| Title: | Robert Moore, Portadown to "Dear Joseph" |
|---|---|
| ID | 1876 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Moore, Robert/47 |
| Year | 1854 |
| 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 | D2794/1/94: Presented by H.H. Montgomery, 4 Kensington Gdns, Belfast 5 |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 101140 |
| Date | 18/04/1854 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 11:01:01. |
| Word Count | 239 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Portadown April 18th 1854 Dear Joseph I expected from the sound of your last that by this time I would have had a remitance [remittance?] from you for the cloth in your hands I hope by this time they are all sold if posible [possible?] but me hear from you in course of post and send me all the money you can scrape up I am just now hard up in consequence of a failure or two in Belfast in which I am considerably Interested - Alex Hunter of Dunmurry is down the amt [amount?] of his liabilities not stated as yet and he has caused Thos [Thomas?] Ferguson & Sons of White Rock [Whiterock?] to suspend payments I am a creditor with him for a large amt [amount?] I do not as yet know what he will pay but for the moment I will be put a little about therefor [therefore?] your attention just now will prove a great favour do what you can you may depend upon it the prospects for the Linen Trade here are not good some [kd?] [kind?] of yarns have advanced 25% during the last two weeks and still the demand for goods is exceedingly small and scarcely any Sales as Bills are of little use Your friends here are all well so far as I know your old friend W Armstrong Lurgan Still asks for you very kindly he has retired from business or nearly so Yrs [Yours?] Raspectfully [Respectfully?] Robt [Robert?] Moore |
