| Title: | Tom Black, Chicago to Thomas Hall, County Armagh |
|---|---|
| ID | 215 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Black, Tom/26 |
| Year | 1890 |
| Sender | Black, Tom |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Destination | Loughgall, Co. Armagh, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Hall, Thomas Sr |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | grandson-grandfather |
| Source | D 2041/13: Purchased from J.A. Gamble Esquire, 44 Taunton Avenue, Belfast 15 |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9310730 |
| Date | 18/06/1890 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C.R., 26:10:1993. |
| Word Count | 304 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | To: Thomas Hall, Eden Cottage, Loughgall, County Armagh, Ireland. 342 Winchester Av [Avenue?] 18th June 1890 My Dear Grandpapa I hope you are quite well & has completely got over your influenza. This is a beautiful city & the parks are something excelllent. I guess you would like them. it has been very warm you bet this last two or three day [sic] you could go naked it would boil the gravy out of you. yesterday was decoration day & we all went to the park it was very pleasant. there are about one hundred boats on the lakes & it is very nice watching them all sailing through each other. I applied for a position in one of the housefurnishing houses. It is about the size of the Bank Building but there was no vacancy at present. There is a row of trees up the streets here they are very pleasant. I have not been quarter over the City as yet, but I intend going further from this next week then I will see more of it. I believe State St [Street?] is one of the nicest streets in the city. I suppose your fruit is not ripe yet. We have strawberries all the year round we got a box Yesterday & the day before at 5 cents or 2 1/2d [pence?] of your money a pound so that is very cheap We have new potatoes every day the [they?] are sold at 1s [shilling 3 1/4d B[pence?] a peck They were using them long before we came here so you see we are very early here. I hope your crop are doing well & that all your cattle are in good form. I must close now with love to Grandmamma & all my Uncles & Aunts I remain Dear Grandpapa your affect [affectionate?] Grandson Tom P.S. I hope Aunt Annie is keeping strong & in good fighting form |
