| Title: | Thomas Smith, [Washington?] to Davison McDowell, Georgetown. |
|---|---|
| ID | 2544 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smith, Thomas/36 |
| Year | 1814 |
| Sender | Smith, Thomas Jr |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | businessman? |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Washington D.C., USA |
| Destination | Georgetown, Washington D.C., USA |
| Recipient | McDowell, Davison |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends, business |
| Source | T 2305/12: Presented by South Carolina Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9404154 |
| Date | 25/09/1814 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 20:04:1994. |
| Word Count | 591 |
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| Transcript | George Town [Georgetown?] Columbia 25th Sept 1814 Dear Sir I was unfortunate in fixing upon the sweet Springs for the destination of [my - ---?], the mail before it reaches that place makes a considerable circuit, in addition to which circumstance the accommodations are so bad that I made but a very short stay there, in consequence your letters never reached me until long after their date, when I was upon the road to this place. The letter which I received from you just before I left home, represented in such strong [terms?] the deplorable situation of the negros upon Sandy Island that my mind remained in a painful state of anxiety until the [?] of that of the 10th July, [& lo?] this announced the deaths of two negros, my fears of greater mortality had been so much excited, that I was considerably relieved by your act [account?] of the convalescent state of the others who had been Ill Your last letter of the 10th august added much more to my relief, by [confessing?] the progressive recovery of the sick and I also derived some consolation from your account of the crop, as I had been in [dire?] apprehension of extensive [loss?], if not total destruction of it, by the Storm & Flood in July, which was represented at the Springs, as having been very violent and [vicious?] in all the lower parts of Carolina. I am very much obliged to the neighbours for the friendly aid they have given you and approve the measure you have taken to provide [?] for the plantation. Could I have forseen the [present state?] of affairs, I should have got [some?] cotton and made arrangements for clothing the negroes with stuff of their own manufacture, but it was so uncertain [whatever?] I would add to the interest or [conversion?] of the Estate, [and after?] considering the subject I determined against it One of my first cares on reaching home shall be to [?] to you a supply of the most comfortable clothing [?] [?]. [James Ho---an?] was lodged with my Factor before I left home, to be [?] [to you?], and he was further [?] to send as much more as would give a suit to all the negroes, as soon as = [?] of [these?] then in hand [should?] be sold, I have not heard either from him or [even If?] whether this has been done. We have just got intelligence of a rather [?] victory gained by Genl [General?] Brown in the neighbourhood of [Fort ---?], but no particulars The President has lost ground considerably in consequence of the late shameful capture and destruction of public property at this place, an enquiry into the causes of which is [?] [?] to a committee of the House of Representatives, I suppose it will be some time before they can go through [faded] and report. [No better conjecture?] can be formed here than where you are, as to property of [?] and almost every other public concern. I am here in hopes of hearing some interesting debates, but as there is no prospect of business prospering so far in congress, within the time that it will suit me to stay I have thought of taking up my route for home on tomorrow or the next day, & I may possibly go by the way of Georgetown in which case you shall see or hear from me when I get time. with sentiments of esteem & respect I am Dear Sir Your Most Obdt [Obedient?] Thomas Smith Junior |
