| Title: | R. Moore, Portadown to J. Searight, Philadelphia. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1870 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Moore, Robert/37 |
| Year | 1852 |
| Sender | Moore, Robert |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | merchant |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Portadown, Co. Armagh |
| Destination | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Recipient | Searight, Joseph |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends, business |
| Source | D 2794/1/2/68: Presented by H. H. Montgomery, 4 Kensington Gardens, Belfast 5. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9103131 |
| Date | 20/04/1852 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C.R., 10:12:1993. |
| Word Count | 336 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | FROM: Robt. [Robert?] Moore, Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland. TO: Joseph Searight, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. April 20 '52 [1852?] Dear Joseph, You will see by this Date that I am far behind time with you as I have put off sending this letter untill [until?] I am able to forward the Goods refused to and a note of which you have enclosed I leave it to you to do the best you can for me as this might be the beginning of Large transactions with you if I can obtain a profit that would induce me to combine I have marked these as parcels that would about enable me to proceed but do not [limit?] you on either side as the mater [matter?] is one of [----?] for the information of my self and thus I mean of course those [-----?] [-----?] on Brand here. If I can I will Send you in one of the Boxes regular samples of Drills Red & Brown colour and would take an order for them at [6?] 1/2 7 [?] 8 1/2 Since I wrote the [---?] part of this epistle one or two serious cases of failure occured [occurred?] one is Robt [Robert?] McMullin & Co rosemary st Belfast who [takes?] off W & S Mills of Clare £2700 and only pay 4/[d?] in the £1 the Clare people follow the example and I am sorry to tell you> that they owe me £200 but I believe we will get 1[3?]/4 [out?] of them they could pay more and will not so you see we are Still Irish I have reason to be thankful that we are all well hear [here?] J [----?] has been presented with another son the 1- [10?]th child W Thompson [we?] all well Mrs [Hurson?] is very ill - the Malcomson empire is crumbling God knows I do not wish it but I may say They are [fading?] away in disgrace. Montgomery people are all well no addition to the Family there nor much prospect I hope to acompany [accompany?] Hannah and Rachel to Dublin on Tuesday |
