| Title: | Jas. Heather, New York, to Thomas Greeves, Dungannon, Ireland |
|---|---|
| ID | 1393 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Heather, James/9 |
| Year | 1844 |
| Sender | Heather, James |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | runs some sort of business |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Destination | Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Greeves, Thomas |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends, business |
| Source | D 593/46: Obtained: Lt. Col. J. R. H. Greeves, c/o Messrs J. & T. M. Greeves, Conway Street, Belfast. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9601082 |
| Date | 15/08/1844 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 05:01:96. |
| Word Count | 627 |
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| Transcript | New York 15th Augt [August?] 1844 Dear Thomas I have been looking out for a letter from you, for some time past, in answer to one I wrote you, relative to my late brother Johns affairs, perhaps it [never?] went to [London?] in that letter I asked the [vet?] of yours [answering?] Johns acct [account?] & wishing me to sign it and return it to you, that I did not wish to do it as all his widdow [widow?] could do is to claim her own part, according to what the law of the land would allow for & the surplus go to my Brother Johns child of course I am accountable to the child till it comes of age for the amt [amount?] she would be entitled to, & I [don't?] want her money to go into the hands of any other, but her own when she comes of age, & to releive [relieve?] you from all trouble. I wish you to remit her amt [amount?] to me, on acct [account?] after defraying your own expenses, I told you in the letter I wrote to you last, that my Brother John owed me œ5, which he borrowed from me before we left Derry, & would have paid me if he had lived, that sum you are intitled [entitled?] to deduct out of the Widdows [widow's?] part, but let that be as it mae [may?] I must be paid, I wish you an acct [account?] of this to settle all up and remit me the childs part, & the œ5, and the widdows [widow's?] part you can remit to her adress [address?] in Canada, getting her rect [receipt?] for same, & be sure and deduct of [off?] her money her part of the expenses I dont want to trouble you any longer, as you have had enough of trouble allready [already?], now I will depend on you doing as I have told you, in this letter I will be looking out for a letter from you by the first [packet?] that will leave Liverpool after you receive this. I expect to reside in New York having left [Elmira?] to which place you will direct your letters in future to the care of John Johnson 147 Fulton St N. York, I arrived here on the 9th Inst. expecting to se [see?] my son Jas [James?] allive [alive?] but was to [too?] late, as he died one week in the 2nd of Augt [August?] before I arrived happy for him as he was long afflicted and could not earn any thing towards his support, I send a paper. I will send one occationally [occasionally?] if you will have the goodness to send me one in return [A?] Dungannon paper, and adress [address?] as above. I would wish to hear if Alexr [Alexander?] Little & Jas [James?] & Harrington [Dukeson?] is still liveing [living?] of Castlecaulfield, and any other news you have to communicate, giveing [giving?] an account of any late deaths, is [Mr?] Douglas Printer or Doctor Hamilton still alive if so please make my best respects to them, my son George wha [who?] is growing up a young man wishes to know if he should go to Dungannon would there be any chance of him makeing [making?] out a liveing [living?] as he would like to spend the remainder of his days where he was born, by the same conveyance I send a letter & paper to Ross King that used to live with me, he lives near coal Island [Coalisland?]; I suppose he lives there yet, the rest of my family is far distant from me but all well expecting this will find your family in the same way, my son George sends his best respects to [you?] & accept the same from Your sincere friend & well wisher - Jas [James] Heather |
