| Title: | Archibald Carson, Philadelphia, to his Mother. |
|---|---|
| ID | 585 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Carson, Archibald/34 |
| Year | 1857 |
| Sender | Carson, Archibald |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Destination | unknown |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | son-mother |
| Source | T 2077/7: Copied by Permission of William Carson Esq. Artiferral, Ballymoney, Co. Antrim. #TYPE EMG Archibald Carson Philadelphia to his Mother. 2nd Nov. 1857. |
| Archive | Public Record Office N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 8810038 |
| Date | 02/11/1857 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 06:10:1988 LT created 05:12:1988 pg input 17:01:19 |
| Word Count | 192 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Philadelphia 2nd Nov 1857 Dear Mother I had intended writing you sometime since stating to you Andrews death but I gave newspapers to James to send you [?] of them which he said he did, He was bad for two months, but was complaining for some time Before that labouring under Epilipsy [Epilepsy?] which he died of you saw by the newspaper sent [?] he died on the 29th July making him one month short of Being Twenty-five years of age. James Bought a lot of Ground in a new Burial place and we had him decently intered [interred?]. James left Two weeks since for the West Indies Island of Cuba to Run a Sugar cane manufacturer - it will be a good job for the winter months as we Expect a hard winter, all Buisnes [Business?] is suspended most of the Banks shut up for Time to make species payments which some of them perhaps [?] Factories stoped [stopped?] hands turned Idle, it will take a time to bring Buisnes [Business?] to its proper [?] Give my best regards to all my friends please write me soon and give me the news how all is I remain yours in [?] Archd [Archibald?] Carson |
