| Title: | C. Hutchinson, Philadelphia to Her Mother, Londonderry |
|---|---|
| ID | 1503 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Hutchinson, Catherine/20 |
| Year | 1855 |
| Sender | Hutchinson, Catherine A. |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | housewife |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Derry, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | daughter-mother |
| Source | D 1665/3/5: Presented by Mrs Helen O'Neill, 20 Grange Road, Ballymena, County Antrim. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9012052 |
| Date | 13/08/1855 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C.R., 10:12:1993. |
| Word Count | 761 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Philadelphia August 13 My dearest Mother it is with a heart full of sorrow i sit down to answer your letter telling me of the death of my more than father when i think of what he done for us all and how kind and good he was to me oho [oh?] i can never forget him he got all most [almost?] as hard a death as John but not as suddent [sudden?] a one than he did among strangers i hope the lord met him and took up himself My Dear Mother i now [know?] you must have a lonley [lonely?] heart but you now [know?] that the lord never forsook you and i trust he will not forget you in this your great sorrow and mother dont flie [fly?] in gods face for his drivings for i often think if you had John i would now [know?] that you would not want but his hevinley [heavenly?] father wanted him first and he had to go dont be afraid you will never want i trust Willy my poor Child rote [wrote?] me a very sencibell [sensible?] letter i hope the lord will give him grace [?] and enebel [enable?] him to become as good and brave a man as them he was named after for now one [no-one?] ever new [knew?] his father but respected him and was sorry to here [hear?] of his death i am sure i hope daniell [Daniel?] has given up the thoughts of goin [going?] to sea if you can never let him under gow [under-go?] the hardships of a sailor any- thing is better than that thou [though?] i will always respect one now mather [no matter?] where i see them Dear Mother you must not think that i have forgotten you by my not ritting [writing?] before this but we had been moving and the first night i got there i got Mrs Clarks letter and i did not care mutch [much?] how evething [everything?] went after that i wanted to rite [write?] my selfe [self?] and i could not compose my mine [mind?] before this though Hugh wanted to rite [write?] to you but i would not let him doo [do?] it he is verrey [very?] sorrey [sorry?] to here [hear?] of my fathe [father's?] death he had the hope that he would see him here but the disposers of all alowe [allow?] it to be other ways [otherwise?] i wish you would get willy to rite [write?] me a gaine [again?] as soon as this goes to han [hand?] and let me now [know?] how you ar [are?] fixt [fixed?] and how Mr Hancock setteld [settled?] with you and what you ar [are?] going to doo [do?] and if you can keep the boys at school oho [oh?] if you could keep the house i would be sow [so?] glad then you could doo [do?] some- #PAGE 2 thing better i woul [would?] rather that you would let a room as leave it i will say no more at present i hope to soon rite [write?] a gain [again?] to Willey [Willy?] give my love to him and Daniel and i hope th [they?] will be good boys and mind ther [their?] mother and not bother you like David don [done?] if he heard of this change i now [know?] he wou [would?] gow [go?] home give my love to Mrs Hagerty and Mrs Clark and to all my friends tell Mrs Clark that Mancey [Nancy?] Smiley is out of town and i don [dont?] see her Mrs Hurst and Mrs Williamson & Martha Sends there [their?] love to yo [you?] Hugh joins Mee [me?] in sending our love to you and the children in the warmest maner [manner?] i offen [often?] wish that i was nere [near?] you that i could have Willey [Willy?] so that he could gow [go?] to see you but it canot [cannot?] be for i would not him to leave you as long as you can keep him and i trust in god that he will enebel [enable?] you to keep him but as long as i had a mouthful if i would not let him want nor Daniel the god nowes [knows?] my mine [mind?] about you and them now Mother you will rite [write?] to me soon and let me now [know?] all remain Dear Mother ever your afectionet [affectionate?] Dauter [Daughter?] to death Catherine A Hutchinson If you hay [have?] anething [anything?] to say to me put a slip of paper in side [inside?] of your letter |
