| Title: | John Getty, [Ballymoney?] to James [Getty, Melbourne?]. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1157 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Getty, John/43 |
| Year | 1853 |
| 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 | T 2052/1: Copied by Permission of Richard Smyth Esq., Westbridge House, Ann Street, Enniskillen. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9405280 |
| Date | 11/07/1853 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 11:05:1994. |
| Word Count | 669 |
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| Transcript | July the 11th 1853 Dr [Dear?] James in a lucky hour i hope i take up the pen to let you know we are all well thank god hoping these few lines will find you Enjoying [the same?] Blessing your first Letter we did not get your [?] we recd [received?] on the 4th of July which informs us you are at hard work yet though the work Bee [Be?] hard you have something for it think ye [you?] would i not make as good a partner as any you have got yet if you think so i will go for it is loossing [losing?] time stopping in ireland for you can make more money in one month than we can all make in one year i would not sell the farm i would only set it untill [until?] i would try Australia you wish to know how our flax paid us it paid well we had Eight Hundred and and some pounds which we recd [received?] £30 10s 0d for also the Gray fillie [filly?] is sold to Wm [William?] John Lamond at £13 0s 0d a few Days after you sailed John Currie Staid [Stayed?] with us to may and now we have a son of John Gettys of Ballymoney which is about the sise [size?] of [mathews?] James our Crop was all well saved we had Difrant [Different?] [-ands?] at the sheering [shearing?] But it was all shorn By the slook Sister Jane and partner is well also the Children is well and Dooing [Doing?] well But Ireland is no place to make money though times times is verry [very?] good Buttar [Butter?] 9s the pound and pork £2 10s By the Cwt [Hundredweight?] Beef from 3s to 7s the pound Mutton mutch [much?] the same it is only loosing [losing?] ones time stopping here after all. Mary and my Mother would Bee [Be?] willing to let me go and it all Depends on you as soon as you get those lines let me know if you would advise me to go Mr Crommie has set Colebreene farm Ballygan and [Taughey?] farms to a man the name of Guage John McAffee Johnie White and James Love is all gon [gone?] to America McAffee has 30 pounds [found?] no account from Johnie White what he has James Love has 30 pounds [found?] old Ephream [Ephraim?] Love Died shortly after James went away Dr [Dear?] James life is verry [very?] unsertain [uncertain?] you remember William White and Robert Curry going to Scotland Before you went away well they Boath [Both?] returned again in September then william went on the police to Dublin and lived there about six months when he took unwell and Died a penitent as it is reported Sarah McLelelan [McLellan?] has had a sone [son?] and Margret McDonnald [McDonald?] has had one which report says she left to shift for its self [itself?] and i herd [heard?] she was in the [H--an?] Cry for murder But i heer [hear?] she is now amongst the Conlies or Connels. I Have [2-?] pecks [packs?] of flex [flax?] this year which looks verry [very?] well and all the rest of the Crops look pretty well we have five [slips?] of [pigs?] As good if not bettar [better?] than any you Ever saw us have the foal or Coalt [Colt?] is Big and strong But not [hand?] and i Harrowd [Harrowed?] with him and folowed [followed?] a little and made Drills and i have horsed his Mother again as soon you receive this write and let me or us know if posable [possibe?] what the town and Country is like and let me know if you [sawed?] above or below or if you Cannot find some [Ca--?] Employment i would advise you not kill yourself for Big weages [wages?] also let me know what sort of goods to take with me when you advise me to go whether Boots and shoes or neither no more at presant [present?] But remains your Broather [Brother?] truly John Getty [Taughey?] |
