| Title: | Patrick Sloane, Atticall, Co.Down to "Dear Brother", Canada |
|---|---|
| ID | 2491 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Sloane, Patrick/28 |
| Year | 1877 |
| Sender | Sloane, Patrick |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Attical, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Canada |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | Presented by Mr. E.P.Sloan 63, Broadview Ave, Ottawa. |
| Archive | Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh |
| Doc. No. | 9410236 |
| Date | 14/02/1877 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT/JW, 13:10:1994. |
| Word Count | 384 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Atticall February 14th, 1877 Dear Brother: In return to yours received on the 9th of the month in the first instance I have the Melancholy Duty to inform you of your Sister Bridget's death which took place on the 14th of november and was buried on the 16th. I would have let you know Sooner only Waiting to have your letter first. I am glad that you and your Family and all our friends are in good health. Am well pleased that your family is with you yet it is nice to see a family live in harmony. Dear brother I enclose œ10 in this letter and if you do not succeed in getting the money from the man Shea let me know and I will remit you Other œ10 Pounds in April or May at furthest. I do not know if there is a bank near you or not if I was certain I would send it by cheque. I send this per Post Office order. Be pleased to write back soon letting me know that you received the amount. I am rejoicing that your son John is getting on so well at College. I did not see the examinations that you refer to although I see an American Paper that James Rice his son Thomas Sends him from [Boston?] namely that Pilot James Rice his Brothers and Sisters [h---?] [---tered?] their Brother's Thomas Estate in Law it will be wound up in September next they do not know their respective Shares to them. James Rice Wishes to be Kindly Remembered to you and your Wife. I can Say he is doing very Well and has a large family. I get no Account from Brother James I only got one letter Since I sent his wife and son out to him that was in 1868 that they went out to him. I am glad that you hear from Poor Hugh has he any family in Canada Was it his own farm or his wife's that James Cunningham has Possession of. Margaret Griffen's Brothers and Sister is living. Patrick and John in Ireland the others in England Bridget living in old Place by herself. I am sorry that the times is so Bad all over America the are not so good in England as the Were |
