| Title: | Samuel Shaw, Chicago USA, to Family, Ballyfounder, Co Down. |
|---|---|
| ID | 2452 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Shaw, Samuel/10 |
| Year | 1875 |
| Sender | Shaw, Samuel |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | ship business? |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Destination | Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | D 2709/1/13: Presented by Miss Shanks, Ballyfounder, Portaferry, Co Down. |
| Archive | Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9102069 |
| Date | 08/03/1875 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 27:02:1991 TSFS#CREATE created 05:12:1991 PKS inpu |
| Word Count | 323 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Dear Sister We arrived here all well on Friday night We had a pleasant passage out except 2 days of heavy wether [weather?] William was pretty sick for the the [sic] first week out but after that he was all right he thinks this is rather a cold country I introduced him to shoveling snow of [off?] the Schooner the [they?] have had a terror of a winter here with frost & snow and there is no water to be seen in lake Michigan as farr [far?] as the eye can see it is a solid sheet of ice i found the wife and family all well brother William has been ailing with a sore throat but he is got over it now Nick and the family are all well Johny [Johnny?] is still living yet but is wasting away slowly Nick has bought the Schooner, Fraink [Frank?] Crawford buisness [business?] looks rather dull at present but he has got a Tread [trade?] for all the Schooners except the Ada Medora your Son went up to Bella yesterday evening and he did not come down last night So i thought i would write you theese [these?] few linds [lines?] this morning that you would know that we were home, Sarah and I Joines [Joins?] in Sending our cind [kind?] love to you all Yours Truly Sam Shaw Chicago March 8/75 [1875?] Dear Mother I hoope [hope?]you are got over the trouble of us leaving before this and William Shanks Says for you not to fret for he will be home in the fawl [fall?] with a Yankie [Yankee?] girl to keep you in company Sarah feels greatl [greatly?] obliged to you for the presents you sent her, i mean to be a better boy for the time to come in the way of wrighting [writing?] you, William Shanks will write in about a week from now Sarah and I Joines [Joins?] in Sending our love to you, yours Truly Sam Shaw |
