| Title: | R. Campbell, U.S.A. to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast. |
|---|---|
| ID | 486 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Campbell, Robert/15 |
| Year | 1868 |
| 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 1558/1/1/355: Papers of William John Campbell Allen Deposited by F. D. Campbell Allen. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9801302 |
| Date | 19/08/1868 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 12:01:98. |
| Word Count | 429 |
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| Transcript | ansd [answered?] 12.9.68 [12 Sep 1868?] Clarksville 19 Aug 1868 My Dear Sir I have been looking over in the papers the accounts of the drought which has prevailed over Gr Br [Great Britain?] & Ireland, and think that great distrss must be the consequence to your farmers: This has brought me to consider the proble [probable?] condition of my nieces in County Derry and of my duty to give them some assistance in this probable emergency. By your a/c [account?] there was on the 1st July last to my credit œ49.19.8 since then 20th Jany Exchange has been added œ87.7.7 ---------- œ137.7.3 reserving for Miss S. Carroll for 1868 œ30 I intend sending to Miss Grace McWhinney an order for œ40 and to her sister Mrs Margaret B. McWhinney a like Dr [Draft?] œ40 œ110.00.0 which I will be obliged to you to pay them when presented. In the certainty of a large amount of food being sent to England, and the probability of a fair Crop of Cotton tho' there can be but imperfect information of the amount planted, from the great unorganized situation of the labourers which may be expected to reduce the price of Exchange - with the low prevailing rate of interest in Gr Br [Great Britian?] & I [Ireland?]. I say under these circumstances there is a great temptation to draw to the extent of funds in hand : But if Seymour, the Demo [Democratic?] repudiating candidate for Presidt [President?] succeeds at our approaching election, I look for worse times & a worse war than the one lately closed. In the Black ignorant portion of an population will necessarily an important element in it, their Liberty or Slavery depending on the result, and all sorts of crimes may be looked for. Its horrors will probably rival the French Revolution. These I now look upon as the natural consequences of the persistence of the Bourbon party in opposing the deliverance of the people from galling subjection - which certainly was a cruel & heavy yoke. You seem likely to have trouble at home, but from the constitution of your Government, I do not see how the Church can be dissociated from the Government; nor do I think it desirable. I am very happy in being able to speak favourably of the health of our friend Mr Bones - Shortly list writing you and after his removal from Augusta to Summerville (the Hill) we had letters from Miss Longstreet describing a considerable revival both in his spirits & health, which continues up to our latest advices. Our crops both of Corn & Cotton promise favourably. Very Truly Yours R. [Robert?] Campbell. |
