| Title: | Andrew Greenlees, Ottawa to John Greenlees, Magheramore |
|---|---|
| ID | 1254 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Greenlees, Andrew/25 |
| Year | 1856 |
| Sender | Greenlees, Andrew |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Ottawa, Illinois, USA |
| Destination | Magheramore, Co. Wicklow, Ireland |
| Recipient | Greenlees, John |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | D3561/A/26: The Papers of Prof E R R Green, Deposited by DR P R Green. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9903067 |
| Date | 15/10/1856 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 09:03:99. |
| Word Count | 1029 |
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| Transcript | Ottawa, October 15th 1856 My Dear Brother By the good providence of God I am again permitted to adress [address?] you by letter, and as you will be more interested by hearing about my self I shall occupy your attention on that subject first, I am hearty and well I have not been so fleshy since I left old Ireland as I am now. My health is good and has been for some time back, tis true I had fever & ague considerable through the latter part of the summer but we don't think much of that hear [here?] it is not dangerous and when it leaves the system it generally carries all other diseases with it which may be lurking round the human frame, you enquire [inquire?] how I am getting along in the work. I have always had enough to eat for so far, and I expect the future wont [won't?] be any worse than the past has been. The expense of living hear [here?] is very heavy it takes away a good many of the profits but at the same time I think I can save a little, however Paul says having food and raiment let us therewith be content, it takes a stranger sometime to make a start in a new country Capital is hard to be got hold of especially to those who had no other means of getting it save by the sweat of their brow. I have a little capital but not enough to justify me in making a purchase yet but I hope the time will [faded] [come?] when I will be able to buy a place of my own money fetches heav [heavy?] interest ten per cen per annum is the common percen [percentage?] if you knew any money lenders wishing for to put their money out so I could find them a customer and good security. I thought some of borrowing thus or four hundred Dollars this fall and going on to a farm but finally I concluded I would not. out of debt out of danger. (so much for the world) You ask whether I am engaged in any sabbath sch [cut off] [school?] I am we have quite an interesting sabbath school here in this neighbourhood I am one of the superintendents (we have two) we have also established a prayer meeting we meet on Thursday evenings the meeting is rather small but we must not desp [cut off] [despair?] the day of small things we have four who takes a part in the exercises of the evening the other superintendent of the [-?] school two of the teachers and myself I often think of home when attending these meetings and the many privileges I used to enjoy there I did not prize them then so much as I would now blessings that we are in the habit of receiving every day we dont think enough off [of?] them until we are deprived of them for a season, and then we see and feel the value of them we are both gone out from the Paternal roof to fight our way through the world and I trust well [we'll] both in our different spheres exert an influ [stained] [influence?] [for?] good. I was rather surprised when I heard [stained] [you had?] gone off to the mission station [cut off] [in?] the west I hope however you will be the means of doing much good the harvest is plenty but the labourers are few. I do not know your address and I will have to send this to Father first, I received a letter from him a week ago, twenty two days from date I am sorry that Robert and Agnes has been so long in affliction, I hope it will please him who has cast down to raise up and to make whole, when you write tell me more particularly what aileth Robert I feel quite uneasy about him I'm afraid he is worse than you let me know Agnes to [too?] has had a long time [cut off] [of?] sickness I earnestly pray the [they?] will both soon be [cut off] --stored [restored?] to health and usefulness [cut off] [A?] little now about the weather we have not had a [cut off] rain since last spring every thing suffered a little with the drouth [drought?] we have had showers occasionally through the summer which kept wheat and oats doing pretty well Corn is not so good on account of so much dry weather, markets are tolerably good wheat from 80 [cut off] [cents?] to a dollar per 60 pounds pottathoes [potatoes?] 50 cents [cut off] [per?] bushel oats [-----?] corn [--] to 40 ditto & [cut off] we are just upon the eve of a presidential election [cut off] great excitement and great enthusiasm is manifested [cut off] [by?] each party each sanguine of success but [cut off] [he?] that rules on high will eventually order all things for his own Glo [stained] [Glory?] and his peoples [cut off] [------?] Uncle Aunt and family [stained] [are?] in there [their?] usual th [cut off] the old folks both feel the infirmities of old age and are declining in strength Uncle is not able [cut off] much of any thing, I have [----- --- ---] this year got [stained] to [stained] together well in your last you [stained] to come home on a [cut off] hunting excursion [stained] --pectis as you say are not controlled elsewhere it is rather a [------?] supposition but I will not deny the charge if you come out in the course of another year now perhaps I will give you a job of [splicing?] to do, or I might rather say an un-----able kn [cut off] to t-- remember me to all my friends if I ha [cut off] [have?] any. and believe me yours to Mr John Greenlees loving Brother Magheramore Andrew Ireland PS I have not had any word from Samuel Se[cut off] [Semple?] since spring he and [cut off] [the?] rest of our friends there were well then I have not heard from the east so I cannot tell you who [how?] they are there A [G?] [Andrew Greenlees?] |
