| Title: | James Horner, Philadelphia to Thomas Horner, Co. Londonderry. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1463 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Horner, James/13 |
| Year | 1802 |
| Sender | Horner, James |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | manual labourer; poss. at a typefoundry |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Co. Derry, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Horner, Thomas |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | son-father |
| Source | T 1592/11: Copied by Permission of Hugh Conn Esq., Limavady, Co. Londonderry. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9403186 |
| Date | 07/12/1802 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:03:1994. |
| Word Count | 998 |
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| Transcript | To Mr Thomas Horner Boveva [Bovevagh?] Care of Mr Mark Rodgers Newtown Limavady County Londonderry per ship Pennsylvany [Pennsylvania?] Capt Bray } Ireland Philadelphia Dec 7th 1802 Dear Father & Mother I take the liberty of writing to you (as it is the first since Jany. last) to let you know that I am living and well at present thank the giver of all good for his Mercies I hope these fue [few?] Lines will find you all in the same I have wrote to some of my freinds [friends?] before this, I expect my GrandFather has Received one before this time which was wrote in Oct. last and to some others. I have been in good health ever since I came to this Country which is one of the greatest blessings that a man can enjoy as the [they?] must depend upon themselves for there [their?] living the more a man makes the better for himself. I shall let you know what I am about I lived with Mr Jackson to May last he Quit the Storekeeping as he had so much building on hands and could not attend both and since I have lived with a typefounder in this Citty [City?] which is more advantageous to me or at least can make more of it I have menctioned [mentioned?] some thing concerning it in my letters before which I suppose you will here [hear?]; every day I work I am able to make from one dollar to 9.4d and find myself it is constant buisness [business?] summer and Winter the winter is best as the summer is so excesive [excessive?] warm that it is worse to stand but I suppose you will not understand it unless you saw us at it, so as long as I like to live at it I may I intend living here to spring this is but [detaining?] I Rec. [received?] the first letter dated Aprile [April?] 28th I did not get the one you wrote in Nov. Past but this one came by John oCain & sons of [Treglessen?] The Account of the Alterations in your neighbourhood has almost surprised me betwixt mariges [marriages?] and deaths which I need not menchen [mention?] The [They?] all tooke [took?] place in a short time Sister Elinor has got maried [married?] as well as the rest which I wrote a fue [few?] lines to her the next letters by Jacob Smith dated May 22d and 29th which give me more satisfaction concerning things you did right in getin [getting?] a recpt [receipt?] from Richard not that Jas. [James?] would say anything about it but it shoes [shows?] payment I have not seen Jas. [James?] Burk since April last but I have had the money ever since and all things is right The Last letter I got dated 17th July in Nov. Past which came by the ship Nancy it give me pleasure to know that you were all well and that I was an Uncle which if I was there it would be a new Coat to the young one. I have Shiped [shipped?] two HHds. of Flax seed a board [aboard?] the ship Pennsylvania bound for Londonderry of which Elkanah Bray is Master Marked with P No 1 and 2 you take two good [ons?] and pays 14s freight pr. hhd. the [they?] stand my very high 15 dollars pr. HHd. but the freight is low the Capt. has Affirmed to three Bills of which he has one and I have the other two If any of them was lost one is soficient [sufficient?] Mr Wm [William?] Haslet is the one that I paid the money to as he took in freight for her but if she goes safe go into Derry and Enquire for the Capt. and let him see this bill and you must do the best you can with it as I do not know how it will Rate but I allow you take your own seed out of it and then it will be easer [easier?] to sell the Remainder do not make two [too?] much of a work about it as soon as you think you have value for it sell it I do not know as [yet?] if I hall [shall?] send any more at present but if I do I will informe [inform?] you of it. this Citty [City?] got a small turne [turn?] of the yellow feavour [fever?] this summer but nothing as much as before there has been as many as 13 persons per day and sometimes more and less the place I live is a distance frome [from?] the midle [middle?] of the Citty [City?] and I stayed all the time at my Busness [Business?] as to Country affairs I do not know much about that is to say farming as I have lived for the most part in town but I have not time at present I will write to you all after a little I wrote so many last faull [fall?] I suppose you were almost tired paying for them Remember me to GrandFather and Mother and Aunt Rose McCracken and Cousins I wrote to Uncle Tom give my love to Uncle and Aunt Miller and family to Uncle and Aunt Jackson and family and to Aunt [Horner?] and family and to Cousin James Irons and family To all my freinds [friends?] and well wishing neighbours who [will?] here [hear?] from me and let Mr Quigly my old Master know that I am very well the more I do not name everyone by name I [have?] not fogot [forgot?] them as yet Remember me to my freind [friend?] John McCracken I understand he has got an offer from Mr Hopkins which I suppose he will embrace I understand Mr Hopkins has got his [mattkyln?] burned since he began I add no more at present but Remains your Afectionate [Affectionate?] son James Horner I hope none of you will Neglect writing to me as soon as oppertunity [opportunity?] sarves [serves?] Excuse if I have omited [omitted?] for if the [they?] be bad I shall give you the more |
