| Title: | Atrhur Quinn, Barrytown, USA to his Brother & Sister |
|---|---|
| ID | 2179 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Quin, Arthur/29 |
| Year | 1876 |
| Sender | Quin, Arthur |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | labourer |
| Sender Religion | Catholic |
| Origin | Barrytown, New York, USA |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | D 1819/8: Presented by Samuel Park, Esq., The Square, Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Ireland. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9012065 |
| Date | 18/09/1876 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C.R., 02:12:1993. |
| Word Count | 606 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | FROM: Arthur Quin, Barrytown, [---------?], U.S.A. TO: His Brother [------?] and Sister [--------?] [Ireland?], 18 September 1876. Barrytown Sept 18 1876 Dear Brother and Sister I write you these few lines hoping to find yous [you?] all well as this leaves us at Present thanks be to God for his kind mercies to us all. I received your kind letter and your two newspapers it gives us a great deal of sadisfaction [satisfaction?] to hear the news of the country and to hear of the getting along so well for I always like to hear about it and I be always thinking and talking about them all to home you must excuse me for been so long in writing but as the Country is in such a bad way I am always in the same work as usual but I dont no [know?] how soon I may be put [--te?] off and the wages is [are?] low 1 dollar per day [---n?] it is down half since we come to this Country it is hard times for men to live as the Provisions is no lower than usual as 1 third part Can not get work in New York there is 30,000 men idle all summer but the [they?] dont expect any changes to [until?] after the Presidential Election as it will take place in October as the [and they?] will have great times now to [until?] after the Election there is a great strife between the to [two?] parties Democrats & Republicians. this was the driest and hotest [hottest?] summer in 20 years there is very light crops in this part for there is very few potatoes in this part Owing to the potato bugs what Come [that came?] when the Potatoes was [were?] coming up that eat all the vines off entirely the [they?] #PAGE 2 dont depend entirely upon potatoes here but it is a great Loss we have a right to be thankful to God since we come [came?] to this Country for our health as we have had no sickness since we came here there is a good many Irish here but I have never seen any what [that?] I know from home I never hear any news about any one only when I get a letter from home it is a consolation to us since we got our new church as we have mass every sunday it is our own fault if we dont attend our duty as we can attend it as well here as we can at home the clergy is very strict about the Childrens religion for to get it put into them that there is [are?] so much [many?] changes in this Country that it gives them a great deal of trouble the [they?] have sunday school every sunday there is Ladies here takes a great deal of trouble with the Children [sic] the Excuse us about the Likenesses as it is convenient at Present but the first Opportunity we will send them all [sic] the [they?] have a library here and gives them out books every sunday to Read through the week the Children here would get a great many presents if the [they?] would go to other sunday schools but that whats the [thats what they?] want to guard against the children is all at school & little Joseph goes to [too?] and calls himself a yankee We all join in sending our love to all our friends & neighbors [neighbours?] and to yous all & family & to Brother Francis wife and family to Brother Patrick and family write soon and write us a #PAGE 3 long letter about the country No More at Present But Remains your affection--- [affectionate?] Brother to death Arthur Qui- [Quin?] |
