| Title: | William Duggan, Ontario, to Rev G. Kirkpatrick, [Co.Antrim?]. |
|---|---|
| ID | 901 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Dugan, William/9 |
| Year | 1873 |
| Sender | Dugan, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Rev. George Kirkpatrick |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | Kirkpatrick was his former master |
| Source | D 1604/258: Presented by Rev. Robert Kirkpatrick, Breezemount, The Roddens, Larne, County Antrim. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9403030 |
| Date | 20/04/1873 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 08:03:1994. |
| Word Count | 585 |
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| Transcript | Nellyburton Dysart April 20th 1873 To Rev G [George?] Kirkpatrick Ontario Canada Dear Sir and my Dear old Master I hope you will forgive me for taking the liberty of writing to you and I hope that you and my old Misters [Mistress?] and the young Gentlemen and there [their?] Families is all well, I thank God I and my family are well, and sister Margret [Margaret?] as you know is Maried [Married?] and living within three miles fo [of?] me her family is well and Archey Burke lives just one mile from me he and his are all well and they are doying [doing?] very well. him and I often when we meet have a talk over the old place and the changes time must have rought [wrought?] cince [since?] we left but we never have had any reason to regret having left thanks be to God who in the midest [midst?] of forgetfullness [forgetfulness?] of him he did not forget us but gave us health and made the worke [work?] of our hands to prosper. and now Dear sir I want to speak of those that are at home yet my Mother wroat [wrote?] to me saying that the place the [they?] were living on was sold and that they had to leave and said that hir [her?] and the girls would like to come but Father was not so willing she said and that the [they?] were very badly off, so I cent [sent?] a letter wanting to know if the [they?] could do any thing [anything?] toards [towards?] helping me to bring them out and how much that might be, as there was no other hear [here?] able to do anything toards [towards?] that object and I was not able then to say what I could do toards [towards?] helping them as I had not sold all my [flax?] and even now that it is sold I have not got all the price ofit [of it?] yet, and then I sent them a fiew [few?] Dollars, it was in Febuary [February?]. I got one letter cince [since?] that gave me no idea of [what?] they could do or whither they had any thing [anything?] they could sell if they were coming, nor never said any thing [anything?] about the money I sent them so that I begin to think it may have gone estray [astray?] and now Dear sir you will ask why truble [trouble?] you withe [with?] this well if you would see Father and Mother and ask them all about coming out and if the [they?] do realy [really?] want to come and write me so that I would know whither the [they?] realy [really?] wanted to come or not I can make up now thirty 30 pounds stirling for them but even at the Government Agents charges for a passage, 30 pounds would not bring them all the price of a passage is [?] Dollrs [Dollars?] them the Goverment [Government?] (sic) After three months in the cuntry [country?] Gives the person who paid the passage back 16 Dollars as encouragement to come and stay in the cuntry [country?] and wages for men is very high now, and if they were hear [here?] they could get many a [thing?] when one cannot get money to send to them, so with many thanks for your kindness to me and those near and Dear to me and hoping God will bless you in all your endevors [endeavours?] for the good of others I remain Dear sir your humble servent [servant?] William Dugan [Duggan?] |
