| Title: | W. Murphy, Pennsylvania, to Hugh Donnan, Saintfield, Co. Down |
|---|---|
| ID | 1932 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Murphy, William/35 |
| Year | 1873 |
| Sender | Murphy, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | shop assistant, delivery boy |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Allegheny, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Saintfield, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Donnan, Hugh |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | D 2795/5/2/5: Presented by Andrew Wilson,Belfast. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9501252 |
| Date | 28/11/1873 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 23:01:1995. |
| Word Count | 610 |
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| Transcript | For Mr Hugh Donnan Cahard In Care of Mr Andrew Wilson Saintfield Co.Down Ireland Postmark: Saintfield MY 74 U.S.A. MY 4 74 Allegheny November 28th 1873 Mr Hugh Donnan Dear Sir We received your letter dated October 25th on november the 20th and we are glad to hear that you are all well and that the clontnagooland [clontanagullion?] people are doing so clever we are sure that Margaretjane feels happy that her friend Mrs Poole has not Died of consumption as she was afraid that the Poor Girl was not going to live long I am sorry to hear that [W.?] Prestleys mills was burned for the want of oil for he made use of A good deal of oiling during the time he made the mony [money?] that bought them we have had some great failures here during the last to [two?] months A good many of the Banks in new yourk [new york?] and some here have failed and a good many of the public works have closed On that account and has thron [thrown?] hundreds out of work but it is expected that the [they?] will be all right again but I am glad it has not made any change with our firm we are turning out the truckers and [caindes?] as strong as ever and we have started A new store on Liberty St pittsburg We are getting on much the same as usual and making money fast since times has came a little And horses have lowered very much if the journey was not so long I would fetch you a cargo you could make money on I could buy any amount of horses at five and six Pounds and that would sell in Saintfield at from 25 to 30 Pounds each America is not as stedy [steady?] as Ireland it is up today and down tomorrow We had James Smith with us today and he is stoped [stopped?] work and says he wil [will?] work no more here when he comes to see you he will not give the yanky ladies A good name he says that if a Hollyway tail would light on her snout [B P] it would get its feet cut and if the [grecien?] [ben?] was taken of her rump and the [fals?] [bals?] of her legs and [-als?] breasts & hair & teeth never speak of paint and [whitin?] she would not be biger [bigger?] neither the weather is really cold and frosty now it would do you good were you here now to see the country men coming in & wagon of hay only weighing about 15 hundred with the too [two?] front horses covered with mud that yo [you?] could not tell what couler [colour?] he was it would put the notion of farming out of your head in America. Ask James Mehafy [Mehaffy?] if he got a letter from me some time ago Provisions are generaly [generally?] prety [pretty?] high here potatos from 8 to 10 shillings [pr Cwt?] flour the same as with you beef 3 to 5 pence A Pound Clothing very high a suit of mens Clothes from 8 to 10 Pounds and womans the same in porportion [proportion?] a woman pays from 1 to 2 pounds for making a gonin [going?] house rent very high we pay 35 shillings per month and them who wish to live up to the fashon [fashion?] can go through all the [they?] earn but them that do without the fashion can mak [make?] money plenty We are all in the enjoyment of good health at present thank be to God for it and hope thies [these?] few lines will find you in the same Pleas [Please?] write some as we are glad to hear from you so no more at present. Yours respectfully W. Murphy |
