| Title: | Rev F Kirkpatrick, Canada, to Rev A Kirkpatrick, Co Antrim |
|---|---|
| ID | 1617 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Kirkpatrick, Francis William/12 |
| Year | 1867 |
| Sender | Kirkpatrick, Francis William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | clerk in Holy Orders |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Cullybackey, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Rev Alexander Kirkpatrick |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | D1424/11: Purchased from Mr.John A. Gamble, 44 Taunton Ave., Belfast 15. #TYPE EMG [Reverend?] Francis Kirkpatrick, Wolfe Island Parsonage, Kingston, Canada to Reverend Alexander Kirkpatrick, Hazelbank, Cullybackey, Co.Antrim, Ireland, 8 May 1867. |
| Archive | Public Record Office N.Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9003053 |
| Date | 08/05/1867 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 28:03:1990 GMC created 21:09:1990 CD input 25:09:1 |
| Word Count | 1146 |
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| Transcript | Wolfe Island Parsonage Kingston C[?] May 8th 67 [1867?] My dear Alexander I am afraid that you will hardly deem it worth while to receive a letter from me after so long a silence as I have maintained. I have little or nothing to [say?] for myself, except that I seldom or never write letters & so have probably affended [offended?] a great many of my friends. An occasion if I had needed one, has been offered me to write a few lines to you. You were kind enough to send me your compilation of Irish Church History, some short while ago. I return you my thanks Irish Church History seems a popular study now. I suppose the assaults made upon the Church by her Enemies has turned the attention of her friends to her claims suppose your compilation has been one result of this. Your neighbour's fame on One subject has now become national. But I must not begin my letter with a theological or even Church matter. I suppose you hear occasionally of me, now that I am as heretofore living in 1st Canadian parish I have been here now 3 years, which are short to look back upon tho' [although?], perhaps, because they have been uneventful, at least in any way that would render them interesting to any one outside. Though of course everyone's history is eventful enough to himself however uninteresting to others I have been getting on pretty well. This hard uphill work in many respects requiring cou[rage?] quite [quiet?] and perseverance.- more than I can lay claim to - to enable one to make any great impression, yet I think that all has not gone for nothing work we must leave it till another one before we can guage [gauge?] of results. It is a rather trying situation to occupy, but after all - one which demands our respect & therefore from which I have no right to shrink I am pleasantly situated in some respects, and now am looking forward to summer wh. [which?] is a pleasant part of the year. Our spring is terribly backward this season, scarcely any work has yet been got there by the farmer on account of the incessant rain which we have had. My garden has had little or nothing done to it as yet while at this time last year it was completed There is however not much advantage in being early our May in this country is often very cold. Tonight I am right glad to have a fire - but the weather becomes fine and warm very [?]alueily and in 2 or 3 weeks we will have the trees in leaf where [now?] [tags?] are hardly shewing a sign of growth I suppose you are long ago done with your spring gardening. I have just hired an Irish boy who left I think he said after the potatoes were in & here are mine untouched yet. The lateness of the season is not of course of the great importance to me in respect to my own garden as it is more of an amusement, tho' [although?] rather an expensive one, than a necessity but as my [agter?] [coine?] depends upon the success of us people it does in that respect make a considerable difference. I have not much family news to give you. In fact I see so little of the world that my store of news is very easily exhausted. George's little boy has been ill & at one time, some uneasiness was felt abt [about?] him, but I hope trust he will soon be quite well. At home (for I still almost instinctively call Emily St [Street?] "Home" they have Aunt Henrietta & Annie & Helen staying so that their usually small party is considerably increased. Minnie promises to come over to stay a little with me as soon as the fine weather comes both for her own pleasure & my comfort. I am afraid that I am a bad housekeeper I take everything too much as it comes and am too much at the mercy of servants, tho' [although?] fortunately I have had very little trouble with them at least with indoor ones, but as for "boys", I almost think that they should be "abolished" as a plague I have taken a "youngman" now to try whether I can have more satisfaction in one who is beyond "boyhood" and as he has the recommendation of being fresh from Ireland I hope to get some work out of him It is almost time for me to make some enquiries conc. [concerning?] the good people at Hazelbank I heard of all the other day through some letter. I hope your mother does not forget her son Frank, [?] he has proved such a forgetful one about writing home I must confess also that I heard from yr [your?] [Father?] last & so the neglect was on my side there again. I have however so much to think of that correspondence is almost forgotten. I am sorry for it as I lose my friends by the omission but fate is a stern master & it is hard to control oneself & ones actions according to what ought to be I often talk of turning over a new leaf but I fear the new leaves must be nearly obliterated [?] [?] volume I have turned over so many. How does George get on Give him my kind regards. You will perhaps see something of our Revd [Reverend?] Dobbs this summer he is going for his health with [Mrs?] Dobbs to Ireland & no doubt will be in your neighbourhood whether you can see him or not Then he leaves abt [about?] the 1st of June. His friends are to pay his passage. I wonder if my congregation will ever do the same for me - I am afraid not We have been having a "Ritual" excitement here, but after all there has been no great cause for it & it has principally been caused by return to true Rubrical [Sacraments?] where it has been neglected. I preach in [my?] surplice share the offertory because I feel both to be correct tho' [although?] I am afraid that my friends Mr Rogers and Mr Dodds will be horrified there if he hear of my affection from their "use" The Evangelical h[?] the Diocese is small and led by Mr Rogers who is narrow minded bigot so that no great influence is attained by it. Our Bishop is of course going home to the [Pa?] Anglican Synod it is really [his?] Synod I [?] suggestion come from him originally. I have no doubts as to its success. I had not crossly [?] [?] Renders this more illegible than it is With kindest love to all at Hazelbank And to my friends in the [?]road who may remember me my best regards Believe me your affectionate cousin Francis W Kirkpatrick |
