| Title: | Alex Gamble, Pittsburgh, to [?], [Ireland?]. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1125 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Gamble, Alex/7 |
| Year | 1861 |
| Sender | Gamble, Alex |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | mentions wages, manual labourer? |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Pittsburgh, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | former employee? |
| Source | D 682/62: Presented by Mr P. Doake, "Glenlagen", Kinallen, Dromore, County Down, [Ireland?]. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9601198 |
| Date | 02/03/1861 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 18:01:96. |
| Word Count | 661 |
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| Transcript | Pittsburgh, March 2nd 1861 Honoured Sir I take opportunity of addressing these my first few lines hopping [hoping?] the will find you Misses & family injoying [enjoying?] Good health praying at the same time that you will excuse me for not writing long ere this I would have wrote Sooner only on account of the way in which my mind has been engaged ever since I have been here I and the 2 little girls have had steady work ever since we have been here I get one Dollar per day & the little girls can make from 3 to 3 1/2 Dollars per week we can live verry [very?] comfortable & have a little left the girls is preparing candey [candy?] Still I don't like this country near so well as old ireland nor don't Believe I Ever will. I will now give you a few items of how provisions is rating about Pittsburgh in the small way wheat is from 1 Dollar & 10 cts [cents?] to 20 dollars per Bushell at 60 lbs Indian Corn 40 to 50 cents per Bushel of 56 lbs Oats 20 to 25cts [cents?] per Bushel 32 lbs Potatoes 30 to 40 cts [cents?] per Bushel 60th Beef [6?] to 10 cts [cents?] per lb Butter 20> to 25cts [cents?] per lb Eggs 20 to 25 cts [cents?] per dozen & every thing elce [else?] in proportion There has Been a Great dispute between the north & the south this winter caused by the north Beating the south in the Electing of a president to Rule the united states for the next 4 years the South has separated her self from the north seized & took by force a Great Deal of the united states money & war implements sutch [such?] as common forts & so forth & then Declares open ware [war?] againgst the north if the attempt to pute [put?] the man of their choice into the capital But I will not trouble you any further with long story as I expect you have heard a great Deal about it through the papers long ere this. I have little more of importance to write you at present But hopping [hoping?] you will Remember me & my family in the most aff [affectionate?] manner to the Mrs & to your own Misses [Mrs?] & family individually in the most true & heart felt affectonat [affectionate?] manner & when you write pleas [please?] let me know if Miss [Janes?] health is in any way improving yet I would if not two [too?] mutch [much?] trouble when you write if you would let me know if my children is all in the same places that the [they?] were when I left [or?] if not where the [they?] now are. Give our kind love to Brothers James [Hugh?] & familys [families?] in the kindest manner also to [sandy?] Gamble Misses & family Samuel McEllveen Misses & family John Robinson Misses & family & to all our inquiring friends & old neighbours Eliza would like know how her little son James is getting along at his uncle James Morrows. You may let Rossy-Ann know that my advice to her is to stop where she is to the fall any how & then I will let her hear more from me. Brother that Misses & family is well & wishes to be Remembered to you all in the most affectionate manner he is in partnership with another man in the wholesale licar [liquor?] business & is doing verry [very?] well. I now conclude by hopping [hoping?] these few lines will Reach you safe & find you all enjoying as good health as it now leaves us in at present thanks Be to the giver of all Good & perfect Gifts which he is Daily Bestowing upon us poor sinful creatures of this lower worlde [world?] No more at Present But Remains your ever true & aff [affectionate?] well wisher Alex Gamble |
