Title: | John Alexander, Belfast to George Portis, London. |
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ID | 17 |
Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
File | Alexander, John/45 |
Year | 1772 |
Sender | Alexander, John |
Sender Gender | male |
Sender Occupation | solicitor |
Sender Religion | unknown |
Origin | Belfast, N. Ireland |
Destination | London, England |
Recipient | Portis, George |
Recipient Gender | male |
Relationship | friends, business |
Source | T 1893: copied by Permission of John D. Stewart Esq., 96 Stranmillis Road, Belfast 9. |
Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
Doc. No. | 9404109 |
Date | 02/05/1772 |
Partial Date | |
Doc. Type | LET |
Log | Document added by LT, 20:04:1994. |
Word Count | 201 |
Genre | |
Note | |
Transcript | Dear Geo. [George?] Portis Esqr. London Belfast 2d. May 1772 under cover to Sir Geo. [George?] M. Inclosed [Enclosed?] is a Letter, which after Perusal & Sealing deliver to Wm. [William?] Talbot - I suppose you have about this Time received Hoare's Letters wch. [which?] I sent thro' [through?] Sir Geo. [George?] the 20 April - Kirkwood, the Drumadarah [Drumadarragh?] Gamekeeper, is gone or about going to America. The Mountains in that Country are of so great an Extent, that, if Lord Donegall be resolved on preserving the Game, one Man appointed to reside at or near Drumadarah [Drumadarragh?] & another at Ballyboly [Ballyboley?], would best answer the Purpose, & I think £5 yearly to each would satisfy, or if clever Fellows could be found to undertake the office of Bailiffs also, it would be eligible; as £20 yearly to Bailiffs will soon be saved in preventing arrears. Endeavour to get the Maps of the Town Parks at least, you had better obtain from Lord Donegall a Power for Me to act, as otherwise I may sometime or other get into a Scrape. Many People going to America The Country in general poor & most of them very Cunning & artful. J. A. [John Alexander?] |