| Title: | William Hutton, Quebec, to John McCrea, Strabane, Co. Tyrone. |
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| ID | 1510 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Hutton, William/26 |
| Year | 1854 |
| Sender | Hutton, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Presbyterian |
| Origin | Quebec, Canada |
| Destination | Strabane, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | McCrea, John |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers-in-law |
| Source | D2298/4/2/4: Presented by Mssrs. Wilson & Simms, Solicitors. |
| Archive | Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9307033 |
| Date | 01/09/1854 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by S M, 05:07:1993. |
| Word Count | 2004 |
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| Transcript | Statistics Office Quebec Sept. [September?] 1st 1854 Friday My dear John, Many thanks for the papers which I receive weekly & [and?] forward some to Fanny & [and?] some to Willie. The Discussions in General Assembly were very interesting especially about the annexation of the Synod of Munster & [and?] Grundy's Protest [---?] & [and?] more than all Mr Dills tirade against the Roman Catholics - It is truly absurd to suppose that such a document as that could be of any use in proselytising them - It is much to be regretted that Christian Ministers display so much bigoted feeling to gain a short lived popularity with vicious politicians - instead of endeavouring to reclaim vicious professing Christians - Dill knows right well that every Catholic who reads his tirade (if one does read it) - will only cling closer to his chosen creed on a/c [account?] of the persecution inflicted by him & [and?] every Protestant who reads it (unless his mind be well regulated) would in self exaltation "thank heaven that he was not as other men are". Not one good Christian feeling would occur to either Protestant or Catholic on its perusal - Many of these red hot Protestant Divines will I hope wonder with mighty wonder & [and?] no doubt rejoice too to see many Roman Catholics higher up than themselves in the Mansions of our Fathers house - Their discussions betray a rash deal too much worldly mindedness & [and?] a rash deal too much bad temper - It is a great pity that an Assembly of Divines should allow it to be said of them frequently - I fear deservedly - that they are not a whit better than other men in their collective capacity - Gardens trial & [and?] the Editorial upon it marked by you was also very interesting I sent it to Willie - young Hincks a son of the Honble [Honourable?] Francis our Premier is gone to live in Toronto & [and?] at the same house at which Willie is our Mrs Mu---aes? - Mr Hincks asked me to give his son an introduction to Mr McCrea - as he understood he was a very steady gentlemanly young man - where he heard about him I know not as he was in England when Willie was here but it was gratifying for me to find that he had heard a good deal of him somewhere - At a public meeting of the Co. [company?] the other day - the concern was declared to be very prosperous dividing & [and?] being worth 14 percent [----?] on the old stock - there was a general vote of thanks passed to the officers - My Nephew Damtin Hutton is a stock holder & [and?] my son also to a small amount - The Co. [company?] members many of the most influential men in Toronto - one of them who was friendly to Willie (Mr Bowes) is M.P.P (Member Provincial Parliament) for the City of Toronto - he will rise if he has patience - Fanny said she would write to Catherine by this Mail & [send?] it to me by post - so that you will hear from both Sidney and Quebec - My sister has written me word that Stanford has published another edition & [and?] prefixed a map to #PAGE 2 the little vole. [volume?] which makes it much more complete. I am getting out some copies by the Sarah Sands - It is esteemed as a very useful publication being so truthful & [and?] very many who had determined to go to Australia have upon reading it resolved to come to Canada - I have had a sort of promise that my expences [expenses?] home will be paid by the Govt. [Government?] on a/c [account?] of it - I have been very busy latterly writing an essay on the necessity of establishing institutions for the education (Industrial & [and?] literary) of the deaf & [and?] dumb & [and?] Blind in out Province - We have as yet no Institution for them in Canada although the deaf mutes number 1343 & [and?] the blind 870. Govt. [Government?] has given 10,000 pounds for start of an Institution & [and?] I hope I shall be appointed one of the Coms. [Commissioners?] for carrying out the system of management I cannot rest withoout scribbling something or other - I made 52 pounds last year by scribbling (over & [and?] above my govt. [government?] salary) - my second report in the Census of Canada is now in the hands of the Printer & [and?] will be out in a few days ready for the meeting of our Provl. Parlt. [Provinicial Parliament?] on the 5th Sept. [September?]