| Title: | Philip O'Hagan, Londonderry to Dr. A. W. Smyth, County Tyrone. |
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| ID | 1990 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | O'Hagan, Philip/17 |
| Year | 1908 |
| Sender | O'Hagan, Philip |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | US consul |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Derry, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Donemana, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Smyth, Andrew W. |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | business, bureaucracy |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Brendan O'Reilly, O'Reilly's Bar & Restaurant, Main Street, Dromara. |
| Archive | Original Held by Above Donor. |
| Doc. No. | 9807782 |
| Date | 29/10/1908 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 27:07:98. |
| Word Count | 210 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | AMERICAN CONSULAR SERVICE. Two Enclosures Londonderry 29th October 1908 To Andrew W Smyth Esq N 8 Donemana Co Tyrone re New Orleans Cablegram My dear [___?] Smyth I send a copy of the cablegram with a letter of Explanation to my friend Mr Kuabershue, the American Consul at Belfast yesty [yesterday?] evg [evening?] asking him for a translation & he has replied very promptly. I got his reply tonight on my return from [___?] at Lifford. The cablegram according to Mr Kuabershue, is in the Western Union code [code] & according to him, there appears to be Two Errors of spelling in it, which are probably due to the telegraphic operator at this side, in transcribing the message The translation of the cablegram is as follows:- "Have we authority to sell clau[__?], "Five Thousand Dollars net cash 2, "Cable immediately Purly Smyth I enclose you Mr Kuabershue's letters on the matter giving word for word translation which Mrs Smyth can easily copy & please return me the originals as I must keep them on my file here, & the Department is very particular about the fulness of the file. Now that you have the translation of the message you will know how to reply promptly to the gentleman in New Orleans. Hope you got home safely last night & are very well Faithfully yrs [yours?] Philip O Hagan American Consul L Derry [Londonderry?] |
