| Title: | Arthur McConnell, Antrim, to Jane Nettleton, [America?] |
|---|---|
| ID | 1676 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | McConnell, Arthur/41 |
| Year | 1856 |
| Sender | McConnell, Arthur |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Canada |
| Recipient | Nettleton, Jane |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | father-daughter |
| Source | T 3081: Purchased from Metropolitan Toronto Library Board |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9406183 |
| Date | 31/01/1856 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 10:06:1994. |
| Word Count | 297 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Antrim, Jany [January?] 31. 1856 My dear Jane, We have written to yourself, to Bella and to Sarah McKeen twice, since we had any letter from any of you. You may judge, that after being so many months without hearing we would necessarily have become very uneasy. We can therefore delay no longer, but write now to beg that each of you will hasten to write and relieve us from the suspense which your mother and I have so painfully felt. You must be aware that in the absence of actual information our minds are prone to suppose the worst. Write then as soon as you receive this, and save us from the anxiety we have so much endured. I have reason to be thankful that my health continues good. Your mother is much as usual everything considered. We have great reason to be thankful to the Giver of every good and perfect gift for the abundance of the mercies He has been pleased to bestow upon us. Betty and Anne are both well and still at home with us. Thomas Hunter and his family, Wm. McConnell and Langford and their families are all well thank God. The prices of farm produce have been so good these two or three years that the country is in a much more prosperous state. We have all had our share in these advantages but none to the extent of your brother,William, whose industry the Most High has greatly blessed. I may mention that Antrim is now lighted with Gas. It is a very great improvement. I had almost omitted to say that John McConnell, Margaret and their family are well. Their son Arthur is in the United States. I have nothing more to add but your mother and I send our blessing to you everyone. I am, ever your affectionate father Arthur McConnell. My dear Mrs. Nettleton:- |