. I will send you a copy - Tho' [Though?] dry reading for an old country person it will give you an idea of the sort of work I have to do - so you must remember I don't send it expecting it to be read - I wish Mr Chambers would get the L-Derry [Londonderry?] Standard to review the Emigrants manual if he can & [and?] send me the paper - or any other papers - a good review might put money in my pocket - The Dublin Nation has a most admirable review of it - as also the Britannia & [and?] Professor Lindley's Paper the (London) Gardiners Chronicle & [and?] some others - We are on the eve of a very interesting session of parliament. Mr Hincks is returned for two constituencies by large majorities & [and?] I think will still be premier notwithstanding the most barefaced slander by his political opponents - a few days will tell. The great question of the day is the doing away with all state endowments & [and?] establishing the voluntary principle all over Canada - In our state of society it is most desirable to have perfect religious equality - no one Church a whit better than another except morally - as the conduct of those attached to it either raises or sinks it - The absurd doctrine of Apostolic succession will [----?] great quietus when the absence of State endowments teaches industry humility and zeal. The Reciprocity Treaty with the U. [United?] States is another most important boon to Canada - It is already passed by the U.S. [United States?] Congress & [and?] Senate & [and?] only awaits our legislation accepting of it or rather ratifying it. The U.S. [United States?] market is now open to us for everything before this there was 25 pounds to 30 pounds per cent duty upon all our produce - the prosperity of this Country is most surprising - Fanny is asking 500 pounds for one acre & [and?] a half of land on our farm & [and?] she expects to get it by having #PAGE 3 a half of land on our farm & [and?] she expects to get it by having a little patience - It is a corner lot having two fronts & [and?] a most beautiful prospect of the bay - Anna sold two of her lots that I gave her on her marriage at 150 pounds per acre I gave her 10 acres & [and?] she has sold these of them for 400 pounds & [and?] the rest are quite as valuable - she and her Husband are quite comfortably provided for - & [and?] well she deserves it she was a most faithful excellent daughter - & [and?] worked very hard to help us to save our property when times in Canada were not such as they are now - our rising generation have great pecuniary advantages compared to what their parents had at their age the most unusual result of industry & [and?] enterprise in Canada - not forgetting the most kind Parent of parents as after all "though Paul may plant & [and?] Apollo water "it is God that gives the encreases [increases?]" & [and?] thankful indeed ought we to be for our rash unnumbered blessings & [and?] above all for our family - the delight of their parent's hearts - I do not know a richer blessing than good sons and daughters & [and?] a blessing perhaps peculiar to Canada is that the more you have the greater it is - there is elbow room for tens of them - & [and?] one never feels that there are too many - 3 p.m. I have just received a letter from daughter Mary in which she acknowledges for her Mama the receit [receipt?] of your daughter Mary's letter & [and?] please thank the dear girl for her note to me & [and?] tell her to send as many letters as she pleases to Willie or any body else - He will be delighted to get them even two days later than they might be that is the only delay there will be - in coming from Montreal to Quebec & [and?] going back again - all our letters come from Boston or New York to Montreal unless directed via Halifax & [and?] then they are much longer on the way Joseph has been at home in Belleville for the last few days but has left again to buy land for the govt. [government?] about Prese---? & [and?] Brockville which you will see marked on the map on the river St. Lawrence not very far from Kingston _ Toronto has been highly favored in having but little cholera in it The Board of Health were prompt & [and?] active - The city is encreasing [increasing?] beyond all calculation. By the Census of Jan. [January?] 1852 there were 32,000 souls in it & [and?] now there are 40,000 and more - It will double perhaps every six or seven years - Willie would do very wrong to think of leaving it _ We have actually too much prosperity & [and?] may well expect some sudden reversion - The fact something of the kind has commenced already in the U. [United?] States a good many heavy failures from over speculation but Canadian Banks & [and?] securities are much more solid than those of the U.S. [United States?] & [and?] we are not such great gamblers here as are our neighbours - so that the crisis caused by the war & [and?] consequent scarcity of money will not be so severe with us as with them - The mail has arrived from Montreal & [and?] Canada West but no British mail yet - & [and?] #PAGE 4 this must leave today Saturday the 2nd Sept. [September?]. - Fanny's letter to Cathrine did not come - she is a wonderful procrastinator where there is a letter to be written - but we must excuse her in this since the same spirit does not breath in her every day transactions - indeed perhaps it is often her zeal in every day matters that makes her procrastinate in letter writing - she rides her favorite hobbies so well too that one must not blame her for being often in the saddle upon them & [and?] seldom mounting one that is no favorite - she has been & [and?] is an invaluable Wife & [and?] Mother & [and?] her husband & [and?] children live to bless her - & [and?] thro' [through?] her are themselves blessed with excellent properties like those of their own dear mother who if she were here would write in very dear love to her many & [and?] kind relatives with your loving brother William Hutton Did William of Grange ever try mesmerism or galvanism for his arms? A friend of mine (a Mr Patrage) was suffering from acute rheumatism very severely & [and?] an eminent Physician here took him to look at him very steadily & [and?] made a few passes & [and?] completely restored him in 15 minutes - without either medicine or external application - entirely by mesmerism - I am glad to hear W. [William?] is better ventilation of the mind is excellent for the body - |
