| Title: | William Montgomery, New Orleans to Joseph Searight, U.S.A. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1809 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Montgomery, William/7 |
| Year | 1850 |
| Sender | Montgomery, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Destination | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Recipient | Searight, Joseph |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | D 2794/1/2/50: Presented by H.H.Montgomery, Belfast, Ireland. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9505009 |
| Date | 13/03/1850 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 05:05:1995. |
| Word Count | 527 |
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| Transcript | New Orleans March 13th 1850 My dear Cousin Joe For some time past I have been expecting to hear from you as I believe you are a letter in my debt and I know you are generally pretty prompt in answering the favors of yur correspondents. I hope you are not unwell but in good health and flourishing. I so not know if you have heard of the death of Cousin Alice Montgomery at [Ancebury?] Mass of consumption in Decr [December?] last. Her death was very unexpected as in the letter I received previous to the News of her death Alicia mentioned that they were both well. Her end was peace. When I look back to my earliest recollections of family connections and remember how many of them I have seen pass off the state of life I cannot help thinking how great has been the mortality amongst them. Now with the exception of mu Fathers family we are reduced to a few cousins scattered everywhere and who knows but in a few years more the few now left may have followed those gone before. If such be the will of Providence may we all be prepared to meet the dread summons with joy and not with grief. With Uncle Joe the name of Malcolmson in the family becomes extinct and with the exception of your name & mine all the names of the different branches have already become so. Thomas Henry may of P Down [Portadown?] who came ot this country sometime before we did died in January in [I--tr?] of brain fever which rendered him insensible to the last I understand he had become very steady and respected by those who knew him. I have no news from home to report to you Miss Stanleys marriage I suppose you have already heard all about and the bridal tour to Paris. The doings at [Derryhale?] house only verify the old [adage?] "Put a begger on horseback and he will gallop to the Devil" Some talk of old Harry getting married himself James Searight has had another addition to his family. My mind is now made up about going over to Ireland next summer - I intend leaving here sometime in June but do not wish you to say anything about it in your letter. You may tell Philada [Philadelphia?] folks or not just as you please. Unless some advantageous proposition is made to reside somewhere in England or Ireland I will return to this City in the fall if Providence spares me so long. As to residing in Portadown that is a question to be [clarified?] but I am pretty sure I could not rest content in it long. I am too well satisfied with City life to stay in a country town. My tastes, views of business, habits are more at home in the city and I do not see any reason why I should condemn myself to the country. This may not suit folks at home but next to Father I am the person to be pleased. Our Summer weather is already opening and we may look out for hot weather soon Hoping to hear from you shortly I remain Your affect [affectionate?] Coz [Cousin?] William Montgomery [With?] care Prescott & Jackson N.O. [New Orleans?] |
