| Title: | Jane Johnson, Antrim to Henry Johnson, Niagara District. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1559 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Johnson, Jane/47 |
| Year | 1849 |
| Sender | Johnson, Jane |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Niagara District, Canada |
| Recipient | Johnson, Henry |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | wife-husband |
| Source | T 2319/1: Copied by Permission of The British Museum, London WC1. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9404129 |
| Date | 09/01/1849 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 20:04:1994. |
| Word Count | 808 |
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| Transcript | Letter 5 Jane Johnson, Antrim to Henry Johnson, Niagara District, Canada West. 9 January 1849. Antrim, January 9th 1849 My Dearest Henry I received your first letter on October the 18 which I was thinking great long for on account of getting no word from you from I left you in Belfast. You say that you wrote to me from Liverpool inclosing [enclosing?] a gold heart for little Alexander whitch [which?] I did not Gett [get?] I was sorry to hear of the bad passage you had - and also very sorry to hear that your provision was so soon run out - but My Dearest Henry I am glad to hear you got over safe. It was a great Dissapointment [disappointment?] on you that the young man to hoom [whom?] you had Bristow's letter was Dead - I received your next Letter on the 5 of January and I was greatly troubled to hear that you had not got a better situation but I am glad to hear that you are making yourself as Content as you can under such Circumstances - My Dear Henry Mr. Mecky has told you about me comming [coming?] to Antrim - Well now hear [here?] I am Since the first of November Striving to do as well as I can in order to make the two ends meet. I find it is but strugling [struggling?]. After all the rent is £15-0-0d a year and I find that it will take great Care to make the two ends [meet?] these times. I must Say that I miss you very mutch [much?] and that I [have?] not had much peace of mind or Contentment Since I Seen you last. I do trust that ere this reaches you you will have got a situation to your mind as if you give me any encouragement at all - Nothing will keep me from you Dear Henry. You know I had not much money when you Left me and I am Sory [sorry?] to say I have not been adding anything to it since, but if you fall into your mind and would wish me to go to you I will go, let the end be what it may. Well, My Dearest Henry, I can say Nothing more to you but pray to God that he Dispose of us as his wisdom sees best and that all things will work for good to us - Dear Henry I am glad to hear from your Letter that you see things in a Different light. Our best Days are before us, God will help us if we put our trust in him. I can do nothing but pray for you and hope for the best - Dear Henry, this Leaves me and the Children well and I hope that this will find you in the same - May God Bless you My Dearest Henry Dear Henry. Nothing Strange or importent [important?] has taken place since you left. James Philips was in Quebeck [Quebec?] and home again. He is out of a situation at present. Thomas Gregory is out of the Cassile [Castle?] Office and has not got a situation. Johnston Gregory is in a good situation in New York and his Mistress is going out again [in?] March - Since you left we had a letter from Isabella. She is in a town they call New London, Canida [Canada?] West. My Brother-in-law is in the township of Adalid [Adelaide?] Canida [Canada?] West had got a farm of land 100 acres in it. Dear Henry, My Father and Mother and all the Family Joins me in Kind love to you. Thomas Hunter and Mary sent ther [their?] best respects to you Your Mother Desires me to write to you and her prair [prayer?] is that you may not get a Situation until you Come back to the Old Country again Dearest Henry Your Uncle Macky has told you of my unkle [uncle?] Langford Setting my Sister Eleanor and me up in the house along Side of Mr Tager and also he Speaks of you Comming [coming?] home again but, Henry Dear, I leave this to yourself. You [have?] some idea which of the two Country would be best. It would be very hard for me to take the Children as I know of no person going out to that Country at present but if you wish me to go I will go without any hesitation. Dear Henry I am sure you are thinking great Long to see me and the Children. Mary can call Dida [Dada?] and is a sweet Child. Little Alexander talks a great deal about you. Excuse this writing as I could harldy [hardly?] tell you the state my mind is in. As soon as you recieve [receive?] this write Dear Henry I am as ever You might write Your Faithful & Affectionate to me far oftener untill [until?] Death than you do Jane Johnson |
