| Title: | T. Bouchier, Drury Creek, Illinois, to Vere Foster, Dublin |
|---|---|
| ID | 238 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Bouchier, Thomas/26 |
| Year | 1852 |
| Sender | Bouchier, Thomas |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farm owner |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Drury Creek, Illinois, USA |
| Destination | Dublin, Ireland |
| Recipient | Foster, Vere |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | business |
| Source | D 3618/D/8/6: Deposited by The Late Mrs A C May. #TYPE EMG AThomas Bouchier, Drury Creek, Illinois, U.S.A., to Vere Foster, The Post Office, Dublin, [Ireland?], 24 Oct [October?] 1852. |
| Archive | Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9102046 |
| Date | 24/10/1852 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 25:02:1991 TSFS#CREATE created 13:11:1991 WJC inpu |
| Word Count | 638 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | To: Vere Foster Esq [Esquire?] Post Office Dublin Ireland From: Drury Creek Oct [October?] 24th 1852 Dear Sir I beg to thank you Sincerely for thinking of me So long, and must Say it affords me much pleasure in giving you the recquired [required?] Information to the best of my Knowledge and from Experience, 1st Query, we cannot afford to Employ female servants in the back wood farms, nor can we afford to Employ labourers more then [than?] the three Summer Months, for which we pay $10 per month half in Cash the other half in Cattle or produce but as the Central railroad which was in Contemplation when you visited this part of the Country is now in active operation. Steady labourers Can Get $26 per month & bord [board?] this work will not be Completed before three Years. 2nd Query for bord [board?] washing & lodging $1 1/2 per week 3rd Query unless black Smiths or tin Manufacturers we need no other 4th Query the above mentioned trades or on the railroad is the only way I know of [stained]ds being wanted. 5th Query, half in Cash the other half in produce on farms, but trades men according to Contract. 6th Query for Six miles along the Centeral [Central?] Railroad on Either Sides the land is $2 1/2 per acre but the remaining Vacant land is only Congress price $1 1/4, the land is taking up by Capitalists Very fast 7th Query. Indian Corn which is the principal Crop in this Country is 35 bushels per acre and two bits per bushel wheat on average is 15[stained] at 4 Cents per bushel Oats twenty bushel per acre at 25 Cent per bushel Caster beins [beans?] twelve bushel per acre at 75 Cents per bushel flax & tobaco [tobacco?] will do as well as in any other State Sweet poteatoes [potatoes?] & cotton is Raised only for domestic purposes Irish poteatoes [potatoes?] when properly Cultivated will produce 300 bushell [bushel?] per acre 40 Cents per bushill [bushel?] 8th Query The Centeral [Central?] railroad from Cairo to Chicago which will afford Employment at least for three Years 9th Query, to N.Orleans [New Orleans?] and thence to Cairo where the line Terminates Deck passage on Steam boat $2 10th Query. all Strong Men that Keep their health & Keep from liquor can in a few Months. Save Enough to make them a comfortable home. Dear Sir The above Querys [Queries?] I have answered as Correctly as possible but as you Honoured the Southeren End of our State in your Visit, I think your Notebook will guide you in anny [any?] Error I may have made, but this mouch [much?] I will Say that as the railroad will afford us a market at all times I think a man can make [stained] Good a living here as in any part that I am acquainted with, Dear Sir for any Information that I can Ever give you or any Service that I can render to my Country men I beg to Say that I will be at all times ready and willing I and my family are getting Excellent health for the last Year. So that I am able to Save [stained] the Emprovement [Improvement?] I held when you Visited us, my Crop this Season is,26 acres corn 12 of wheat 18 of oats 2 1/2 of Poteatoes [Potatoes?] [stained] orchard and Every thing Else that a farm can [stained] Dear Sir Sence [Since?] you visited Illinois My Father came here, So has my Sister Ellen left Charleston and returned to Liverpool with the family of Mr Henholm. I have written [written?] a few times to my Sister without being able to hear personally from her, So that I take the liberty of [Encumbering?] Your letter with a note directed to her, which I know your kindness will forward to her, and you will Ever oblige your Very obedt [obedient?] Servt [Servant?] Thos [Thomas?] Bouchier |
