| Title: | William McCarter, New York, to his Mother. [Strabane?]. |
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| ID | 1665 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | McCarter, William/13 |
| Year | 1871 |
| Sender | McCarter, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | wants to set up a hardware shop |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Destination | Strabane, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | son-mother |
| Source | D 2298/21/2/2: Deposited by Messrs. Wilson & Simms, solicitors. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9310122 |
| Date | 26/09/1871 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C. McK., 06:10:19 |
| Word Count | 594 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | A letter from William McCarter, New York, dated Sept. 26, 1871, to "My Dear Mother". New York Sept 26th [1871?] My Dear Mother I received your welcome letter on Monday evening and was indeed glad to hear that you were all well; what has become of Martha. I expect she has not yet returned from her visit to Coleraine. I forget now whether I owe her a letter, or she is (sic) owe me one. however I will write to her soon - I am very glad to hear that father and you are so well pleased with the way I am getting on. I am trying my best to do what I am able to advance myself. - Mr. Adams was in with us for a good while on Saturday evng [evening?] and we were making some calculations as to what it wld [would?] cost to make a small beginning for me. As I begin in a small way it wld [would?] be foolish for me to make a start before say the middle or end of Jan. and then begin at that time so as to have a months labour myself in making cramps and all the necessary things required before the spring work begins and by doing this wld [would?] save a good deal of expense in buying them ready made. if [of?] course if any work offered during that time I wld [would?] always be prepared to do it but for the first month till I could make known that I had begun business I could not expect any work, much. Mr Adams & I calculated that about $1000 wld [would?] give me a nice little start - which wld [would?] be about £200 - that is that I should take a place that I could extend as I got more work. There is a little that we did not think of that is nails wich [which?] I wld [would?] need to buy by the keg and a little hardware but what I have saved myself wld [would?] cover all such expenses, and £200 - wld [would?] be wanted as I wld [would?] want some moneyto go on with when I got work and as Mr A. [Adams?] says I could not just go for the money at the moment that the work is done. it is a rule here that people have a month to pay - but I cannot see that I have any rights to ask my Father for this money - Mr A. [Adams?] said that he had a letter from Father and that he was going to write to him so that I expect Father will have got his letter before you get this one - I will send you some cartes as soon as I can get an opportunity to get them done. I had a letter from William the other day and I wrote him one in return - I got a nail run into my foot - this morning and I am quite lame with it to night & I fear it will knock me off work for a few days but if I can manage it I will be at work #PAGE 2 in the morning. I have seen the [----?] of the laying of the foundation stone of the New Church that you are building. I wld. [would?] like it if you wld. [would?] mention where abouts it is in Strabane. We are all well thank God and with kindest love to father you, brother, & sisters, & friends in which all of us unite. I remain my dear mother your affectionate son Wm [William?] Carter my pen is very bad. |
