| Title: | Robert Peel Dawson, Montreal to his parents. |
|---|---|
| ID | 2104 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Peel Dawson, Robert/119 |
| Year | 1839 |
| Sender | Peel Dawson, Robert |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | army officer |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | son-parents |
| Source | T 850/1: Obtained from Mrs Brackenbury, Moyola Park, Castledawson, Co. Londonderry. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9405224 |
| Date | 01/01/1839 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 09:05:1994. |
| Word Count | 373 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Montreal My dearest Parents, I never allow the Great Western Steamer to leave this Continent unaccompanied by a letter from me to those I best love in the World. Your account of dearest George's illness would have frightened me much had I not at the same time received the assurance of his recovery. Dearest Mamma's unequalled kindness & attention to her sick son filled me with gratitude and affection and I have written to congratulate him upon having been attended by so anxious & tender & judicious a Nurse. I sincerely hope that George for the future will be more cautious of health and more prudent than he has been. Nothing has happened in the Political World here. Peace and Order have been preserved by the admirable management of Sir John Colborne. Our Battalion gave last week a great Ball in the Mess Room, which went off admirably. We invited every one [everyone?] in the two distinct circles of French & English Society. About three hundred persons were present. Our Rooms, five in number & ensuite, were ornamented in the most expensive style. The supper was excellent and the Champagne & Roman Punch were thought so excellent that both our female as well as male guests were tempted to exceed the bounds of temperance. I never ceased dancing from nine o'clock till four, except during the hour of supper. We ornamented our Barracks very expenisvely not even Willis's far famed Rooms could boast more accommodation or greater splendour of decoration. But alas! there ended the competition. Our own beautiful Countrywomen have no equals. The Non-Commissioned officers gave an entertainment to their friend two nights after. We all attended it, & without vanity, I may add that no set of men are so popular with & so respected by the inhabitants of Montreal as the Second Battalion of the Grenadier Guards. I shall be very sorry to leave this place & the house I have engaged with Captain Jodrell & Wynyard. The country about Quebec is prettier but Montreal is, I think, to be preferred as a Town of residence. God bless you all, my best & most valued of parents & brothers. Ever your most attached & devoted R. P. D. [Robert Peel Dawson?] |
