| Title: | Patrick Sloane Moyadd Upper, Atticall to "Dear Brother" Canada |
|---|---|
| ID | 2496 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Sloane, Patrick/42 |
| Year | 1872 |
| Sender | Sloane, Patrick |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | estate owner |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Attical, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Canada |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | Presented by Mr. E. P. Sloane 563, Broadview Ave. Ottawa |
| Archive | Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh, Couty Tyrone |
| Doc. No. | 9410234 |
| Date | 24/12/1872 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT/JW, 13:10:1994. |
| Word Count | 435 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Moyadd Upper, Decm. 24th 1872 Dear Brother: In reply to your favour of the 8th October, I am glad that you and Family are in good health. As I and all your friends here are well at Present, thank god for his kindness to us all. I hope your son John will be an ornament to his Profession whicever [whichever?] one he takes. I see his Education will be expensive. I had no Account from Brother James, Only one letter since his wife and son joined him it is rather ungrateful if he would only write letting me know of his well being it would be a satisfaction. I hear that his oldest son is not with him. I have not heard from Bernard for some time. His daughter used to write often. Dear Brother I am getting on pretty well. I bought William Murphy's little Place to keep me from idleness and has a meadow from Owen Ahearn for the use of £30 lent on it and keeps a few Cattle and has Mailack's Place last season and this keeping Cattle on it. But I am not up to buying and selling with those used to it. I have 4 Houses but they do not command as good rents as formerly owing to the town being Greatly Depressed for the want of trade it was flourishing when I lived there. I hope it will recover and be it's former self once again. When I came here I sold my fishing vessel to be paid by installments there is £41 unpaid yet and unless a good summer next it will take 2 years to pay it yet. I have lent money Since I came here on Interest to the following Parties. I hope I have not lent unto too many Namely Redmond Murphy £30-0-0 Owen Ahearn 30-0-0 Henry Fitzpatrick 10-0-0 Peter McAvoy 12-0-0 Bernard Sloane 10-0-0 Nicholas Fairen 8-0-0 Laughlin Sloane 8-0-0 Margaret Rodgers 5-0-0 James Sloane 12-5-0 Hugh Sheals 11-10-0 Hugh Cunningham 5-0-0 John Sloane 5-0-0 Thomas Cunningham 5-0-0 Owen Livins (?) 10-0-0 Ellen Rourke 4-0-0 Samuel Bailey for the vessel 41-0-0 John Bell, Wales 7-0-0 And my brother James owes to me 32-0-0 __________ 246-9-3 I may Say that we have had it wet here for the Past 18 months. Very few turf got from the bogs this Season. and a Great failure of the Potato Crop. Some has no more than the seed put in the ground. I am glad that your crop was good last season. Hoping you and yours well with many happy returns for the New Year. I remain your Brother affectionately. Patrick Sloane |
