| Title: | Mary Ann Cathcart, Rockycreek, to Mrs William Stavely, Antrim |
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| ID | 596 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Cathcart, Mary Ann/76 |
| Year | 1818 |
| Sender | Cathcart, Mary Ann |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Rockycreek, Florida? |
| Destination | Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Mrs William Stavely |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | D 1835/27/2/3: Deposited by Greer Hamilton and Gailey, Solicitors, High Street, Ballymoney, County Antrim. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9310017 |
| Date | 18/02/1818 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C. R., 01:10:1993 |
| Word Count | 570 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Letter from Mary Ann Cathcart, Rockycreek, [USA?] to Mrs. William Stavely, Corkey, Parish of Loughgill, County Antrim. Rockycreek February 18th 1818. Mrs Stavely My dear friend I embrace the huried [hurried?] moment to communicate a few of the vicisitudes [vicissitudes?] through which a I have passed since our last interview though they are to [too?] many for the bounds of a letter in the first place we had a tedious severe passage of seventy-five days and was greatly tossed with contrary winds the first five weeks we were much alarmed at our arrival by hearing of a violent fever that had ragd [raged?] in Ctown [Cottown?] and caried [carried?] many of our countrymen of [off?] the stage of time in four hours after their arrival but we with great anxiety to meet with our relations and a degree of fortitude necessary on such an ocasion [occasion?] went to the place directed when we were informed that Brother Robert had not been there for six months but that waggons with his merchant goods had left town the preceeding day then I wrote to him imediately [immediately?] but it being the week of Court he sent Brother James to meet us he was with us in ten days and agreed with a wagoner to carry us to [wonsborow?] he rode along with us ten days and went home to let mother know we were well and had escaped the fever then he acompanied [accompanied?] by father and brother Robert came thirty miles to meet us I have as yet little knowledge of this extensive country and therefore will leave it to some of your relations who are more adequate to describe it I have seen none of them but Mr. and Mrs Bones their family is all well and I understand there is little intimacy betwixt fathers family and them none of them came to see us or to receive your letters but nothing could disuade [dissuade?] me from paying them a visit as your letters were all directed there brother Robert went with me the family were all gone to see Miss Adams but Mr. and Mrs. Bones they expressed the utmost satisfaction at seeing me and hearing from you and the week following came to fathers and spent a day with us they gave me an invitation to spend Christmas there as the[-----torn] expected this family there from agusta [Augusta?] which [----torn] would accepted but we were preparing to mo[----torn] to Rockycreek where [-----damaged] reside it is on the [------torn] Robert purchased for father and gave five hun[----torn] dollars for it but the man he got it from [---torn] left it the last month which caused him [---torn] rent a place for them the last year #PAGE 2 in a [----torn] what he has done for all of us is past the com[--torn]sion of any but th[--torn] who experienced it [----torn] of you as soon as you receive this to write to me [---torn] first opertuntiy [opportunity?] and [---torn]t Mrs. McCleery know [---torn]rticles sent by me to Mrs. Adams caried [carried?] with Mr. Bones and he promised to send them by his [---torn] John as the family of Mr. Fitsimons [Fitzsimons?] were left clou[torn] acount [account?] of the fever time forbids to write any more but to be remembered to Mr. Stavely to John and Mary and also to plead an apology for this scribble and believe me sincerely yours Mary ann Cath Cart [Cathcart?] |
