| Title: | William John Irvine, Copenhagen, NY to Rev. Kirkpatrick. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1523 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Irvine, William John/8 |
| Year | 1889 |
| Sender | Irvine, William John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | Copenhagen, New York, USA |
| Destination | Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Rev. Alexander Kirkpatrick |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | D 1424/11: Purchased from John A. Gamble, 44 Taunton Avenue, Belfast. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9003024 |
| Date | 04/03/1889 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 25:10:1993. |
| Word Count | 587 |
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| Transcript | Wm [William?] John Irvine 4 March 1889 Copenhagen New York State U.S. March 4th /89 [1889?] To the Revd A. J. Kirkpatrick Dear friend I wish to inform you that I received your kind letter & you will please Except [accept?] my Sincere thanks for your kindness to me I was sorry to learn that your hearing was Impaired but if I remember right was that not a trouble to you a little Sometime before I came away I have thought so if my mind serves me right Dear Sir I hope you will Excuse me for not asking in my letter to you about your Father I really thought he was dead but come to consider the matter over in my mind I think now that Robert told me it was your Mother but I was so regoiced [rejoiced?] to hear of him being alive & able to assist in the S. S. [Sunday School?] & Church Services & besides able to preach a Sermon it is a remarkable thing for a man of his years Dear Sir we have been very Sad since the 24th of the last month in which occured [occurred?] the death of our only daughter she was 9 years 6 months & 15 days old she was a very bright Intiligent [intelligent?] child She was bed fast since the 10th of Aug [August?] last & Blind all that time up to her death when it pleased Jesus to take her from darkness into his marvelous [marvellous?] light to be with him for ever Oh what a blessed thought to know that she is in the Savours [Saviours?] care where she will have no more pain nor no more darkness to endure but into the light of Jesus it was hard to part with her but we gave her up long ago into the hands of a loving Saviour our paryer [prayer?] was Gods will be done in which way #PAGE 2 he seen [saw?] best but to make our hearts reconciled to his will I truly can say the Lord was with us & comforted us in our affliction you stated in your letter to me hoping that we would all be faithful Servants of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ that has been the desire of my heart for a great many years & God being my helper I mean to live a life that will prepare me while in this life for Eternity hereafter as soon as Convenient please read this letter to mother I sent her one a short time ago Stating about our childs affliction which you can read I stated in it that I would write to you in a week but my child died Just at that time I sent a newspaper to Brother Samuel in which you can see an acct [account?] of her death I sent it away on Wednesday last Feb 27th & our child was buried on Tuesday the day before: her mind was good even unto her last & before her death when not in pain would Sing those Sweet Hymns she learnt in the S. [Sunday?] School you look No 245 in the Hymn book which was one she used to Sing She Said that was her favourite hymn it begins with those words Jesus lover of my Soul, let me to thy bosom fly she was a beautiful Singer for a child, with kind regards to you & wife & Family & to your aged father, Brother & Sister I remain your Sincere friend Wm [William ?] J. Irvine please tell Brother Samuel to send me a Church record of last year |
