| Title: | Greeves, John Sr to O'Brien, William, 1820 |
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| ID | 5980 |
| Collection | The Transatlantic Letters of an Irish Quaker Family_1818-1877 [B. Jackson] |
| File | quaker/30 |
| Year | 1820 |
| Sender | Greeves, John Sr |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | linen trader |
| Sender Religion | Quaker |
| Origin | Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Cattaragus, NY, USA |
| Recipient | O'Brien, William |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | father-in-law - son-in-law |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 797 |
| Genre | family news, bad state of local economy, social event |
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| Transcript | Bernagh 7 mo 10th- 1820 Dear Wm Anns Letter to Dan came duly to Hand and we were sorry to find that thou had been so Long confined and so Very ill. I think thou must be Extremely weak from the Loss of so much Blood. It was a happy circumstance that you Happened to be in so agreeable a place as Brother Jacobs. I Hope you have long Ere this arived at your Destined place, Cataracus Creek on the Banks of Lake Erie. We are anxiously looking for a Letter Dated from that place. We have forwarded a small Box of Wearables which came from Dan: it goes in the Jno Dickinson Bound to New York. It is to be left in the care of A Bell and waits there for thy order. We would have sent some tilings also, but Thos being in Dublin and the time so short that we could not Have them Ready before the vessel would sail. Mary McDonnell intends going in said vessel along with A Bell's son who was at [his grandfather] Jas Christys: the latter died in Spring Last [January 5, 1820] and consequently they wished the child home. John has given up the Grocery Business owing to the Bad proffirs & obliged to give so much credit, that on the winding up of his affairs there will be a considerable Loss. He has taken a house in Armagh and is going to follow the Business that he was Bred to. We are Busily Employed striving to get him settled. I Expect he will commence in about 2 weeks from this. How it may do is hard to say: Armagh is a Great Market But Business is Dull, owing to the Verry Low price of Linnens. I suppose Thos wrote to you that Wm. went to Carlow for some time and Anna is here, indeed she is fine company for her Grandmother. She is a very witty child and is not much Trouble. In your last Letter Ann mentions that your Little one thrives well, but not able to go alone. Thy mother is frequently poorly but hath not the Violent attacks so frequently in her stomach. She complains of Inward weakness, something Like the Christ)- family. I Expect Thos hath informed you of J C Death: he was a Long time. Never kept his Bed untill the Last Day: he was opened and his Liver Greatly affected, it being out of the power of Medicine to be of use. His circumstances was not so well as people Expected, however they are going on with the Business as usual. I Have Been very poorly this some time with my old Complaint, the Rheumatism. I was Getting pretty fat During the spring but it is fast going away. However I have no cause to Murmur - still able to stir about. We have not Heard much of Thos Nicholson. I suppose he and his brother is Busy farming on the Banks of the Susquehanna River. Have you had any word from him, is he likely to get S Douglass Money or Likely to pay Ann her Bequest? Money here is verry scarce. Most of all the Banks in the South bath failed. Lately I believe 9 or 10, as also the Bank of Alexander & Co in Dublin. There has been a very Great Run on the Belfast Banks but they Have stood their ground. Many people in the South hath Lossed their all. I understand Dan came off pretty safe, having but free Notes on his hands, but believe Business hath suffered a Good Deal in Carlow as well as in Munster. There was a Letter Lately from J G Greeves Mentioning that Business was very hard at N Orleans and but Little prospect of it getting better. Our Queen has Lately come to London and there is a Great fermentation about her. It is thought she will be brought to Tryal for her conduct abroad, which she much wishes for. She Demands all her Rights as Queen, and Government wd wish she wd Live abroad on a pension of 50 Tho'sd a year, which she will not accept of untill her caracter is cleated of the many foul charges Laid to it. How it Tur[n] out is hard to say: she hath Many Adherents who think Her an Injured Woman. I think I have wrote thee what I ... of things here but if Thos is home in time it is Likely he will write by the same conveyance. I Remain with Dr Love, which thy Mother Joins, to Ann & child thy affct Father John Greeves For Wm Obrien, Care of Jacob Taylor Cataracus Creek on the Banks of Lake Erie State of New York America |
