| Title: | James and Jane Smith. [Smyth?], Friends Asylum, [Philadelphia?], [Pennsylvania?], [U.S.A.?], to James Smith. [Smyth?], Moycraig, County of Antrim, Parish of Billy, Ireland. |
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| ID | 2522 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smith, Jonathan W/13 |
| Year | 1846 |
| Sender | Smith, Jonathan W |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Moycraig, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Smith, James and Jane |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | son-parents |
| Source | Presented by James Steele, The Whines, Mosside, Ballymoney, County Antrim |
| Archive | Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 711002 |
| Date | 15/11/1846 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document Added by JoeMullan, 05/11/2007 |
| Word Count | 957 |
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| Transcript | To Mr James Smith Moycraig County of Antrim Parish of Billy Ireland Mosside [Moss-side?] per Steamer from Boston From: Friends Assylum [Asylum?] November the 15 1846 Dear parents once more I send you a fiew [few?] lines to let you know how I am getting along in this world how many stands concerning my brothers property you may not be satisfied with the course that I have pursued but if you knew the way that I have been treated by my friends you would not think that I have acted rong [wrong?], and you may be assured it is for your benifit [benefit?] that I have acted in sutch [such?] a way, as soon as I saw that they intended to cheat both you and me out of our rights I entered it into the law, it came before the Rejester [Register?] of wills but by the dint of good swearing I was defeated I then Appealed to court and it has been pending before the court ever since and is not decided yet, if it be decided in my favour I will then become the Aadminestrator [Administrator?] and that will be A gain of 7 per sent [percent?] to me whitch [which ?] would Ammount [Amount?] to about 80 dollars counting the ammount [amount?] that they have not filled in this Registers office which is 1100 and 64 dollars, but if I am defeated it will throw the presentage [percentage?] to Mrs Neil, besides there is a great deal of property which is not yet spoken of nor never will if they can help it but I will try to teach them to be honest, for my part I want nothing but my wages and That I will have together with justice done to my parents should it be at the risk of my life, for they are nothing but a set of common robbers Dear parents it is A heart rending scene to see A set of strangers living in a luxury and splendour of that which my brother earned, John White is now out of office and Wm [William?] Neil carreying [carrying?] on the buisness [business?], you need not believe anney [any?] letters that they send concerning me as I understand that there is some letters sent stating that I want to cheat you out of all the property but be assured that if I could put one hundred pounds in your pocket I would rather do it as take one shilling out of it, so that you need not believe anney [any? ]of these fictious [fictitious?] lying letters for I rite [write?] with the pen of truth, I will now let you know concerning myself I left that situation I was in because there was so mutch [much?] drinking carried on and that I am sore against for to my loss I know that evil of it I am not an Abstainer from it but I cannot my self temperate that is take a little when you feel needful of it, I am now living in the friends Assylum [Asylum?] Along with Archey Mcay [MacKay?] it was through his influence that I got an here for there is none but those of respectability an upright Charecter [Character?] would be employed here I assure you he is the most reformed yongue [young?] man you ever saw; the waiges [wages?] is $12 per month bord [board?] wash and mending we have no work to do but we are verrey [very?] close confined and has some hard fights but it takes him and me to clear the decks, I am verry [very?] content in my situation although we have but one day in each month to call our own Dear Mother there is nothing on earth A trouble to me but your welefare [welfare?] when I think on the trouble and grief that you would be in when you heard of the death of your Sun [Son?] it causes A tear to start in my eye, but I wipe it of [off?] with joy to think that the Lord will be your support through all your trouble and then when I think of the trouble that brother James is dailey [daily?] giving you it is enough to make me disone [disown?] him, let him act the man take his child leave it with you and I will support it, and let him come out to this Countrey [Country?] and do for him self but let him remember that there is no John Taggarts here I think it verrey [very?] strange that I never received A answer to the last 3 letters that I sent one with Jonathan Smith and 2 since the death of my brother. I neglected to say this if ever you rite [write?] to his wife or anney [any?] of the connection I shall never rite [write?] to you for I have not A friend worth the naming but god is my friend and that is all I ask I have not sent the power of an Attorney to you as yet for there is one year to settle up the business [business?] and we want to see how the court will decide, A Mcay [MacKay?] wrote with Wm [William?] Todd of Carncullough [Carncullagh?] about A wek [week?] ago; and sent 3 cow hides to his friends. I am in as good hearth [Health?] as ever I was hoping the Lord have faivoured [favoured?] you with the same blessing whitch [which?] is above all other blessings, give my love and best respects to all my brothers, & sisters and my little nephew and all friends and neighbours who enquire after me no more at preasant [present?] but remains your loving and affectionate son Jonathan W Smith to my honoured Father and Mother James & Jane Smith When you rite [write?] direct to Samuel Scott South above 12 st [street?] Transcribed by PaulaTracey |
