| Title: | J.Montgomery, Portadown, to J. Seawright, Philadelphia |
|---|---|
| ID | 1796 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Montgomery, John/44 |
| Year | 1850 |
| Sender | Montgomery, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | baker |
| Sender Religion | Protestant (prob. Methodist) |
| Origin | Portadown, Co. Armagh, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Recipient | Searight, Joseph |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | D 2794/1/2/49:Presented by H.H.Montgomery, 4 Kensington Gardens, Belfast 5. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9510071 |
| Date | 21/02/1850 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 12:10:95. |
| Word Count | 478 |
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| Transcript | Portadown Thursday 21 February, 1850 Dear Joseph I received yours off the S.S [adroc-?] postage on it 4d on one hymn book 1/8d & on the other 14/3 because the cover would not come off & it was charged as a letter I did not release it nor will I unless they take off the overcharge and the two advocates [teach?]. I thank you for your promptitude & attention to my wishes. also your remarks about the œ1. I will know again. I have asked my father several times about this [.?] and Tandragee affair but I have not got the a/c [account?] yet. I think P.McC has not been settled out. I will recur to it again and again untill [until?] I get it. It would be telling no more than œ100 if I had as much of order in my head & practice as you have. will I ever have it? [.?] cannot be acquired? or is it born with us? what say you? promptitude is another quality I am sadly deficient in. The same queries will apply to it also. I posted your letters yesterday the day I received yours I have none from any one for you yet. Anne Jane has had a cold through most of the Winter. she is much better now Rob & the children are well. Mrs [Couran's?] husband [?] Kiernan was to sail this day for the land of the west nicknamed "the Land of Freedom" his school went to the [bads?] & he had nothing to do so he is gone to try America he goes from Belfast to New York. Wm. [William?] Carleton as you may know was for some time learning the [lines?] business at McClelands on the [Ban?] came home about 12 mo [months?] ago or more and commenced the linen manufacturing. At his fathers table he had seen punch constantly used or rather daily used & perhaps then he got a taste for it to be short he learned to drink as is said & by that & bad company he has hastened his death which took place on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning the 13th February & was buried in [Seagoe?] last Friday the 15th. The way of transgressors is hard he suffered much. The wages of sin is death it was the cause of his sudden or early death. Our [preacher?] Mr Ballard had a son who died this week in Drogheda 14 years of age another knock by Providence that we may upon our hearts when we hear it & admit the saviour [is safe?] with him [yarn?] is higher in proportion than linen & this will prevent employment. Next mail I hope to write to you direct. I would like you to give a [---ss?] about yourself & all you can on other subjects I will imitate you and take the hint your cousin J.M.Seawright. Philadelphia John Montgomery. |
