| Title: | Letter from William Beatty , America to his Brother . |
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| ID | 146 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Beatty, William/15 |
| Year | 1874 |
| Sender | Beatty, William R. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | NYC, USA |
| Destination | USA |
| Recipient | Beatty, Thomas |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | D 3561/A/18 Papers of Prof. E.R.R. Green. Presented by Miss I Embleton, Ulster-Scot Historical Society. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9311527 |
| Date | 13/08/1874 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C. McK,. 19:11:19 |
| Word Count | 451 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Papers of Prof. E.R.R. Green. (Copies of emigrant letters collected by and sent to E.R.R. Green as part of his research project on emigration.) Deposited by Dr. P. R. Green. [The following letters were sent to Dr. Green by Miss I Embleton, secretary to the Ulster-Scot Historical Society, Chichester Street, Belfast. She received them in connection with a request for family research from Mr. E. G. Burnside of Toronto, Canada. The Beatty family concerned were settled in Corlough, Aghalurcher Parish, County Fermanagh, in the early 18th century.] August 13th, 1874 Dear brother I once more take this opportunity of writing yous (sic) a few lines to let you know that I am well at present thank God for all His kind mercies to me + hoping that these few lines find you in the same Dear Thomas I was glad to hear that you were well you did not mention James in your letter I think you should have told me how he was getting along or what he was working at or whether he was thinking of going home yet or going to Canada let me know if you are coming here and what time I would like to see you now I suppose I would not know you now you say you would not know me. I am not a [as ?] big as I look to be in the picture I am only about five foot 8 or 9 inches I suppose you are far more yourself I suppose you have not wrote [written ?] home yet My Mother told me to send your letter home when I would get it so I sent your last home the [they ?] sent me my papper [paper ?] from home after the twelfth the orangemen had a great time there was no day in the year I cared so much about as the 12th of July the [they ?] say Canada is a great place for them too the [they ?] are very weag [weak ?] here the [they ?] dare not walk here except the [they ?] were protected by the policeman I suppose there are more of them there or all I hear or all I hear (sic) from cousin Hugh Reid has got married in Pittsburgh he is on the Police the last letter I got from home they were all well they said that the crops were good this year I suppose you remember the Kidneys of the Row that kept the shop they are all here I go to see them very often they are very nice folks the [they ?] are all well there is one of them a painter + he can make from 25 to 30 dollars a week if he works well times is very bad here this summer every kind of trade is dull I have not much more to say at present when you be coming here the best way to come is to take the 10th Avenue street cars + the [they ?] will #PAGE 2 bring you within one street of me I suppose you know my address is No. 370 Ninth Avenue corner of 31st New York no more at present but remains your brother truly unto death William R Beatty Adieu |
