| Title: | John Getty, Co. Antrim to James [Getty?], Australia. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1156 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Getty, John/4 |
| Year | 1854 |
| Sender | Getty, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Australia |
| Recipient | Getty, James |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | T2052/2: Richard Smyth Esq., Westbridge House, Ann Street, Enniskillen |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9804832 |
| Date | 17/02/1854 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 30:04:98. |
| Word Count | 1118 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | To: James [Getty, Melbourne, Australia?] From: John Getty, Taughy, [Ballymoney?], [County Antrim?] Taughey February the 17th 1854 Dear James I now Sit Down to write a few lines - to let you know that we are all in mutch [much?] the Same Health as when you left us and as you wish to know all particulars I will do my Best to let you know you Say that you have rec[eive?]d no Letter from me yet I have Sent you one and as Soon as I knew where to write to and leist [lest?] you don't get it I will write all particulars Since you left us we have rec [received?] three Lettars [Letters?] and 2 News Letters from you our flax Last year Did verry [very?] well we had 8 hundred œ S D of the 16 picks which Drew us 30.10..0 and this year we had 28 picks and of that we have 12 Hundred which i [I?] Expect œ50 for But by Sowing So mutch [much?] flax we have too Little Fodder and Straw and hay is verry [very?] deer [dear?] I paid last year one Shiling [shiling?] per hundred for Straw and this year I paid 2 S [shillings?] and there are Some the length of 2..6 per hundred S D upland hay is 4..6 per hundred I have bought one pike of upland hay from Alexander Boyd. 7 fathams [fathoms?] at œ S D 6..0..0 Corn is verry [very?] Deer [Dear?] this year I have Sold the corn of Stack and it Brought me 8 pound 10 Shilling and no pense [pence?] and I Expect I will Sell a Nother [another?] at the Same Buttar [Butter?] is 10 pence per pound œ S D we Sold 6 Casks at 18..0..0 for by [apart from?] some lumps D D D Beef is from 3.. to 6 per pound pork is a good price 7 per œ S D pound Salted and 2..10..0 green by the hundred We have 5 pigs which i [I?] think is neer [near?] 2 hundred Cash for by [apart from?] a Sow and 8 young ones the gray fillie [filly?] I Sold to Samuel Lamond Shortly after you left us at 13 pounds the Colt is Big and Strong and plows well I Expect you will get the first Lettar [Letter?] yet and in it you will get all particulars at that time I will write the particulars of those times they are a railway a meaking [making?] from Bally Menah [Ballymena?] to portrush [Portrush?] which passes through the gateend [gate end?] houses and past the foot planting and Cros [Across?] Samuel pinkartons [Pinkerton's?] fields and William wilsons [Wilson's?] and William Whites and James McAfees and Robt [Robert?] Knoxes and Thomas McAffees Breas [Braes?] and Crosis [Crosses?] Artigorran Lain [Lane?] first on the fase [face?] of the Brea [Brae?] and runs through Hughey Begharts Barn and on past the McFinn planting and past the Damhead and so on to portrush [Portrush?] and they are [there is?] a Steem [Steam?] Coach running now from Cole Rain [Coleraine?] to Newtown and Darry [Derry?] and Strawban [Strabane?] and Mr Moor Has turned the Matt hous [house?] laft [loft?] into a Meeting House Where the Gosple [Gospel?] is preached with out price and I have been there and herd [heard?] him and think as all that here [hear?] him that there are [is?] no Sutch [such?] a man to Be found and my Mothar [Mother?] Croaks Day and Night for me to write for you to Come home to She Sees you Before that She dies and Artigorran people is all well and I was puting [putting?] a little money into the Bank and I thought to lift the Interest of the little my father had put in But I found I Could not without lettars [letters?] of Administeration [Administration?] which will cost me Betwixt [Between?] 8.. and 9 pounds and I was up on the roof of the Barn one wet Day trying to Stop a drop [drip?] and the ladder Slipt [slipped?] at the foot and I came Down all at once upon the pavement to I thought my thigh Bone or rither [rather?] my hip Joint was Broak [broken?] I was a month that i [I?] Did little or nothing and it is Betwen [Between?] 3 and 4 Months Since and it is not Just strong yet but I think it will be strong Jane McCan [McCann?] and her partner a man the name of thomson [Thomson?] is [have?] Left America and gon [gone?] to Australia and Daniel Curry is dead and Burried [Buried?] on the 10 of February this you will get and mutch [much?] more in my first lettar [letter?] if you Ever get it Mr Gage a man that Mr Crommie has Set Colebreene farm an Andrew Lamond [Lamont?] farm Hugh Nickls and Andrew Smals[Small?] farm to he is puting [putting?] all Taghuey farm into tw [two?] fields. he is puting [putting?] down the Lea in Ditchas [Ditches?] from the mossie [mossy?] field Down and plowing up the road he has Cut up the Hill Lean [Lane?] road with Drawing off his turnips and Every thing that he requires the Scearcity [Scarcity?] of Straw Caused me to let the Back Side of the Shop bee [is?] verry [very?] ill of [off?] for thatch and I have no Inclination for thatching it if you would either Come home and help me to Slate it or advise me to go to Australia though we are Making Some money where what is it in Comparieson [Comparison?] to what i [I?] Could make where you are if i [I?] was there and had my health you Say you dont [don't?] regret your going what Can be your reason for wishing me to Stop in Ireland Can you have a design to Share your hard Erned [earned?] money with me if Such a thing Can be your Notion do you think my Heart Could let me Except [Accept?] of it I answer no I have health and Strength to Ern [earn?] money Although I Cannot make 6 Shillings a week Clear What is that to what you Can make you Can make as mutch [much?] in one Month as I as in a year do you feer [fear?] me putting the Land out of my hands you know I Could go without doing that i [I?] Could leave it in grazing I know my Mother would not be for it but Mary would not be against it Nomore [No more?] at presant [present?] But remains yours Trooly [Truly?] John Getty Taughey if i [I?] was to get 3 or 4 webs woven and made into Shirts what Do you think they would Sel[l?] for there let me know you Say the Country is warm and I long to be there for I love the heet [heat?] My mother wants you home to get your fill of pretas [potatoes?] and Sturabout [Stirabout?] for She thinks you ar [are?] Starved Write write on and let us know how you ar [are?] getting on And if you Dont get an answer it is not my fault |
