| Title: | R. Anderson, Indiana to W. Anderson, Lisnamuck. |
|---|---|
| ID | 77 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Anderson, Robert/35 |
| Year | 1853 |
| Sender | Anderson, Robert |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Indiana, USA |
| Destination | Lisnamuck, Ireland |
| Recipient | Anderson Family |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | son and sibling |
| Source | D 1859/11: Presented by Dr. J. T. Anderson, 16 Ashley Gardens, Banbridge, County< Down, Ireland. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9012084 |
| Date | 01/01/1853 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by B.W. 20:12:1993 |
| Word Count | 651 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Dear Brother and Sister and Family, I once more take up my pen to write a few lines to you to inform you of our health at present which is good hoping if those lines reaches your length that the [they?] will find you all enjoying the same blessing ase [as?] he loves us likewise my to [two?] sones [sons?] John and Thomas if yet alive that those lines will [----?] them enjoying good health But I must informe [inform?] you of the deth [death?] of your Brother Joseph Hiram [?] our second son he took ill on the 12 of December and died the 7 day of January 1853 he went to his bed ase [as?] well ase [as?] usual and during the night he got awak [awake?] and spake [spoke?] to his mother and said that his eye was sore his mother got up and examined it and found it sweld [swollen?] then in a few days it began to swell under his face and we thought it wase [was?] nothing but a bite and got the doctor to opin [open?] it but there was nothing in it but ded [dead?] flesh and it still cep [kept?] swelling more and then it commenced to fall out in holes one after another untill [until?] his hol [whole?] cheek wase [was?] et [eaten?] of [off?] before he died we were wiling [willing?] that god would take him to himself ase [as?] we have good warnt [?] frome [from?] the scriptures that of such is the kindom [kingdom?] of haven [heaven?] the last question he answered his mother that he had a soul that could never die I received a leter [letter?] from Brother David and yours along with it on the 16 of December which I wase [was?] glad to see and to here [hear?] that you were all well and that you had received the money without any trouble wase [was?] a gret [great?] concern to me Dear Brother you steted [stated?] in your leter that the too [two?] Johns wase [was?] talking of seting [setting?] out to america this spring and that Tomy [Tommy?] did not say much about it if he is conten [content?] to stay I have know [no?] objections only to take him should a little in this country ase [as?] the way of pronounsing [pronouncing?] and spelling is some diffarent [different?] from Ireland that is all if the too [two?] Johns sets out or Thomas thinks best to #PAGE 2 come along with them I think if the [they?] are sperd [spared?] to reach our length that it will bee [be?] a friendly shake hands I would like to have a letter from you before the [they?] would set out and you another frome [from?] me ase [as?] I might be able to send you some beter [better?] directions than I can at preasant [present?] the steem [steam?] cars runs from knew york [New York?] to within three miles and a half of our house at this present time if the boys dont think of stoping [stopping?] in new york [New York?] or philadelphia [Philadelphia?] which ever the [they?] sail four [for?] I will try to either send them money out there or pey [pay?] ther [there?] fair [fare?] in Mushigan [Michigan?] city to fetch them out here it will not be as good out here this summer ase [as?] last for making money on a count [account?] that the railroad is nerly [nearly?] finished last summer a labouring man could ern [earn?] one doller [dollar?] a day and bord [board?] if a young man can fall in to work in new york [New York?] or philadelphia [Philadelphia?] he can do beter [better?] than he can in a country place until he gets money to by [buy?] land but dont [don't?] think that I make these stetments [statements?] to keep you from coming out to me |
