| Title: | Thos. W. Coskery, U.S.A. to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast. |
|---|---|
| ID | 710 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Coskery, Thomas W/25(2) |
| Year | 1875 |
| 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 1558/1/1/634: Papers of William John Campbell Allen Deposited by F. D. Campbell Allen. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9802803 |
| Date | 19/07/1875 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 17:02:98. |
| Word Count | 492 |
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| Transcript | Augusta Ga [Georgia?] 19th July 1875 W. J. C. Allen Esq Belfast My Dear Sir Your valued favour of 17 Apl [April?] was duly recd [received?] together with your letter for our mutual friend Mrs Giltenan which was handed her on receipt, but the papers you allude to respecting your son at Cambridge never reached me, which would have been equally interesting to myself & your old friend Miss Hannah Longstreet who always inquires after your family when I meet her. I note your remarks in reference to the trying winter in the mercantile world and indeed from all we can see and learn there is little improvement on either side of the Atlantic. In looking over a New York Paper the other day my eyes fell upon a paragraph which was rather startling from an old Bank officer who stated that in one of the largest Banking institutions in N. York [New York?] out of 1000 of the largest depositors 40 years ago only 6 solvent men remained in business, the balance having all failed or died insolvent. This is a sad picture if true, and not at all encouraging to young beginners, while at the same time, it is a great reason for gratitude and thankfulness to a kind Providence for those who have weathered the storm and still stand upon a solid foundation. Business has been in an unsatisfactory state in this country for the past two years I have just returned from St. Louis an (sic) Chicago and find the West and other sections no better off than the South. Indeed our crops have never looked more promising than at present and as to flourishing cotton fields there is no end. but I fear the new crop will open low, perhaps not much over ten cents unless some disaster happens it before October, the weather is exceedingly hot here now thermometer 95ø in my office while I write and I dont know a cooler place in town I have not felt the heat so oppressive in many years which makes me long for such places as Portrush and the Giants Causeway and if gold dont get too much ahead of greenbacks my wife says we must strike for "Killarney" before another July sets in. please say to friend Blackwood that I saw his friend Mr Newell as I passed through Nashville Town a short time ago, when I was sorry to hear of the death of Miss Taylor Mr Blackwood's father raised Mr Newell and a sterling fellow he is resided here until the war broke out and is now a member of the firm of Newell, Duncan, & Co. What progress has your melons made, I am eating them daily from the same stack and if possible they surpass last years crop, but I think melons or no melons rather than a climate that will drive the mercury up to 95 or 100ø With kind regards to Miss Carr & Blackwood, with your own household I am Dear Sir Yours most sincerely Thos. [Thomas?] W. Coskery. |
