| Title: | Tom Black, Chicago to [Thomas Hall, Junior?], Armagh. |
|---|---|
| ID | 216 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Black, Tom/55 |
| 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 Jr |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | nephew-uncle |
| Source | D 2041/13: Purchased From J. A. Gamble Esq., 44 Taunton Avenue, Belfast 15. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9311001 |
| Date | 24/09/1890 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C McK., 02:11:199 |
| Word Count | 675 |
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| Transcript | [Eden Cottage?] Loughall [Loughgall?] [County Armagh?] [Ireland?] From: Tom Black, 342 Winchester Avenue, Chicago, U.S.A 342 Winchester Ave [Avenue?] Sept 24 90 [1890?] My Dear Uncle I received your welcome letter dated the 4th allright [alright?] And I am glad to know you are all well. Florrie & Edna have gone back to school & like it very well. Florrie is learning to speak German or Dutch it is a great deal used here, there are so many Dutchmen here we have all nations here. The Chinese are very ugly & a great deal despised here as all the money they make they send it back to China. They will not be allowed to enter the United States any more. most of them here have a laundry & work like a woman Some of them have cigar factories but are very hard to deal with & do not get much custom. I had a letter from George Lawson & he has just returned from the Isle of Man & is a great deal better & says he had an awful good time. Yankee you know. The [There?] was an accident up at my place of business early this morning. One of the night Street cars or Tram cars as you Old Country folks call them fell into the Chicago river between one & two OClock well I will try & describe it well there is a bridge ove [over?] the Railroad & from it there is a decline to the River well on the river there are swinging Bridges to let the vessels come up & go down the River well when the street car was on the first bridge the driver tried to put on the brake & it would not work so he put his whole weight to it & the chain broke & he saw the bridge was swinging so he yelled to the passengers to jump for their lives which they did just in time when Horses & car fell into the River the Horses were drowned but no human being was lost I saw the car in the water standing on one end & saw them pulling it out. I did not see them pulling the Horses out but saw them after it. #PAGE 2 I suppose you have a lot of fruit this year. How is your young Orchard getting on I suppose you will have a Splendid one. I see all kind of fruit here every day we have grapes at dinner nearly every day the [they?] are very cheap only 5c [cents?] per lb or 2 1/2d so thats not much. You did not know I was a board of Trade man & I have my badge which is like this & I wear it pinned on my breast whil [while?] I am on Exchange our firm is a board of Trade firm & it is a good thing for a young fellow if he get (sic) in it as he meets with the leading business men of the city. I am writing this while the others are out & left me here by myself I am going to address the envelope with the Typewriter so you can see how handy I have got, being able to work the Typewriter I must write a letter to you on it some day it is not busy we have to [two?] of them in the office two nice young ladies to operate them. it has been wet to day & the streets are very wet. I have not any more as it is time for me to go to bed as I have to be up at 6OC [6 o'clock?] in the morning. We did not hear from Uncle John since we came here & we have been expecting one this long time it is a wonder he does not write, I have no more at present hoping you are all as well as we are. I remain Dear Uncle Your affect [affectionate?] Nephew T [Tom?] A Black Please excuse writing & spelling as I am writing very fast & am in in (sic) a hurry to go to bed Yours A B [Black?] |
