| Title: | Earl of Ava, Colorado, to the Marchioness of Dufferin & Ava |
|---|---|
| ID | 949 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Earl of Ava, Archibald/30 |
| Year | 1893 |
| Sender | Archibald, Earl of Ava |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | army officer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Colorado, USA |
| Destination | England |
| Recipient | Hariot, Marchioness of Dufferin & Ava |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | son-mother |
| Source | D/1231/G/2/104: Deposited by Lady Hermonie Blackwood |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9808246 |
| Date | 27/07/1893 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 11:08:98. |
| Word Count | 407 |
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| Transcript | 27th July Denver Colorado [1893] My dear Mama I am so glad to hear you have been enjoying your visit to England. Please tell Hermie & Victoria that I got their last letters and will write later. I am also very pleased to hear you all like Flora and conclude that the money difficulties have been got over. Business seems in a bad way all over America & men who are worth thousands are unable to realize at present which may have been the case with Mr Davis. Hermie tells me the marriage will be in Paris & not over here & I think it is a better plan. I hope Freddy will get on in the militia. At any rate he will have a good time while he is over there. There is considerable excitement in this town now. The banks have busted & its full of unemployed. Last night the mob broke into the jail & strung a murderer up not far from this club & riddled his body with bullets. They talk of more riots tonight but I dont know if anything will happen. Crowds are at the station trying to get on to the trains to go further east for food & employment & in some towns they have taken forcible possession of the trains having no money to pay for their tickets. Last night alot of men were going to get me to a train here, but the engine driver backed the train pretending to go to the watershed to fill up the engine & then he came through full speed. Denver is a wonderful good place in many ways. I never saw anything like the offices the men do their work in. One I was in today was at the top of an eight storey high building & had three sides with huge window looking out on to the Rockies & two elevators, electric light, telephones & baths all of the latest pattern's. Tomorrow I go to Estes Park & then return here for a few days. The newspaper cutting enclosed was sent to me from England - what do you think of the account of the Dufferin livery. Tomorrow I am 30 but do not feel it & hope to be able to hold my own for years to come at any game. I remain my dear Mama Yours affecty [affectionately?] Archie P.S. I know plenty of people in this town & am kept busy. |
