| Title: | James Houston, Eden, to “Dear James |
|---|---|
| ID | 1483 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Houston, James/97 |
| Year | 1898 |
| Sender | Houston, James |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Eden, Illinois, USA |
| Destination | Essex, Ontario, Canada |
| Recipient | Smyth, James Alexander |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, Castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth |
| Doc. No. | 604004 |
| Date | 19/10/1898 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 280 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | [Page 1] Eden Oct 19th 1898 Dear James, I received your kind and Welcome [welcome?] letter which I was very glad to here [hear?] that you are doing so well and that you passed your examination it is grand work of you to be so clever. Dear James I hope you will be spared your health and grace and when a person has [Page 2] grace and trust in providence the [they?] will get through. my brother Willie has gone to Scotland again and very little change on him for the better always drinking the beer for want of Grace and asking to providence to guide him the Lord might change him yet as I trust in his mercies he will I suppose you always think a little on the folks at home [Page 3] the [they?] are all well, I be over occasionly [occasionally?] and the boys gave me a good helph [help?] this year in the hay and I am sure if you had been at home you would not forget me either. Dear James - wasnt [wasn’t?] it great work of James Gorden [Gordon?] to leave Eden I thought he never would have left it is great of him to be in the Maiden’s city [Maiden City?] and he looks like a gentleman and his situation agress [agrees?] the very best with him. You [your?] friends the Duncans is nothing mended yet I think the [they?] are getting foolisher every day and I suppose your oun [own?] people tells you about them but they are not much use in talking about them as the [they?] think the [they?] are all right and is [sic] doing well [Written at top of Page 1] Write soon again and on no account don’t forget James Houston Transcribed by Tony Flanagan |
