| Title: | Mrs S. [Blun?], Florence, Alabama to A. Weir, Belfast |
|---|---|
| ID | 226 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Blun, Susan/1 |
| Year | 1854 |
| Sender | Blun, Susan |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Florence, Alabama, USA |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Weir, Arthur |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | D 1140/10: Presented by J.B. & R.H. Twigg, Solicitors, Cookstown, County Tyrone. |
| Archive | Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9011044 |
| Date | 26/01/1854 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by B.W. 20:12:1993 |
| Word Count | 1145 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | To: Arthur [Weir?], [1 Bridge Street Place, Belfast?] From: Florence [Alabama, U.S.A.?], Janry 26/ --54 [1854?] My dear Arthur Will you forgive me for so long neglecting to answer yr [your?] kind letter; which I found awaiting me on my return from the North in Oct last. Since then I have indeed like Martha "been troubled about many things" which has caused me to allow y [you?] letter with several others to remain much longer unanswered than I wished; but believe me dear Cousin not without thinking of you often. I congratulate you & Margaret on the birth of another little Girl, which I noticed in the last paper you Sent; May she live to be [sic] of yr [your?] greatest earthly Comforts. When you write tell me her name & how she is doing? Arthur sends you his best thanks for the pretty paper he got from you some time since. I never saw a Child more gratified with any thing than he was with it. he showed it to to every person that came to the house for days & last night he was looking at again with admiration yr [your?] papers have all been interesting to us; Mary was greatly pleased in reading the acct [account?] of the proceedings at the General Assembly; She is a real Presbyterian to be sure. I cannot help feeling flattered by the compt [compliment?] Margaret pays my letter writing; and take it for granted She is a good judge, being well aware you are a Gentleman of too much discrimination to choose a Lady who had not good judgement in this, well as other matters. I sincerely hope Mr. Weir continues quite well & that Jane and every member of her family enjoy good health. When you write her please remember me afftly [affectionately?] to them All. Suppose Mary is quite an interesting Girl. She has had many advantages and from what I have heard has no doubt profited well by them. It gratifies me greatly to hear of the many improvements in different parts of Ireland; I still hope to see some of them. I read with deep interest an acct [accoun?] of the opening of yr [your?] Theological College; what w [would?] I not have given to have heard that Psalm Sung & address delivered was Mr Weir over to hear it? we are almost buried alive in these back woods and neither see nor hear #PAGE 2 unless in the public prints; were I to give way to useless regrets I might spend many an unhappy hour; but this wd [would?] indeed be unbecoming in one professing to be a Christain [Christian?], who is in the daily enjoyment of innumerable blessings. You don't know how much I enjoyed my trip to the North last Summer and am in hopes it may lead to us moving there. Mary is gone to spend the Winter in Rathmore with our Cousin. She found the Comfortable Cloak you sent her very useful on her long journey. Neither of us ever thought for a moment of it now being new. Robert has given up business here for the present & is gone North to take our poor afflicted little Girl to An instructor there for such Children, I trust she will be greatly benefited. Mary writes that she bore the journey very well. Robert intended to stay some time in New York to look around & see if he cd [ould?] get into the business there to suit him. hope he may succeed as I like that part of the world much better than this. I saw Jms [James?] Robinson when on last Summer, he looked well but was so much changed from I saw him before I could scarcely realize it, his hair is gray which changes his appearance I thought he had a strong look of Uncle Jms [James?] Weir. I left my son Jn'r [Junior?] in the City, very desirably situated, the poor fellow is cast far away from home at an early age but I trust he will be preserved from evil influences & kept in the path of duty. We spent two days with yr [your?] Aunt Chambers & if it is possible for one old Lady to be in love with another I certainly am with her, She is truly a kind & most agreeable woman. we talked much about you all & those that are gone; She begged of me to ask you to correspond with her daughter Mrs Young. I did not see her but was much pleased with yr [our?] three Cousins all of whom live in Phile [Philadelphia?] Mr Chambers is quite agreeable also his daughter is married & living in Baltimore suppose Sister Mary will get acquainted with her I spent a week with Mr Collins in Phila [Philadelphia?] he lives very nicely & comfortably indeed, has a very amiable Wife & but one Child. I believe there is not a Collins left in Cookstown now; do you remember how numerous they used to be there? #PAGE 3 To day makes the third I have attempted writing this letter but from frequent interruptions had to give it up; being a widow now the Ladies take pity on me and come round frequently to sit the afternoon & the last few days being finer than any we have had for some time has set many of them a walking. This has been quite a severe Winter for Alabama. last nights Mail brought me a letter from the G[?] Man, he was safe in New York. Also one from Mary who was well; in my next I hope to be able to say we are to move on there, if so look out for my storming yr [your?] teapot Some evening in University Place, it is not so far fron New York to Belfast. Now dear Arthur will you let me have that long news letter soon which you promised in yr [your?] last. tell me all about yrself [yourself?] & home concerns also about Jane & hers? wish> you wd [would?] give me her address & no mistake as I think she did not get my last letter. Shd [should?] like to know something of David Millar & family, I never hear a word of them? How does DM Millar & Ellen get along, & how are all the Weirs? if yr [your?] letter wd [would?] be three yds [yards?] long I wd [would?] read it all with interest. perhaps Margaret wd [would?] add a postcript if you get tired. I do want your likeness & hers so badly, please have them taken for me with the two little ones, it wd [would?] gratify me beyond measure, you dont know what pleasire [pleasure?] I take in looking at Jane & Mr Weir every once in a while, remember I am away from all my kindred & have still a warm Irish heart, ever yr [your?] affec [affectionate?] Susan |
