| Title: | Mary Duncan, Co Tyrone to J A Smyth, Canada |
|---|---|
| ID | 914 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Duncan, Mary/55 |
| Year | 1893 |
| Sender | Duncan, Mary |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Ontario, Canada |
| Recipient | Smyth, James Alexander |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge. |
| Doc. No. | 410155 |
| Date | 08/02/1893 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 27:10:2004. |
| Word Count | 362 |
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| Transcript | Front of envelope Mr James A Smyth South Woodslee SX County Ontario Canada Lock Box 4 Postmarked NEWTOWNSTEWART FE 9 93 IRELAND Handwritten Ans March 18 1893 Back of envelope POSTMARK PLUMBRIDGE FE 9 93 POSTMARK SOUTH WOODSLEE FE 22 93 0NT. Eden Feb 8, 1898 Dear Cousin James In answer to your most kind and welcome letter which I received all right [alright?] you must excuse me for not writing sooner but I did not want to write till after the binch [bench?] till I would tell you what did happen it was the greatest day ever was seen in Gortin the case with Alexd [Alexander?] Reid will be a big one yet it is left of [off?] to be tried in omagh in March the [there?]were (sic) grate [great?] swearing Jamey Hay was Alex (sic) witness and Willie Noble was Reids [Reid's?] witness Jamey Hay did good work for Alex but you may think Noble [swore?] right [or?] rong [wrong?] the losing man will pay a bill at the end If it goes as far as McConnels case went the [there?] will be a fue [few?] pounds spent the [there?] are (sic) nothing consumes the money like the law your father & Joney Elkin was bales [bail?] men for Alexd [Alexander?] Knox so you may be thinking of them going to Derry gale [gaol?] about the tenth of March the [they?] are working very hard now Alex is ploughing very hard Knox and Jamey Hay is working with the spade every day we are all busy thank god for our health you wanted to know if the [there?] were any balls or soirees I must tell you the [there?] were none we had a grand lecture in the meeting house last week but Mary McConnel is married on (sic) a brother of Joney Caughrons he is going to die since the wedding he got such a feed of a tale [tail?] of a herring. Dear cousin James I have no more news to tell you only that our cousin in Straughroy has afrounted [affronted?] all be long [belong?] to hir [her?] Elizzie [Lizzie?][Orr?] had a young son born the Thursday after Xmas so we no [know?] nothing more about hir [her?] be sure and let none of our cousins see this letter so I have no more to say at [present?] yours [Mary?] Duncan To James Alex Smyth write soon and tell me all goodby [goodbye?] Transcribed by Greg Floyd |
