| Title: | Richard Rothwell, Jeffersonville, to Rosa Rothwell, Ireland. |
|---|---|
| ID | 2346 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Rothwell, Richard Jr/11 |
| Year | 1866 |
| Sender | Rothwell, Richard Jr |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA |
| Destination | N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Rothwell, Rosa |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | son-mother |
| Source | T 2621/3/10: Copied by Permission of D. B. Rothwell, Esq., Orchard Croft, Driffield, Yorkshire. #TYPE EMG Richard Rothwell, Junior, Jeffersonville, [New York?] U.S.A., to His Mother, Rosa Rothwell, Ireland, 18 March 1866. |
| Archive | Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9007134 |
| Date | 18/03/1866 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 31:07:1990 S.C.#CREATE created 05:10:1990 CD input |
| Word Count | 337 |
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| Transcript | To:- [Rosa Rothwell, Ireland?] From:- Jeffersonville March 18th 1866. Dear Mother It is time now that I should write to you, as I have not done so for a week or two you will expect a long one but I do not know what I shall tell you concerning myself I am as you see by the heading of this letter still in the same place and I shall stay here for some time until I get an answer to my last letter to you I shall hope that my resolution taken as to going home this summer will not make you think that I have only grown to care less for you or for my sisters and brothers. It is not so but as I said before I cannot think it is a wise movement at the present, for I should only be a burden to you. And that at my age I have no wish to be Instead of that I should be a help to you, which at the present time I cannot say I am. But I hope I shall be at no distant time. In spite of your advice to me not to get a watch I went over to Louisville last week and Bought myself a handsome hunting case silver watch at the cost of [100?] dollars. My reasons for doing so were that a dear article is better than a cheap, and I always carry that principle out. It is an American watch made in Boston, by Howard and sons. and is I think a good watch. There is a good deal of excitement here about the Fenians but I dont think that it will ever amount to anything. I am getting here per day 325 cents more you see than I got at Adrian But the cost of living more than makes up the difference. I have nothing more at present to tell you. So I shall with fond love to all at home conclude with love to you Your affectionate son R[ichard?] Rothwell You might send me the Photograph of fathers Picture |
