| Title: | J & M Smyth, Castledamph, to James A Smyth, Ontario |
|---|---|
| ID | 6724 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, Bella Maggie/93B |
| Year | 1898 |
| Sender | Smyth, Bella Maggie |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | farming household |
| Sender Religion | Protestant (Presbyterian) |
| Origin | Castledamph, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Recipient | Smyth, James Alexander |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge. |
| Doc. No. | 410028 |
| Date | 10/09/1898 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | |
| Word Count | 200 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | [Letter 2] September 10th 98 Dear Brother Father has this sheet wrote (sic) about a week and not finished yet but I expect you have all the news you want by this time [Page 4] We have not got that picture yet but its [it’s] Likely on the road I suppose you are back at school now for another term all teachers and scholars has (sic) their holidays here now We have Maggie and Lizzie from Gortin since Sunday they will stop another week Lizzie is a lively little girl there is nothing too hard for her We have heard some word that Miss Dunbar will give us a call some day on the bicycle but we are not sure as she never wrote nor we don’t [don’t] much care whether she does or not There is nice harvest weather here now a good many is (sic) done cutting we have up the burn to commence yet but it was not ripe any sooner You may think notepaper was scarce when you get a sheet like this : but it was some notion father took to write on this There is no particular news So Good Bye [Goodbye?] for the present B M S [Bella M Smyth?] |
