| Title: | Alexander Robb, Near Panama, to Family [Dundonald, Co Down?] |
|---|---|
| ID | 2302 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Robb, Alexander/29 |
| Year | 1862 |
| Sender | Robb, Alexander |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | near Panama |
| Destination | N.Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | unknown |
| Relationship | writes to his family |
| Source | T 1454/6/2: Copied by Permission of Dr. J.C. Robb Esq., M.B.E., M.D., M.C.H., Cambourne Park, Belfast. #TYPE EMG Sandy [Alexander?] Robb, Near Panama, to His Family, [Dundonald, County Down, Ireland?]: Part of a Letter Describing a Journey to Panama, c.18 |
| Archive | Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9006021 |
| Date | 01/01/1862 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 12:06:1990 GMcE#CREATE created 22:10:1991 PKS inpu |
| Word Count | 459 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | To: Robb, [Dundonald, County Down?] From: [Alexander Robb, near Panama, c. 1862-1863?] [ -top of letter missing- ] ...tell Uncle Corchard that I bought as good a pineapple as ever he grew ( and that is saying a good deal ) for ten cents. Cocoa nuts a[at?] 5 cents each and other fruits in proportion. We changed vessels there and the next morning sailed for Aspinwal. We had a beautiful run [--torn--] of four days down to the latter place and on Sunday March 20th arrived there. There is no third class on the steamboats so that even from St. Thomas to Aspinwal we got second cabin berths and were in everyway as comfortable as we could have wished to be. We stopped on board the steamship all Sunday afternoon and night and on the next day took the railway cars for Panama. I wish I could give you the faintist idea of what we saw on that ride of 48 miles. The whole way it is as beautiful as an Eden but it is an Eden turned into [ -top/bottom of page missing- ] ...were just about entering that port. Well we got in the next morning about five October. I will try and give you an idea of what that place is like. Imagine yourself then entering Belfast from the queens island and fancy [--torn--] surrounded by high hills rising very nearly perpendicularly from the sea with the town stretching out right before you on the only level bit of land on the island, and this will give you an idea of what it is like. We stopped there for about twenty hours. Most of the passengers went on shore myself among the rest. But such a place and such a heat. Why you would literally thought you were breathing fire. Up on the mountains it is not as bad but in the town where the heat of the sun is reflected back from the hills that tower almost above it, it would almost roast one. [ -top/bottom of page missing- ] ...and write me a long letter about everything and you can direct it to the care of Mr Kyle who has promised to forward it to me by this [-torn-] a letter two or three months sooner than [-torn-] and I am very anxious to hear from home [-torn-] would enclose a letter [----?] telling me how [-torn-] is getting on. The [boat?] starts for New York [- torn-] time so I must now quit. Give my love to [-torn-] Aunt Ellen Uncle Crick[land?] Frank Joe and Bo[-torn-] know who I mean) and all the rest of my f[-torn-] believe me dear Your aff[-torn-] P.S. The whole of us are in [-torn-] health and as [-torn-?] accounts fro[-torn-] are very good. Of course we are [-torn-] good spirits |
