| Title: | Margaret Orr, Portaferry, to John M. Orr, [Chicago?]. |
|---|---|
| ID | 2033 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Orr, Margaret/99 |
| Year | 1847 |
| Sender | Orr, Margaret |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Portaferry, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Recipient | Orr, John M |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | Copyright retained by John McCleery, 80 Circular Road, Belfast,BT4 2GD. |
| Archive | Ulster American Folk Park. |
| Doc. No. | 9702155 |
| Date | 29/11/1847 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 10:02:97. |
| Word Count | 477 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | [This letter is attached to and crosswritten on the letter from Jane Ellen Orr to John M. Orr dated 27:11:1847?] November 29 My dear John We often wonder if Chicago is colder than it is here. You must tell us in your next letter as we would all like very much to know. I left school in November Miss Fetherstone intends leaving Portaferry at February and going to live in Belfast. Her brother, she says, will not allow her to keep school any longer. Mrs Thomas Gelston is on the look out for another husband. She says she cannot [do?] [any?] longer without someone to protect her. James McComb and she see all the [Jacksons?]. All Jane Ellen's friends are advising her to go to America on speculation. Do you think she could make any thing by it. I hear young ladies are very scarce in [America?] [stained] [stained] [stained]. Miss [stained] of Strangford has got married to old Captain Hopkins, who I suppose you know is old enough to be her [stained] father. Jane Ellen spent her Halloween in [Corbally?]. She burned a [sprig?] of nuts for you, but you were too far away to send the ashes to. We have never got the Farina sold yet there it remains up in the loft and we are all tired looking at it. Micky McMullan has got a young brother who has two nephews both older than himself. He is all the go now that [Simon?] Watson of Tullynacree is going to be married to the youngest of the Miss Lawsons- We are lifting potatoes yet our own were not rotten but very soft. However we got [five?] hundred of elegant ones from Mrs Bowden [stained] Uncle Malcolms are going this year. But the crop in general is much better than it was last winter. Miss Margaret Warnock is home from Scotland, her health is improving. She says if you do as well as she wishes you you will be very fortunate indeed. All your friends here [stained] always making [stained] enquiries about you and send their kind love, regards, [stained] respects and what not. Mrs Walsh, Mrs Donnan, and Mrs McKibbin especially. Miss Harrison has left Mrs Maxwell's and Charlotte has gone to a boarding school in Belfast. Are you pleased with your lodgings, do you get everything comfortable. Tell us all the news about it in your next. My mother wishes to know if you could get a small sketch of Chicago to send to us as we would all like to see the picture of the place where you have taken up your abode. Do you think it would be a good idea for Margaretta Bowden to go out next Chicago. I think there is little prospects of her succeeding here. I hear Jane Ellen is soon to be married but I don't believe it. I must now conclude this elegant epistle to good [byes?] [for?] [the?] [present?] & I [remain?] [----?] your attached sister Margaret |
