| Title: | T. Houston, Pennsylvania,to Rev. G. Kirkpatrick Ballymena |
|---|---|
| ID | 1485 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Houston, Thomas/17 |
| Year | 1872 |
| Sender | Houston, Thomas |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Bensalem, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Ballymena, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Rev. George Kirkpatrick |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | not acquainted |
| Source | D1604/246: Presented by Rev. R. Kirkpatrick, The Roddens, Larne. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9409350 |
| Date | 09/03/1872 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 16:09:1994. |
| Word Count | 380 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Bensalem March 9th 1872 Rev. Mr Kirkpatrick, Dear Sir Although I am not personally acquainted with you I take the privilege of writing a few lines to you I hope you will excuse me of my freedom and grant me my request. What I want to know is if your Rev. [Reverance?] would be so kind as to let me know in what part of America one young woman is in at present who was under your instruction some time past and a son of Joseph Huston of a Ahoghill Glebe A member of Beu, D, Lees Church which church heard you preach in more times than one Dear Sir where you write to Thomas Huston Bensalem Bucks County Pennsylvania America Direct to Thomas Huston Bensalem Bucks County Pennsylvania America no more at present I remain yours truly may the Lord bless you and your work in winning Souls to the Lord, please excuse me Dear Sir I left Ireland on the seventeenth of last and came to to America for to make a better of it I know I left a good home but I came to a better country I would wish to see a aquaintance from home this young woman lived in Beu,D,Lees when I was at home in my Fathers She came to America a little before me she left Beu, D, Lees some time before she left Ireland when she left Beu Lees she did not know she was for America nor did she know that I would be here. I had a great interest in her She told me you took her in your carriage to Ballymena Church to be confirmed Dear Sir she had lived in her Fathers and had a [----?] on her fast at the time of her confirmation She was in your class making ready by you for Conf__ I was prepared by Dr. lee and was confirmed on that day by Bishop Connor You Gentlemen gave us all our dinner and a good advice to go home with Dear Sir this young girls name is Jane McNalough her name is Jane McNalough or Jane McNaelough please Dear Sir let me have her directions from her Fathers folks and I will be forever obliged to you you I am yours truly Thomas Huston |
