| Title: | T. W. Coskery, U.S.A. to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast. |
|---|---|
| ID | 705 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Coskery, Thomas W/18 |
| Year | 1876 |
| Sender | Coskery, Thomas W. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | businessman |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Augusta, Georgia, USA |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Campbell Allen, William J. |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends, business |
| Source | D 1558/1/1/682 : Papers of William John Campbell Allen Deposited by F. D. Campbell Allen. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9802805 |
| Date | 20/05/1876 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 17:02:98. |
| Word Count | 370 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Augusta 20 May 1876 W. J. C. Allen Belfast Dear Sir I am in receipt of your valued favour of 5th inst and note contents. Mr Smedley of London is an entire stranger to me. The purchase referred to was made through a Charleston house and I have seen several of Mr. Smedley's letters. the last stated that he or his associates were ready and prepared to deposit the whole amt [amount?] of purchase money with Brown Bros. & Co. or any other party I should select on delivery of title deeds, but as the document will be voluminous I did not feel disposed to incur an expense of several hundred Dolls [Dollars?] until I was secured by a payment of a portion of the purchase money, Since I forwarded proper documents witnessed by the British Consul binding myself to execute the papers on hearing that the purchasers had deposited œ1000 in the Ulster Bank to remain at my credit until titles reached you, when you would be authorised to receive the balance and deliver the titles. by taking this precaution we cannot possibly run any risk although my Charleston correspondent assures me that Mr. S [Smedley?] is reliable there has been so much rascality & chicanery on this side of the Atlantic recently that we are naturally suspicious of everybody we dont know, even though they may live beyond this tainted atmosphere If they comply well, if not we are determined not to get badly hurt. The price agreed upon was two shilling stg [sterling?] per acre and since writing last they propose to take 20,000 acres more at same rate. I shall probably hear something more soon when I will advise you, meantime if any deposit is made hold on to it & let me hear from you Yours very truly Thos. [Thomas?] W.Coskery P.S. The price will appear low to you for lands well timbered all located each side of a RRoad [railroad?] running back only 6 miles, but you must remember we have more lands here than in Ireland. If I had these lands in Co. Antrim we could charter a ship to visit Ireland and could furnish Belfast with pine timber & turpentine during the Queens reign T. W. C. [Thomas?] [W.?] [Coskery?] |
