| Title: | William Shanks, Chicago to his mother, [Co. Down?]. |
|---|---|
| ID | 2439 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Shanks, William/25 |
| Year | 1878 |
| Sender | Shanks, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | sailor |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Destination | Ballyfounder, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Mrs Shaw |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | son-mother |
| Source | D 2709/1/21: Presented by Miss Shanks, Ballyfounder, Portaferry, Co. Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9102071 |
| Date | 03/11/1878 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 16:11:1993. |
| Word Count | 536 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | 1878 Chicago November 3rd Dear Mother I right [write?] you these fiew [few?] lines to let you know that we are all well at present. we have had but a dull summer and pretty ruff [rough?] weather we are thinking of making a fiew [few?] tripes [trips?] yet. you can tell miss Reid that her Uncil [Uncle?] schooner is ashore in this last storm she is ashore at south haven but I am sure she is off by this time the [they?] call her the Grenger their [there?] are several others ashore. Captain Hugh boyed [Boyd?] has lost his schooner, C. Harrison at White lake pears [piers?], you need not say anything, we were beating up Green bay at the same time We were out in a blow in october we lost a small anchor and a piece of a chain it is not lost for good he can get it if he goes to the trubble [trouble?], I am sparking strong for the American beef is ma[torn] my whisker grow If it g[torn] on I will have to get a machine to cut it off I am not as heavy as I was when I came out but their [there?] are not so much shite in my after end as was, their [there?] are more beef I waid [weighed?] two hundred lbs yet I feel myself a great deal better than I was I have they [the?] best of health thank God, Mr Orr made a good prair [prayer?] that morning he prayed that we would get safe Over we would a been very thankful to him if he had put in it strait [straight?] before #PAGE 2 the wind but instead of that, it was the other way it was very ruff [rough?] it would been easy for him to say that we would get over safe strait [straight?] before the wind it would been very pleasant, I am sparking but I will not tell you her name you would not be pleased but I will not spark her for marrage [marriage?] she seems to be very handsome she is a patch Uncil [Uncle?] Sam made me aquainted with her but I will get red [rid?] of her this fall she would take your eye very much. Uncil [Uncle?] William I gess [guess?] he is going home this fall he says he wants a wife he will give you a spree at his wedding I hope you are feeding Jack and Diamond well I will put Diamond in the care when I go home If I go, Ant [Aunt?] Sarah has got a young squaler [squealer?] his name is Sam he is two mounths [months?] old and [torn] is begining [beginning?] to get the teeth he does not feel very well, Ant [Aunt?] Nancy has got one to[torn] I was not there since I wrote before I saw Patterson he was telling me I did not ask wheather [whether?] It was a boy or a girl Please give my kind love to all they [the?] loreside people I send my kind love to you all and to grandma and tell her that I will be home with a nigar [nigger?] to keep her in company. Remains your prodical [prodigal?] son William Shanks |
