| Title: | David Moody, Liverpool, to "My Dear Margaret", [Location?]. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1853 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Moody, David/58 |
| Year | 1857 |
| Sender | Moody, David |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | waiting to sail off to Australia |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Liverpool, England |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | Margaret |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | T. 2901/3/5: Copied by Permission of Mrs M. Mayne-Reid 30 Ballymullan Road, Crawfordsburn, County Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9510061 |
| Date | 23/09/1857 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 12:10:95. |
| Word Count | 339 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Liverpool 23rd 1857 My Dear Margaret I suppose this is the first note that I have ever written you for I never had any call. I know you will always be glad to hear from me and I will not forget to write you. We have had a very pleasant passage none of us was the least sick and we have got all the boxes on board but Henry's and the ship is in the river at present. She left the dock this morning and our two boys is in her to-night. We are to set sail for Australia on Friday. My dear Margaret I hope you will bear up and resign yourself to Him who doeth all thing well, as I know you will comfort my mother as much as possible and I hope in the end that our separation will be ever blessed although no separation for the present is joyous but grevious "Let not your hopes with [envious?] thoughts be troubled or dismayed." Wm [William?] & Jean are well. We are stopping in a private house we are verry [very?] comfortable Henry is still stopping with is [his?] Misses @ Hills he is keeping verry [very?] close by her I have not seen Her since [our?] [arrival?] he and her party was up at Manchester on Monday they had also a party in Hills since he came Jean and I was @ old [Carnesss?] [Wills?] this evening he was verry [very?] kind to us he had just retourned [returned?] from it when when [sic] I comenced [commenced?] this scrawl I will send a line to John Ross tomorrow & one to Abraham. I have nothing now to say only there is an old lady a first Cabin passenger at the table Going with me He is for Australia on a pleasure trip with his son who came home with Henry a great talker and verry [very?] religious. Wm [William?] and Jane has went to bed so Margaret Good Night [remember?] me to Miss & Mr Butler and all affectionately yours David |
