| Title: | John S. Sinclair, California to Margaret Graham, Co Londonderry |
|---|---|
| ID | 2476 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Sinclair, John Stevenson/35 |
| Year | 1889 |
| Sender | Sinclair, John Stevenson |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Healdsburg, California, USA |
| Destination | Draperstown, Co. Derry, N. Ireland |
| Recipient | Graham, Margaret |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | D 1497/I: Presented by Mrs W. Patterson, Magherafelt Road, Draperstown, Co. Londonderry |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9410320 |
| Date | 17/08/1889 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 20:10:1994. |
| Word Count | 548 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Healdsburg, 17 August 1889 Dear Margaret I was glad to hear of your farther [father?] & mother having a good health I trust that the [they?] will live long and Die Happy, All I sea [say?] is that the [they?] have my Blisson [blessing?] I never want to hear of thear [their?] Death no no I does [do?] not and Margaret I sea [say?] what I said in Sixtown's that you were the best in the House and I sea [say?] it still I never will forget you you always said I was better than Robinson and I sea [say?] so my self I wish you all well I have but 3 Houses to visit in Sixtowns and a few graves in Draperstown but as the winter is so near I will let it pass I kood [could?] not stand the cold of Ireland any more I may have Miss Margaret Sinclair a long with me she says she will stop with her Aunt Margaret and I will stop in Coockstown [Cookstown?] Hotel Cal [California?] John is goying [going?] to be verry [very?] Toney [lonely?] in Ireland or I wood [would?] not go I will go by Tolybrick, I will not let Marey [Mary?] know in Sixtowns unto [until?] I drive town [down?] the Tolybrick Hill I will leave Margaret at your House but I will not stop I will Drive around by the old Church and back to Cookstown I don't Intend to sleep a night in Sixtowns I will visit 3 Houses in Sixtowns regular but I will make my home in Cookstown Hotel you mea [may?] know the reason I have for not stopping in Sixtown Margaret I gesss [guess?] you doe [do?] but I tell you before I go I will not stop in Sixtowns I wish you all well every 1 of my cousins [P?] Heron and your House but I will not stop that is all right Cal [California?] John is not what he was and I will act like a Whiteman and you will see if I do not I am not goying [going?] to Sixtowns to afrount [affront?] my Dear Dear Mary that I am leaving behing [behind?] me in the grave in Cal [California?] no no I am not I will mind my self all the time that I will stop in old Ireland John will let Tilden Combs see me and she will not know me smart as Tilden is I will stop to see my old friend David John and I will be glad to see Him I have to spend a day in Tubbermore I expect to have a big day in Tubbermore I will stop that night in my cousins Lili remember me to P Heron David John I will give them 2 all the Drink and all the [they?] can smoke of Cal [Californian?] tobbacco [tobacco?] and Cal [Californian?] Brandy the [they?] are the boys of Ballinscreen them 2 [two?] P and D please tell me what is the trubble [trouble?] about that farm your farther [father?] boat [bought?] from us I got a letter from Dublin Ireland I can not read it all and I will not show it to any 1 [one?] two [until?] I hear from you I bid you good night John Stevenson Sinclair |
