| Title: | Andrew Greenlees, Glensharrold, Rice, Kansas, To His Brother |
|---|---|
| ID | 1244 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Greenlees, Andrew/14 |
| Year | 1880 |
| Sender | Greenlees, Andrew |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Glensharrold, Kansas, USA |
| Destination | Magheramore, Co. Wicklow, Ireland |
| Recipient | Greenlees, John |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | T 2046/25: Copied by Permission of Aiken McClelland Esq., 3 Beechill Park Avenue, Saintfield Road, Belfast 8. #TYPE EMG Andrew Greenlees, Glensharrold, Rice, Kansas, To His Brother, [?] August, 1880. |
| Archive | Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9005218 |
| Date | 01/08/1880 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 22:05:1990 GMcE#CREATE created 26:08:1991 SE input |
| Word Count | 633 |
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| Transcript | Glensharrold Aug [August?] 1880 Dear Brother, I have deferred writing for some time that I might be able to state more accurately the results of 1880, in the way of farming, it has not been much improvement on '79 our wheat crop was nearly a total failure we sowed 160 acres alltogether fall & spring we harvested & threshed 169 bushels of course we only got 1 [fifth?] of it the rest not being worth bothering with the principal cause of the failure by weather & hail we had no rains from Nov. [November?] untill [until?] 18th May of course everything was well dried up by that time still we would make about [--?] crop only for a violent hailstorm which seriously damaged what little was left oats and potatoes are a total failure as well as all garden vegetables that brings us to corn it will make from a [1/3?] to 1/2 crop it looked once as though it would fail too, the [web?] worm destroyed a good deal of the young plants in June and it did look as though they would take everything (it was the worm that destroyed our Gardens) but our Good Father in Heaven who is ever mindful of us sent a refreshing rains which stopped their depaudations [depredations? and we will have enough to do us, we had 110 acres planted which after all these [drought?] we will make in the vicinity of two thousand bushels by the way we have a new variety of corn introduced this year said to be the kind that Jacob's sons went down to Egypt after it is called rice corn the [berry?] is about the size of good wheat and weighs 60 [lbs?] to the bushel. It is excellent for horses hogs & all kinds of stock and it is claimed makes a good meal for family use we have a small patch of five or six acres which promises to yield well We are all well so we have great reason for thankfulness that though our losses are considerable yet we have health and strength and a willing mind to try it again though we want some wheat as heavy as usual it is to [too?] uncertain. I had a letter a short time ago from [Rob?] enclosing lines from Eallen in memoriam of Agnes, we think they are beautiful and prize them highly I will write or have one of the boys wiite to Rob soon I see by a late witness that Hester is dead, or rather Mrs Agnew, are not some of the boys in this country I think I have met with som [some?] once; politics are lively here at present, we vote on a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Kansas forever prohibiting the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquor within her border except for medicinal purposes. we temperance folks hope to be able to carry the amendment by a good majority our Governor is a strong temperance man and is working for it with all his might but the [whiskeites?] are not idle the [they?] are also working and contesting the ground inch by inch. November will tell the tale and we hope Kansas will take front rank in the temperance cause by adopting the temperance clause with a sweeping majority of at least 20,000 if I had some room here I would like to give three cheers for Gladstone I am proud to see him at the helm once more on this side of the water we consider him not only a Christian gentleman but a statesman of the highest rank would we had more such men in high places we send kindest love to Tom & Ellen hope they are both feeling stronger after the summer also kindest love to Hugh & family A. [Andrew?] Greenlees |
