| Title: | Tom Hay, Ontario, to Rev. George Kirkpatrick, Co. Antrim. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1378 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Hay, Tom/9 |
| Year | 1877 |
| Sender | Hay, Tom |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | manual worker |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Craigs, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Rev. George Kirkpatrick |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | nephew-uncle |
| Source | D1424/11: Purchased from Mr. John Gamble, 44 Taunton Ave., Belfast 15. #TYPEEMG Letter From Tom Hay, Peterboro [Peterborough?], Ontario, Canada, to his Uncle, Reverend George Kirkpatrick, Hazelbank, Craigs, Co. Antrim, Ireland. 3 May 1877. |
| Archive | Public Record Office Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9003063 |
| Date | 03/05/1877 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 04:04:1990 NHL created 28:09:1990 CD input 28:09:1 |
| Word Count | 415 |
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| Transcript | Revd. George Kirkpatrick Hazelbank [Hazelbank?] Craigs Co. Antrim via Belfast Ireland Peterboro' [Peterborough?] May 3rd My Dear Uncle Mother has given me a litle space in her budget to you and, setting aside all depts [debts?] of letters I owe you, I could not let the oppertunity [opportunity?] pass without sending a few lines, I am glad to see by your letter to mother that you are all well at Hazlebank [Hazelbank?] and the Rectory. We are very busy just now preparing for the Railway survey yesterday we came home from a preliminary survey and are at present working at some plans in the office we expect to be out all summer. The whole line will be about 225 miles long and scarcely any thing done yet so we have the prospect of some work before us. Uncle George is the Chief Engineer and all the rest of the staff are cousins and second cousins and we have the name of the "family compact" we intend to live in tents as most of the line is through thinly settled part of the country when we were out last months we lived at small hotels and public houses but could not sleep at nights with the noise and besides it makes the walk back and forth to work rather long, whereas we can keep our tents near where we work we shall require a cook and baggage man in addition to our other men. We are having a most delightful spring and unusually early too. But when we were out on the survey as late as last week we found a great deal of ice and snow in the Thick swamps that we passed through and were very glad to cut out pieces and eat it for the weather was very warm and dry. The Eastern Question has taken a very serious turn, has it not? I hope England will not be drawn into another fruitless war like the Crimean. Every thing in the way of provisions has gone up in price to an alarming price here. Flour and Meat have almost doubled their prices within the last two weeks. I am sure you will miss Miller very much now that he has gone, he stayed on at Drumraw much longer than he expected. I suppose the children are very busy gardening now, it is a very nice taste to encourage in youngsters. Please remember me very kindly to Geraldine, George and the children, also Alexander and his wife. with kind regards, I remain my dear uncle your affect. [affectionate?] nephew Tom A. Hay |
