| Title: | George Kirkpatrick, Toronto, to Cousin Alexander [Co Antrim?]. |
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| ID | 1621 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Kirkpatrick, George Airey/15 |
| Year | 1871 |
| Sender | Lit. Col. Sir George Airey |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | army officer, barrister |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Craigs, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Rev Alexander Kirkpatrick |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | D 1424/11: Purchased From Mr John A. Gamble, 44 Taunton Avenue, Belfast 15. #TYPE EMG George Kirkpatrick, Toronto, Canada, to His Cousin Alexander [Reverend Alexander Kirkpatrick, Craigs Rectory, Co. Antrim?]. 11 October 1871. |
| Archive | Public Record Office, N. Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9004013 |
| Date | 11/10/1871 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 18:04:1990 JR created 13:08:1990 MC input 24:08:19 |
| Word Count | 478 |
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| Transcript | To: Alexander[?] [location] Toronto October 11th 1871 My dear Alexander Immediately on receipt of your letter of Sep [September?] 9th asking me to make inquiries about the relatives of a poor woman in your parish. I wrote [wrote?] a letter to the said Wm. [William?] Montgomery stating what you mentioned in your letter & giving him your address I directed my letter to Glenwilliam (this is a post office there) but I have had no answer. I think it would be the height of madness for the woman to think of coming out to this country to look for her brother until she hears directly from him. I can hardly fancy he can be living there or he would have answered the [the?] letter - when your father wrote to me last year. I wrote to the postmaster of I think that very place & his answer was that he knew no such person - at least that is my impression, he will probably remember if it is the same. A most fearful calamity has just overtaken Chicago it has been literally swept from the face of the earth - in less than twenty four hours - between sixty and seventy churches have been burnt, all the Banks newspaper offices & shops waterworks destroyed and 150.000 persons homeless Today we are enveloped in dense smoke which is probably that of the burning city - All the American cities are coming forward nobly to send relief & assistance. the origin of the fire was a boy upsetting a lamp in a stable when milking a cow. We are all well - I have three boys now - all fine healthy fellows thank God. Lexie is just beginning to go to a little school to learn a little - but he is too young to attempt much. Morgan is living just opposite to us - he is very well- he is very eccentric but a very good fellow - we have just had a wedding in our house. May's sister Lizzie was married to Charles Foster a cousin of ours. they are living quite close to us - they have just returned from their wedding trip- we have had a very dry summer, hardly any rain - the ground is quite dry yet. the leaves are all falling fast we had a frost at the end of September which cut off all the tender flowers, but Stocks Petunias and Geraniums all in full blossom still. I am very fond of gardening we have a small garden - enough to keep us in vegetables & a grass plot on two sides of the house - we play croquet occasionally but I have not much time for it - give my love to Uncle Aunt, George & his wife - & with the same to yourself & Alicia in which May joins me believe me ever your affectionate cousin Geo [George?] B Kirkpatrick |
