| Title: | John Reid, New York, to Thomas Reid, Armagh. |
|---|---|
| ID | 2265 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Reid, John D/10 |
| Year | 1900 |
| Sender | Reid, John D. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | clerk |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Destination | Armagh, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Reid, Thomas |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | son-father |
| Source | D 3014/3/7/7: Deposited by Mr H. W. F. Reid. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9103118 |
| Date | 17/1/1900 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by B.W. 04:01:1993 |
| Word Count | 397 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | To: Thos. E. Reid 17 Dobbin St. [Street?] Armagh Ireland From: John D. Reid 179 Varick St [Street?] N.Y. [New York?] Jan. 17 1900 My Dear Father, I was very glad to receive your letter & enclosure of £5 which netted me $24.10 at the current exchange rate of $4.82 per £. As you say I must not allow so long to elapse without writing again. With the money you sent I have paid off some debts & have still the price of a suit of clothes remaining I was very glad indeed to receive Berties letter & photo & will answer her at length before long. I am now sending her some illustrated Papers. She looks fine indeed. I was very glad to hear that you were all to be together for Xmas & only wished I could be there, still, I am doing fairly well & will do better & there is absolutely no occasion for worry about me. As you say it is pretty bad to have to ask you for money but with Gods help it is the last time. I made enough this summer but allowed it to slip away from me foolishly & when work got slack I ran in debt. There is nothing wonderful going on here just now. #PAGE 2 Interest is centred [centered?] in the So [South?] african war & sympathies are pretty divided with the Wealthier & more intelligent classes in favor of the English. Just now there are rumors of a big battle going on & Ladysmith is in hard straits. I hope to hear of its relief soon which will go a long way to end the war by reassuring public opinion in England & causing disaffection among the Boers. After years of delay work is about to be started in New York on a tunnel to solve the problem of rapid transit for the city. Travel is now by overhead steam Ry [Railway?] & Electric surface cars but the always increasing traffic demands new modes. The elevated RR's [Rail Roads?] carry on average over 1/2 a million passgs [passengers?] per day. I have been very very busy lately writing for 11 & 12 hours a day on an average & it is hard work at top speed. You must excuse me now as it is bedtime. I will write Bertie as soon as possible & will from this on send you papers regularly. with love to all Yourself, Robt [Robert?], Tom Bell & Bertie, I remain Your affectionate Son John |
