Moravians was
there yesterday, she tells me that there [their?] next receiving day is the
last of October & [and?] that applications are so numerous, she thinks it
will be difficult to succeed in getting Eliz th [Elizabeth?] there - the
only way is to take her immediately & [and?] press them to take her, - the
term is 14 Gs [Guineas?] per annum to be paid Quarterly before hand She
shewed [showed?] me some work of a child of 5 yrs. [years?] of age which was
most astonishing & [and?] she speaks in raptures of it altogether - Mr. Nath
Magee who lives near Mr Stewarts [sic] of Ballydrain has two Thread Mills
to sell, he begs when you come here, you may go out & [and?] view them &
[and?] he will give you every information he is Master of , call and see Miss
McCleans & [and?] others you will be judge of the price ----let the Girls
make two large roomy Cheque [check?] Shirts for William at about 14 d.
[shillings?] per yard -- I have two already I think from the price I hear my
Uncle Jack has got for his house (50 Gs. [Guineas?] & [and?] 23Gs. [Guineas?]
per Annum) that my aunts would surely sell well at any time - My Auction was
this day, almost everything was sold & [and?] very well - I take out an
excellent Hair Mattress with me, but thought it a folly to take out a feather
bed - I had but three - one was sold some time ago - the other two now &
[and?] tho [though?] one had been valued by the feathers at 13 d.
[shillings?] & [and?] the other at 21 d. [shillings?] per lb. [pound?] the
one sold at 18 d. [shillings?] & [and?] the other at 21 d. [shillings?] - so
that everything did wonderfully -- I have applied tho' [though?] I know not
yet with what success- for permission to go directly on board the Ship where
I could have a perfectly free Communication with my friends & [and?] even
keep you or any one else on board with me if I wished it - The American
Captain has expressed a friendship for me & [and?] if you determined on
sending Wm. [William?] I think I shall not have to pay a Passage for
him------
yrs. [yours?] ever
J. [John?] Caldwell

On outside fold postmarked BELFAST:
" Mr. Caldwell
H. Hill
Ballymoney"

Also: " My Son John
20th Aug. 1798"