| Title: | J. D. Collins, Ontario to James [?], [?]. |
|---|---|
| ID | 674 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Collins, James/16 |
| Year | 1869 |
| Sender | Collins, James |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | James |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | T 2487/1/60: Copied by Permission of E. H. McIlwaine Esq., Farnham Road, Bangor, Co. Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9405283 |
| Date | 10/11/1869 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 11:05:1994. |
| Word Count | 539 |
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| Transcript | Peterborough Ontario Dominion of Canada 10th Novr 1869 My Dear James I recd [received?] yours of Sept 23d the other day. I had been gathering up some seeds for you during the summer as they became ripe, & I now send you some by this Mail, by Book Post. Be careful in opening the box as there are some put in loose. I marked some samples so that you can know the loose ones by them. I did not mark the sugar maple as you will know it. I hope they may grow. Enclosed in this letter you will find a Steel Engraving of your Shanty & Clearing. You will perceive that I am not what you would call a "Burster" at sketching, but at the same time I think it is a pretty correct plan of the clearing & shanty. I had not room on the paper to give the whole extent of clearing, but it extends back about 60 yds [yards?] from the old shanty, & runs from [Pandansh?] Lake up to the shore of the little lake. You will also notice our friend Sah-mak-ke-tati-mah in his old birch bark putting for the landing. I believe it is the first thing of the sort I ever tried. I am sure Miss Cleland could make a nice Sketch from it. You ought to get her to do one, & I wish you would ask her to do one for me, & you could send it by Book post, rolled up like a sheet of music with a sheet of paste board rolled round it to keep it from being broken. As you remember the shape of [Pandansh?] Lake looking from the shanty. She might give another view of the place, taking it from the little lake & take in [Pandansh?] Lake. Some time before I recd [received?] your letter I recd [received?] a paper with a pamphlet inside by the Rev [Ryle], on the cover of this pamphlet there was some writing in pencil, asking me if I liked some book, & saying that you had recd [received?] the seeds, but the writing was so rubbed & defaced by the rolling up of the paper & friction that I could not make head or tail of it, but I expect from what you say in your letter, that it must have been from Mrs Nicholson, will you please to ask her & say that I could not make it out. I asked a surveyor the cost of a copy of the maps that you want. He said $10 each, or $5 for a tracing of the map coloured - perhaps I might get it done a little cheaper. I have not been able to go to [Pandansh?] this fall but I have heard that the Deer are very plenty every where [everywhere?]. I recd [received?] a message from Joe to be sure & go up, I feel rather disappointed but it cannot be helped. I sent him a parcel of Newspapers weighing 40 lbs to keep him in reading material. Be sure & write soon & acknowlege [acknowledge?] receipt of seeds. Hoping that you are taking an intrest in Eternal things. "Giving diligence to make your calling & election sure" See 1st Peter 1st Chap [Chapter?]. Write Soon Believe me to remain Yours ever sincerely J. D. Collins. |
