| Title: | M Murphy, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, to H. Donnan, Saintfield, Co Down |
|---|---|
| ID | 1926 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Murphy, M/10 |
| Year | 1873 |
| 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 | D2795/5/2/1: Presented by Mrs Chas. Donnan, Ballynahinch, Co Down |
| Archive | The Public Record Office Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9501049 |
| Date | 25/04/1873 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT/JW, 05:01:1995. |
| Word Count | 515 |
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| Transcript | Cover Addressed To: Hugh Donnan Cahard Ireland In Care Of Andrew Wilson Saintfield [Postmarks] ALLEGHENY APR [APRIL?] 26 3 PM PA [PENNSYLVANIA?] NEW [YORK?] APRIL 26 [back of envelope] April 25th [Postmarks] DUBLIN - BELFAST P.P.O A MY [MAY?] 13 73 [1873?] SAINTFIELD B MY [MAY?] 13 73 [1873?] April 25th April the 25th 1873 Dear Sir I write to let you know we have reached my uncel [uncle?] in aligany [Allegheny?] we landed in liverpoll [Liverpool?] about eight the next morning we stopped in [we?] Clides hotel to nine next morning then we got on the boat and went down the river and got on board the baltic and remained to six oclock when we set sail we had A fair passage for three days but on Sunday night and monday we had A very rough sea and tremendous sickness on board Eliza and samuel had not The [least?] sickness the whole way Hugh and miney [Minney?] and myself Had A little sickness the too [two?] rough days we anchored on saturday the 19th about seven in the evening in the river where we remained to monday morning when ships do not get in befor [before?] to oclock [two O'Clock?] on saturday passangers [passengers?] have to remain on board to monday morning which comes wors [worse?] on the compnay [company?] than passengers but we had A very noisey [noisy?] sunday we had on board one hundred and fifty germans besides a great number of wild irish men som[some?] dancing some playing cards others [kniting?] and singing some cursing and some reading we had on board one hundred children under twelve months old we had eleven hundred pssengers [passengers?] our meat was first class except on friyay [Friday?] when fish cam [came?] on monday morning the boat came and took us to the castle gardens we sopped [stopped?] in A hotel to the next evening we then started in the train for pittsbourg [Pittsburg?] and arived [arrived?] on wednsday [Wednesday?] night my uncle was waiting for us which we wer [were?] glad to see and we had only A little stop to [until?] he went over to aligany [Allegheny?] and sent his son with the horse and dray for us my uncel [uncle?] has one of the best houses i have ever been in it contains ten first class rooms with white marble fire places of the best i [sic] have ever seen his family is three sons and too [two?] daughters you may guess he is very wel [well?] of when he bought his daughter A piano at 100 pounds he has made us welcom [welcome?] to stop until we get a house and work which he sayes [says?] there is plenty of here i have very little remarks to pass at present the weather has been very changable [changeable?] since we left new yourk [New York?] some times snow and clear the onle [only?] thing i have to remark is that the sun rises in the other side of me i have to remark is that the sun rises in the other side of me i have no mor [more?] to say at present we are all in good health at pres [present?] samuel is better nor [now?] we [started?] i will write in another wek [week?] excus [excuse?] bad writ [writting?] as it is the first i hop [hope?] thes [these?] few lines will find you arrives |
