| Title: | James Horner, Philadelphia to Thomas Horner, Co. Londonderry. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1465 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Horner, James/15 |
| Year | 1803 |
| Sender | Horner, James |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Co. Derry, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Horner, Thomas |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | son-father |
| Source | T 1592/13: Copied by Permission of Hugh Conn Esq., Limavady, Co. Londonderry. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9403064 |
| Date | 16/01/1803 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 09:03:1994. |
| Word Count | 799 |
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| Transcript | Dear Father & Mother I take this oppertunity [opportunity?] of letting you know that I am well thanks be to the great giver of all good I hope these few Lines will find you and my friends all in the same I have wrote to you and some of my friends in the [vessels?] that left this one month ago which I hope you will Receive but whilst oppertunity [opportunity?] serves I always like to let you know that I am living and well Dear Father I am in the same place as yet and I suppose I will stay here to spring, I have sent 4 hogheads of flax seed to you if it goes Safe and sent letters along with but least [lest?] disappointments should happen I will let you know the Contents the first I sent aboard the Ship Pennsylvania Captain Elkanah Bray is Master he has one bill of [leading?] and I sent one enclosed to you but if you should not Get the bill this may do I bought them from Mr Wm [William?] Heaslet [Haslett?] as by [?] in freight the [they?] Cost one thirty dollars [No 162 and marked - P?] and you are to pay 14 shilling Each [?] freight this was Decr 7th 1809 I thought it best to send two in Each ship I bought two other from the Capt John Barry aboard the ship Mohalk the [they?] Cost one thirty one dollars he has one bill of Leading and I sent one with Patrick McCloskey of kelunagh he is brother-in-law to Dennis McCloskey of Gortnaghy I allowed him to keep the letter to he would see some of you can go to him and Enquire the [?] are Marked and No 48 49 Mark I.B which if the [they?] go safe to hand if these letters should be lost [?] may Satisfy the [?] was very high but I thought you would need the Money and I had done nothing with it three of them Cost me the money that I got from Jas [James?] Burk and the other I allow you and my friends, of which I have wrote before, Capt Barry's bill bears date 13th Decr 1802 - I need not say any more but [?] you the bill you can as I do not know how it will sell it is an uncerting [uncertain?] market I hope you will write to me the 1st oppertunity [opportunity?] and let me know how you have done so that if any thing [anything?] was wrong I might have an oppertunity [opportunity?] writing [to right?] it Dear Mother I do not need any thing [anything?] as yet as I had prepared and the time is but short but I hope I will not need any thing [anything?] if I live to Return again but I am glad that you and all my friends is well, let Mrs Rodger's know that I have maid [made?] Enquire [Enquiries?] Concerning her Son but no Account from him, Livina Picket [Lavinia Pickett?] is well and has a young Son, Archibald McFadden is well he sent some seed home and the letter with Pat McCloskey of Kelunagh Miss Burk is well and lives with Mr Carson at present I have not seen any of the Burks since April last the last letter I got was wrote 17th July which I suppose I got all that was wrote to me, it spoke of a ware [war?] betwixt the Indian and America but there is no such thing if I live in America to the be the Cause of me leaving it may be long enough but as passages are Cheap it may be I will think of it. I have wrote to my Grand father [Grandfather?] & Uncle Tom McCracken which I think they have got before this time we have had a pleasant Winter there has been very little frost or snow as yet [victuals?] is very cheap as I have wrote before I have not much to write but I suppose this to be the last for some time as here not always vessels passing from this port [there is a?] ship [Edward?] for belfast which you got two last Jany give my love to Grand father [Grandfather?] and Mother [Grandmother?] and I am glad that they are living and well and I hope that he will write to me this spring likewise to my Uncle and Aunt Aunt Rose and Cousin Elizabeth and Nancy Clark likewise to all my friends and Enquiring Neighbours as if I had named them by Name I add no more at present but Remain your Affectionate Son James Horner Philadelphia Jany 16th 1803 N.B. Direct your letters as before to Mr Carson south St. between 3rd and 4th Sts Philad [Philadelphia?] [addressed to:] [stamped:] Mr Thomas Horner BELFAST Bovevagh County Londonderry SHIP LETTER Care of Mr Mark Rodgers Newtown Limvady [Limavady?] Ireland |
