| Title: | Thomas Armstrong, Co. Monaghan, to Elizabeth Corbett, Ontario. |
|---|---|
| ID | 93 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Armstrong, Thomas (1)/80 |
| Year | 1880? |
| Sender | Armstrong, Thomas |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | prob. retired farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Co. Monaghan, Ireland |
| Destination | Belleville, Ontario, Canada |
| Recipient | Corbett (n. Armstrong), Elizabeth Jane |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | father-daughter |
| Source | Donated by Donald J. Boyle, 51 William St., Brantford, Ontario,N373K6, Canada. e-mail : don boyle @ worldchat. com. |
| Archive | Ulster American Folk Park. |
| Doc. No. | 9806882 |
| Date | 01/01/1800 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 25:06:98. |
| Word Count | 428 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | [Letter written to Elizabeth Jane Armstrong (Corbett) in Belleville, Ontario, Canada by her father Thomas Armstrong from Millbrook, Lisegerton, Co. Monaghan in 1880?] My Dear Eliza I must tell you a bout [about?] some of your old nabors [neighbours?] the Mackdonalds [McDonalds?] lives close by us theare [they are?] all well alsoe [also?] Kings family are well Charles [-----?] is dead theare [there?] is none of the girls mared [married?] yeat [yet?] nor none of the Ebrons theare [they are?] all well We weare [were?] glad to heare [hear?] from Mises [Mrs?] Larster and Charley be pleses [pleased?] to remember us to them o how glad we would be to see them. Uncle george is dead the girls is mared [married?] and doing well. Well I must tell you that Josephs address is Lapeer Michigan write to him he is all the one that writes to us I will give you Johns and Williams adress [address?] in the next [letter?] we are living in a nice plase [place?] but very dear the times has bene [been?] very bad heare [here?] for the last 2 years our crop is better this year but money is very carve [scarce?] with us at present. I had a paper from Joseph Thursday he is a good child to us he sends us some money now and again you may tele [tell?] Mises [Mrs?] Larster that dn [Daniel?] Macqinad is till [still?] living. Your dear mother sister and brother joins in sending theare [their?] love to you and dear husband and children. Thomas Armstrong My Dear Eliza We are both geating [getting?] old. I am in my 72 year and your mother somthing [something?] younger so you se [see?] that you will not have us long to write to. Write when you geat [get?] this letter and I will answer you a gran [grand?] letter. Bell could read it like print hoe [she?] is 18 tean [eighteen years?] past she is a good daughter and a clever girl of her age quite like you and that is not a bad liknes [likeness?]. I think you take well. Still I beleve [believe?] that you got a good loving husband and if you take after your mother are good to him and you cannot be to [too?] good. I was also glad to heare [hear?] uncle William being well and family please remember us to them allso [also?] to uncles Henary [Henry?] and Margaret and tell him that we sympathize with him. [continued down side of next page?] love for hear and dont forget the one thing [---?] [----?] Write soon. Henary [Henry?] might write a fue [few?] lines to us and I would answer. |
