| Title: | John Mortan [Morton?], Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania?], [U.S.A.?], to Thomas |
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| ID | 1899 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Morton, Samuel and John/20 |
| Year | 1769 |
| Sender | Morton, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | linen trader |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Greer, Thomas |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins, business |
| Source | D 1044/212 Deposited by the Late Captain U. Mc G. Greer. |
| Archive | Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 709051 |
| Date | 30/11/1769 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document Added by JM, 19/09/07 |
| Word Count | 511 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | To Thomas Greer Merchant in Dungannon From Philada [Philadelphia?] 11 mo[nth?] 30th 1769 Loving Cousin Thomas Greer In sundry of thy Letters since we parted thou did not forget to remind me of a State which I Long wishd to Enjoy, believing it to be the most Elligable [Eligible?] (viz a married one) I ashure [assure?] thee my D[ea?]r Friend it was not without its due Weight in my mind tho[ugh?] I was determind not to be my Own Carver in this Weighty Undertaking Our City furnishes many Valueable [Valuable?] Females several of which I was very Intimately Acquainted with tho[ugh?] by keeping Company with them I did not Experience any thing of that Indeared [Endeared?] Affection that I believd real[l?]y Necessary to make the Conjugal State happy & for this reason (which I think a good one) was willing to Wate [Wait?] till such times as the right person presented at Length this wishd for time came & the person who is now my Wife presented to my View as the most Suitable I desired help of him who is the great director of Human affairs & found my Heart Still more United to Her on this Acctt. [Account?] I then took the advice of my best Friendsd who all approvd of my choice & after a 6 or 7 month Courtship we Brought the Matter to an Ishue [Issue?] & was married the begin[n?]ing of this month, it would be vanity in me to say so much in her fav[ou?]r as I think she deserves but this I will venture to add that she is possesd [possessed?] with all the Qualifications I Expected to find in a Female & much more than I deservd & I doubt not but when thou Sees her Shall have thy app[r?] obation with the Rest of my Friends; Thou may think this strange talk but believe me I can never divest myself at times of Strongly Believing I shall yet See thee face to face in this Wooden Country I have often Dreamd so & it is my Serious opinion it will yet come to pass I know the Sea is terrible to thee & a Seperation [Separation?] from thy family for such a Length of time seems almost too hard to give up to but thou much Esteemd & I may add dearly Beloved Friend knows that hard things are made Easy & Bitter things Sweet to them that are made Willing to Obey his Commands the Back will be made Suitable to any burden that he Lays on his Servants I Shall not add on this subject but wait with patience too See the Event as to matter relative to Business shall say Little only we rec[eive ?]d thy Letter per Capt[ain?] Smith from Newry our friends here are well & with D[ea?]r Love to Self & Cousin Sally in which my wife joyns [joins?] I remain thy affectionate Cousin John Morton Rob. [Robert?] Trimble 95 3 1/2 Jno [John [Jonathan?] Scott 138 3 1/2 Wm [William?]Wilson 80 3 3/4 Wm [William?] Anderson 58 4 __________ 371 Ter [Terrence?] McCrory 60 4 ___________ 431 |
