| Title: | John Chambers, New York to Robert Simms, Belfast. |
|---|---|
| ID | 608 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Chambers, John/60 |
| Year | 1824 |
| Sender | Chambers, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Simms, Robert |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | T 1815/24: Copied by Permission of the Presbyterian Historical Society, Fisherwick Place, Belfast. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 8809123 |
| Date | 15/10/1824 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 29:09:1993. |
| Word Count | 500 |
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| Transcript | To Robt Simms Belfast Forwarded to Mr Simms New York 15th Oct [October?] 1824 John Chambers My Dear Friend It is an age since I heard from you - yet I coud [could?] not allow my young friend Robert to depart without encumbering him with a few lines to you We are here so occupied with our Attentions to Marquis La Fayette, that we had time to make any other news (sic), than of our festivities to him. These have engaged, or rather engrossed, every mind on the continent; & if the good man can escape with his life, it is more than his personal friends expect. The approaching Election of our new President, has not, or will not, occasion, a twentieth part of the bustle or the interest I find Mr Brownlow & Mr Davidson have at length discovered the folly & wickedness of Orangeism. A command from the higher powers I suppose, has produced this information. A command which ought long since to have extended to Mr O'Neil, & other official fools or knaves of that stamp Our poor Country! I cannot restrain my eyes from turning towards her, - she labours under so many ills, - ills so long, long, rooted, - & in which so many are interested in continuing. - Her clergy - her Absentees - & even her resident Gentry are so hostile to her true interests that despair seems to shut the door of hope against her reformation. I wish you woud [would?] tell me your own [opinion?] upon the present State of things - & if there are any & what prospects of an amended [?] amongst you. Is the new Law for Tithes, a real improvement for the people, or the Church, - Is [Lord?] Wellesley likely to subdue the Orange faction - Is Justice better administered - have you employment for the people. I could ask you a thousand other questions but you would not have time to answer them #PAGE 2 Tell me, however, what you think of the New Bank in Dublin. I see the Direction is altogether Catholic! - How is that to be accounted for? - & what facilities is it likely to afford [external?] trade of this Country to which the National Northern Bank are not already equal. I have no doubt but it will be viewed with much jealously by the great folk in College Green Have you read Moore's [Captain?] Rock. It is an admirable performance, & must do good. I hope its circulation is equal to its merits We have no great opinion here of the efficacy of the Cath. [Catholic?] [Association?]. It is said to be a [mere tool?] of O'Connel's - whom prudence & good [sense are?] not considered as equal to his talents. - They appear to have lost the aristocracy of the body - or they are not so prominent in the public proceedings as formerly Mrs C. requests to present her best remembrances to Mrs Simms & your Daughter - accept my good wishes & [believe?] me, [Dr?] Simms Yours always sinc. [sincerely?] J Chambers |
