| Title: | Wm. Smith, Philadelphia, to Jonathan Smith, County Antrim |
|---|---|
| ID | 2546 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smith, William/17 |
| Year | 1832 |
| Sender | Smith, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Smith, Jonathan |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | D1828/1: Presented by James Steele, The Whins, Mosside, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9501025 |
| Date | 19/11/1832 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT/JW, 04:01:1995. |
| Word Count | 474 |
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| Transcript | To: Mr Jonathan Smith Derwick [Dervock?] Country Antrim Per favour of Mr Campbell McCurdy From: Philada [Philadelphia?] Nov[embe?]r 19 1832 Dear Brother I took up my pen to Let you know that I am in Good health at presen[t?] thanks to the Giver of all Good hoping that this may find you in the same state Cammell MCurdy [Campbell McCurdy?] Called in my store this afternoon and told my young man that he was going in the morning and if I would write he would Give it your hand so I commenced having only a few minets [minutes?] to Do it and to carry it 2 miles I have nothing Particular to say as I wrote you 2 months ago and my wife wrote her Grandmother in [torn] the [torn] packet one month since the [torn] is he [torn]y at present the colera [cholera?] has passed over with taking about 2000 to their Long home and in new york it took four thousa[nd?] it is verry [very?] bad in newyorleans [New Orleans?] 200 per Day is Dying of yellow fever & Colera [Cholera?]. James Montgomery has Left here and gon[e?] to mobile 4 weeks ago I have not heard from him since Wm [William?] Young & fife [wife?] has ar[r?]ived & are at Alexer [Alexander?] Scotts the[y?] are all well Brother Robert & family are all well Before I Conclude I will Let you know what 2 Damnable rogues John Ewing & John MCannon [McCannon?] is after me paying part of MCannon [McCannon's] passage Ewing Bought of every person goods that would give them to him and among the rest $83..63 from me and made a pretended Sal[e?] to MCannon [McCannon?] of all the goods he had in Store after he put one thousand Dollars in his pocket and then made applycation [application?] for the benefit of th[e?] insolvent Law & I opposed then and told MCannon [McCannon?] he ought to have told me before he bought him out and asked him where he got the money so he told me it was not my buisness [business?] that he had Stole it I told him that I would put them both ever from keeping Shop in this City and So I have I proved that it was not a bonefied [bona fide?] Sale and the[y?] Sore [Swore?] all the Lies & hotly along with then that the[y?] could invent but the[y?] had Both to run away or Stand their triel [trial?] for fraud & Pergury [Perjury?] MCannon [McCannon?] is Married to a boben [bobbin?] winder. I have got the[i?]r Security for my momey [money?] Alexr [Alexander?] Diamond I ad[d?] nor more give my Love to all Friends Mrs Smith gains [joins?] me in her Love to you all I remain your Wm [William?] Smith Excuse the Scrawl in my hurry I turned ove[r?] the paper [w?]rong I remain your affectionate Brother Wm [William?] Smith Dear father and mother i take in James Smith [?] |
