| Title: | R. Campbell, U.S.A. to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast. |
|---|---|
| ID | 485 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Campbell, Robert/15(2) |
| Year | 1869 |
| Sender | Campbell, Robert |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | merchant |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Augusta, Georgia, USA |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Campbell Allen, William J. |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends, business |
| Source | D 1558/1/1/398 : Papers of William John Campbell Allen Deposited by F. D. Campbell Allen. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9802480 |
| Date | 01/11/1869 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 09:02:98. |
| Word Count | 380 |
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| Transcript | Augusta Ga [Georgia?] 1st nov 1869 W. J. C. Allen Esq Ulster Bank Belfast Ireland My Dear Friend My loss of sight this summer has prevented me writing to you as usual - but I have suffered a much greater bereavement in the loss of my dear wife - a loving companion for 36 years. She departed this life at Athens on the way down from Clarksville on Monday the 25th ult. by an attack of pneumonia. Her health had been greatly impaired by a fall from an elevated Piazza in June last, from which she had barely recovered so as to be able to travel which had a great influence in shortening her days - The disease developed itself on Wednesday evening and terminated next Monday morning. In the course of Nature we shall not be long separated as we were both in our 83 year - she always took a lively interest in yourself & Mrs Allen and your cousin Wm. Campbell. I hope to make the usual remittances in January next. Affectionately Yours R. [Robert?] Campbell Written by my niece Mrs Giltenan. Words: 163 2 Nov 1869 My Kind & Valued Friend If I may be permitted to address you as such both on act [account?] of the long friendship existing between you and my venerated and beloved Uncle - as well as from kindness to myself and family in years long past - but not forgotten by me. It is with sorrow that I record the death of my dear Aunt - with whom I have lived and made my home since the close of the war - I used only to spend my winters with them in Augusta but for some years past my dear Uncle would not do without me & Providence has spared me to be useful to him in his great loss of sight & in this his greater affliction - Last June his eyes failed him altogether & since then I have been transacting his business in writing and keeping accts [accounts?] and in reading to him a pleasure he enjoyed so much himself. I am troubled about the state of my cousin Grace's health. Should you see my sister Margaret soon - will you be so kind as to inquire if Grace's husband is in much debt and how much over œ50 - I expect that her mental derangement has arisen from some such cause. I make this request entirely in my own name & would be thankful if you would say a word on the subject to me when you write to my Uncle. It is a great sense of satisfaction that I have at last succeeded in getting my sister to live with her cousin where I hope she will remain & be a mutual benefit to each other. With best wishes for the health and happiness of yourself and family. Gran Olivia Giltenan I ought to acknowledge receipt of your cousin William's letter to Uncle last month - please convey Uncle's kind regards from my Uncle to him. P.S. I enclose Obituary - My Dear Uncle has left home for a short time in this days train with his sister in law Mrs Smith. They will both return in a week or so - I hope she will be prevailed to come and look after the household duties as I shall pay exclusive attention to my Uncle. G. O. G. Obituary Died, in Athen, Georgia, on the morning of 25th of October, Mrs Catherine Campbell, the fondly loved and deeply lamented wife of Mr. Robert Campbell, of this city, aged 82 years. |
