| Title: | W Montgomery,[Ireland?] to J. Searight, Philadelphia. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1826 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Montgomery, William/40 |
| Year | 1852 |
| Sender | Montgomery, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | works at family business (bakery) |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | Portadown, Co. Armagh, USA |
| Destination | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Recipient | Searight, Joseph |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | D.2794/1/2/72: Presented by H.H Montgomery, 4 Kensington Gds. Belfast 5. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9509136 |
| Date | 01/08/1852 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 29:09:95. |
| Word Count | 411 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Portadown August My dear Joseph, My Father is in receipt of your form of July 24th and as he has a wish to see what American flour is like as used there for Baking purposes he will feel obliged to you to send him 100 Barrels of what are termed Bakers Brands. From what you say I suppose you will have no difficulty in selling a small Bill of Exchange for the amount of Invoice at todays light which will be either refined or appearing unduly honored at maturity. You can forward Bills of lading as soon as shipped in order that arrangements may be made at Liverpool for transhipment to Newry. He could not consume 100 Barrels a month but if there was any advantage in importing an occasional speculation might be entered into. Business here at present is very dull and the panic with regard to another appearance of the potatoe [potato?] disease is greatly enkindled. From the present appearances I think there will not be more loss in the crop than there was last year but still a spent quantity of foreign breadstuffs will be needed as labour is very abundant. I have been endeavouring to carry out your wishes with regard to the Tandragee property and have been several times urging on P McConnell the neccessity of making out and furnishing me with the papers you wrote about but find it impossible to get them from him. The small house has been put into a kind of repair and is at present tenanted at 6s per month. I hope soon to make you out the a/c up to the present time and forward it. I wish you and Robert could come to some arrangement about the whole matter and let him have it in his own hands as there is no use in you paying receivers fees for nothing. As Alicia writes along with this I suppose she has told you about the [Drefus?] item and any gossip worth relating. Anne Jane and Robert Moore are both well and as far as business is concerned I think he is doing very well. Hannah & Rachel & Harford are going to Dublin for School on Saturday. John is well but no word of his getting married. Father is out every Day in the farm harvesting and the weather is very fine for that purpose. I think we will have an average of all the crops- with love from all here I remain Your affectionate Cousin William Montgomery |
