| Title: | M. Murphy, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., to Hugh Donnan, Ireland |
|---|---|
| ID | 1924 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Murphy, M/3 |
| Year | 1875 |
| Sender | Murphy, M |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Allegheny, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Saintfield, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Donnan, Hugh |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | D2795/5/2/11: Presented by Mrs Chas. Donnan, Co. Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9501347 |
| Date | 05/02/1875 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 26:01:1995. |
| Word Count | 987 |
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| Transcript | Mr Hugh Donnan Cahard In Care of Mr Andrew Wilson Saintfield Co Down Ireland (Postmarks - Dublin & Belfast Au 29 74, Saintfield Au 29 74) [August 30 1874?] Allegheny February 5th 1875 Mr Hugh Donnan Dear friends I write you a few lines to let you know that we are all in good health at present hoping thies [these?] few lines will find you all in the same we received your letter and news paper and were glad to see them we never thought as much long to see one for we thought it had gon [gone?] astray and we have had no letters from Rebina this long time I am sorry to tell you that my employers has failed and had to stop carrying on thier [their?] business at the first of february owing to the dull times the [they?] have trusted 2 $ thousand dollars worth of goods and cannot get paid for them business is very bad and thier [there?] is nothing but firms breaking up every day but the [they?] paid thier [their?] men every sent [cent?] they owed them the [they?] owed me too [two?] hundred dollars and I bought thier [their?] best horse and set of harness which is good value for my money he is A first class horse 5 years old ask James Smith if he minds the side he got with me one day to the point railroad and he will can tell you about him and I have bought A new Spring wagon and I intend trying to make some money to my own hand I will be working at somthing [something?] like what Mcgrady the furnitur [furniture?] mover in belfast is at and every thing els [else?] I can make money at thier [there?] is very good pay for any thing like that here and I have the promis [promise?] of too [two?] or three stores giving me thier [their?] good to Ship and I think I can mak [make?] more money at it nor working I could have got several places to drive but the pay is not as it was with me in my old place I am sorry that my old place is not able to carry on the business for I would liked to sop [stop?] with them so long as I would have stayed in America but I blieve [believe?] the [they?] have lost the last dollar the [they?] had we have no reason to regret that we have not don [done?] the best we could when we were making money for we have saved over 100 pounds of your country money besides getting through all our troubls [troubles?] Eliza has kept three boardrs [boarders?] this last year which has kept the house so that I had nearly all my money to the good Hugh is at school and his teacher says he is the best learner in the class and he is growing very fast and so is Minney and is A real yanky and thier [there?] is as much life in them as you like Hugh bids me to tell Thomas that he canot [cannot?] write good enough yet to write to him the [they?] do not learn them to write as soon here as the [they?] do at home the [they?] learn them to read well first but he expects to be able to write him a few lines this summer we have A very sever [severe?] winter here thier [there?] has been nine or ten weeks tremendious [tremendous?] hard frost and snow you may guess it is pretty tight for if you would catch any thing of mettle [metal?] with your hand your hand would stick to it I canot [cannot] tell you how cold it is a great many have got frost bitten and have had to get thier [their?] feet cut of [off?] it is counted the hardest winter that has been here this long time it is a wild place nothing but murders and great fires [ortwen?] That murdered the hamet family was tried and sentensed [sentenced?] to be hung the 23rd february We had A letter from your friend Mr William Campble [Campbell?] and I intend to write him one some of thies [these?] cold nights altho [although?] it is cold outside we are comfortable inside we have plenty of coal at 6 + 8 cents per bushel and coake [coke?] 4 cents per bushel we have to have A fire in each room provesions [provisions?] is about the same as the [they?] ar [are?] with you we had James Kirk and the Mistress and Robert Edgar and his Mistress you mind the young woman he met at the cornor [corner?] the day he went to town with you he sent for her last [summer?] and the [they?] appear to be very friendly with one another Eliza and me were at a great wedding a young man the name of Cooke from england he was a travler [traveller?] in our form the fashon [fashion?] her [here?] is to get married in thier [their?] own room but I Canot [cannot?] tell you all the particulars of it till I com [come?] home The news paper you sent us gave us a great deal of news and I intend to send you one in about two weeks pleas [please?] write soon for we think great long when you are long a writing when you write direct til 2:12 Sandusky St we got a better house and a cheaper rent A few does further up the same street when I write to you again I will [---?] tell you better how we are getting along hard as the times loks [looks?] to be I never have regreted comming to the country yet for I could make a great deal more money here Hugh sends Thomas a silver Quarter ther [there?] is four of them in a dollar and we count one A shilling but it is paper money that is mostly used here small pieces of paper with the nombre [number?] on it no more at present Yours M Murphy |
