| Title: | Adeline Clarke, Augusta to Eleanor Wallace, Newtownards. |
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| ID | 637 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Clarke, Adeline/9 |
| Year | 1851 |
| Sender | Clarke, Adeline |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | housewife |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Augusta, Georgia, USA |
| Destination | Newtownards, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Wallace, Eleanor |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | D 1195/3/6: Presented by J. W. Russell & Co., Solicitors, 4 High Street, Newtownards, Co. Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9112094 |
| Date | 28/05/1851 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 29:11:1993 |
| Word Count | 835 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | To: [Eleanor Wallace?] [Newtownards?] [County Down?] [Ireland?] From: Adeline E. Clarke [Augusta?] [Georgia?] [U.S.A.?] May 28 1851 May th [the?] 28 1851 My Dear Cousin As Mr & Mrs John Bones leaves in a day for Ireland I hastin [hasten?] to answer your Kind and affectionate letter of Sept th [the?] 1849 which I Received from you and which was indeed a source of great gratification to me for in that Letter you were kind enough to give me a very particular account of your own and Uncle James's family; We are all living still on the Hill; there has been but little change in my Family since last I wrote you except the Birth of a little Grandson which my Daughter calls for her father Samuel Clarke. He is of course a great Pet with us all; not only because he is the first but also for his Name; He is a very fine sprightly Child and now about 7 months old. John My oldest Son is in Business in Augusta. he goes down every morning and Returns in the Evening; it is just a pleasant ride and good exercise for him being only 3 Miles from the Hill, My Second Son Thomas is With me at Present and is not engaged in any Business at this time. My 3 [third?] Robert is at School about 80 Miles from Home. He is thinking of going on to the North this Summer to Princeton College. My 4 little Girls are with me Mary and Ellen the 2 oldest go to School and the 2 Youngest remain at home Sarah Adger and Adeline Samuel the last is the little one who Was Born 5 Months after her Fathers Death and who My Poor Mother named just a few weeks before her own Death She said she wished it called for its Father and myself; for strange to tell this Babe was the 12 [twelfth?] child; and neither of us had one ever called one of them after us. She has always been a great Pet with us all and although she is now 5 years old she is still called the Baby. She has always been a very delicate child, but she is beginning now to look much healthier #PAGE 2 I have commenced giving her the Shower Bath which I am in great hopes will bring her out. Aunt Eliza Moores Family are all Well; Mrs Walton has a fine little Daughter about 9 months old which she calls for her Mother Eliza Moore. I suppose you heard of the Marriage of the oldest Son Henry to a Miss Poullain of Greensboro; a very fine Girl indeed. Her second Daughter is also Married to a very fine Man; by the name of Wilkinson I think Aunt Eliza has cause to be thankful to the Author of all good Gifts that her children has made such excellent and Prudent Matches; for it must be a great comfort to a Mother to see all her Children happily Married before she is called upon to part with them. Hannah Longstreet is well at present; Poor thing she has been called upon to drink deep of the bitter cup of affliction; in the Death of her Dear and Beloved Aunt Adams who had been like a Mother to her for Years; also her Uncle Doct [Doctor?] Paul Eves Wife; to whom She was much attached. But she knows to whom to look for comfort and strength in the trying hour firmly believing that he will not put more upon her than She is able to bear. Delightful thought to think that the hand that afflicts; can comfort too. You asked me in Your last letter if I was a Presbyterian. Yes My Dear Cousin Myself Family and all my connection are real regular full Blooded Presbyterians and Proud to own it. We have an Episcopalian Methodist Baptist Catholick [Catholic?] and Campbellite Church in our City so you see we are well Provided for in that line. After all it is not what denomination do you belong to; but the Simple question, is the Heart Right. Oh you do not know how schocked [shocked?] I was to hear of my Dear Uncle James Death. I often take his last letter out and read over and over again and think is it Possible I shall never hear another from Him. Do write me all about them and how they got along since his Death and about your own Family all the Particulars. You do not know how gratifying it is to me to hear from you And now My Dear Cousin I must thank you Kindly for the little Breastpin you sent me I could not describe to you my feelings when I looked upon it and thought it was My Dear Fathers Hair. I do indeed Prize it. I must now bid you Farewell hoping to receive a long letter from you You must excuse this hurried epistle not knowing Mr Bones was going to leave quite so soon. My Family #PAGE 3 all join me in Kindest Love to your Father Mother Self and all I remain Your Affectionate Cousin Adeline E Clarke |
