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Title: Bros Anderson, to William Anderson, Lisnamuck, Coleraine
ID45
CollectionIrish Emigration Database
FileAnderson, David/22
Year1841
SenderAnderson Bros.
Sender Gendermale
Sender Occupationfarmers
Sender Religionunknown
OriginUSA
DestinationCo. Derry, N. Ireland
RecipientAnderson, William
Recipient Gendermale
Relationshipbrothers
SourceD1859/4: Presented by Dr. J. T. Anderson, 16 Ashley Gds., Banbridge, Co Down
ArchiveThe Public Record Office, N. Ireland
Doc. No.800157
Date12/10/1841
Partial Date
Doc. TypeEMG
LogDocument added by LT, 10:08:00.
Word Count122
Genre
Note
TranscriptDear Brother we are all quite well here and has plenty
to eate [eat?] and to drink but we ern [earn?] our
bredd [bread?] by the sweat of our brow by reason of
begining [beginning?] on a new farm but we expect after
we get our farms cleared we can live easy we sold 12
hundred bushels of ashes this sumer [summer?] at at (sic)
five cents per bushel which amounted to sixty dollars
you may expect the timber stands pretty thick on our land
when we can [make?] that many ashes in one summer we send
our love to you and sister Eliza and children no more
at present but remains your affectionate Brothers to
death John Robert Joseph David Anderson

Addressed
For William Anderson, Lisnamuck
Care of Mr John Hunter
Greenfield Parish Aughadoey [Aghadowey?]
Co Derry Coleraine Ireland
from America
from America (sic)
Sept 17

Stamped New York Sep 20
Stamped Coleraine Oc 12 1841