| Title: | [?] Sample, Brooklyn to Ellen McIntyre, Co. Tyrone. |
|---|---|
| ID | 2373 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Sample, James/12 |
| Year | 197 |
| Sender | Mrs James Sample |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Destination | Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | McIntyre, Ellen |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | sisters-in-law |
| Source | T 2722/13: Copied by Permission of Miss E. Throne, Bready, Strabane, Co. Tyrone. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9007191 |
| Date | 05/04/1897 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 25:02:1994. |
| Word Count | 524 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | 137 North Elliott Place Brooklyn N. [New?] York U.S.A April 5th 1897 Mrs Ellen McIntire [McIntyre?] My dear sister Your kind letter gave us sincere comfort. I know that James was very negligent about writing to you. I often asked him why he did not write to his sisters and all he would say was "I dont know". I believe that he felt discouraged and chagrined at his failure of success in his business life and did not like to own it to his relatives. You say that you heard the boys took advantage of their Father He always blamed them a great deal perhaps too much but they were never any great help to him and When business was very dull and times hard and his health very poor they left him to struggle on alone and he had to give up. I only blame one of them (Joseph) and I am having hard trouble with him now to get some money he was owing his father. Samuel was a great trial as he was given to drink. He died three years ago. "James Lalta" has two children and lives in another county about two hours travel Joseph is married, no children in dry goods business here in Brooklyn. "Charles Walker" is married one child - dry goods - here in Brooklyn. All friendly except Joseph and he is not friendly with his brothers #PAGE 2 And now you will think that I have been unmindful of you [your?] request to have one article written. I have been doing my best but it has been slow work. In the first place I scarcely knew who to ask to write it as we have had several different pastors in the last 12 years and all but the last one are gone from Brooklyn and I did not care to have him write it because he did not know him well enough personally so I decided to ask Mr Woodside and sent him your note. At the time he was very busy with preperations [preparations?] for his anniversary and it was about three weeks before I received an answer asking for some items of information Finally he wrote that he had written an article for the Sentinel March number I send you his letter in explanation for so doing. I also send you a copy of the Sentinel containing the obituary I am afraid it is not what you desire but I cannot do any better now. I have been very much afflicted all winter with rheumatism in my right knee. Helen (we call her "Nellie") hurt her foot in Jany and did not step on it for two months Katherine, the youngest, expects to be married in June and they will board with me I hope we may hear often and know more of each other even on earth and not fail to meet with the dear ones gone before in our Eternal home in the heavenly Lands. The girls join in love Your sister #PAGE 3 [?] [Sample?] James suffered much pain for three months but was in bed only two weeks and was kept under the influence of morphine to keep down convulsions but he knew us all until very near the last. |
