| Title: | Letter From Shipping Agent, Liverpool, to W.G. Smith, Carrickmacross |
|---|---|
| ID | 1006 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Elliot, Thomas/70 |
| Year | 1847 |
| Sender | Elliot, Thomas |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | shipping agent |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Liverpool, England |
| Destination | Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, Ireland |
| Recipient | Smith, William G. |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | business |
| Source | D 3531/P/Box 1: Deposited by Major J.E. Shirley. #TYPE LET Shirley Papers: Letter From Thomas Elliot, Shipping Agent, Liverpool, to W.G. Smith, Carrickmacross, Ireland, 10 May 1847. |
| Archive | Public Record Office Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9004053 |
| Date | 10/05/1847 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | 01:05:1990 JM created 16:08:1990 CC input 16:08:19 |
| Word Count | 316 |
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| Transcript | To Mr W.G. Smith Carrickmacross Ireland From: Liverpool 10 May 1847 Dear William, The £1 you sent and which I received yesterday I handed to Anne Bell this day just before the ship hauled out. I should have handed it to her yesterday had she not been over with others of her party at Cheshire they should have been off on Friday but when ready to shove over to the Gates at tidetime it came on to rain very heavily & the wind hauling round to the westward they gave it up & have been first here since. I sent rather a good humoured letter to Strong this day respecting the two young persons who returned Home in such bad humour. When the passengers ran up so high - If they come along by next Saturdays Boat I will give them their Passage to New York in as fine a ship as is now in Port the "Atlantic" for New York on her second trip only at the terms they paid,* (*please tell Joseph so) and as I offerd [offered?] before will pay their Steamboat Fare Had they at once decided on taking my advice & my offer made them when they first appeared here it would have saved them some trouble & anxiety. Terms to Quebec are likely to become more moderate & will be by next week £3-10-0 & halfprice for children. To New York & other United States Ports very little alteration is expected in consequence of the new Regulations which prevents all ships from carring [carrying?] little more than 2/3s of the original complement & all now must be in Single Berths - The increase in price of Bread tends to keep passengers up. Markets here are at present very stiff & nothing adoing only for cash down within the last week. Yours very truly Thos [Thomas?] Elliott Mr W.G. Smith Please let me know of such as may come by Saturdays Boat |
