| Title: | Bella M Smyth, Castledamph to, James A Smyth, Ontario |
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| ID | 2591 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, Bella Maggie/88 |
| Year | 1898 |
| Sender | Smyth, Bella Maggie and John James |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | farming household |
| Sender Religion | Presbyterian |
| Origin | Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Recipient | Smyth, James Alexander |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | siblings / father-son |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, Castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth |
| Doc. No. | 0605025 |
| Date | 02/06/1898 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | |
| Word Count | 594 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | [Front of Envelope] Mr. Jas. A. Smyth Essex, Essex County Ontario, Canada [Stamped] NEWTOWNSTEWART PM 10 0 JU 2 98 [Stamped] NEWTOWNSTEWART PM 10 0 JU 2 98 [Stamped] PLUMBRIDGE B JU 2 98 [Printed at top] REGISTERED LETTER. This Letter must be given to an Officer of the Post Office to be Registered, and a Receipt obtained for it. The address must be written on this side [Written over address] 344 [Written upside at bottom] Laparotomy [Printed at bottom] FEE 4 PAID [Back of envelope] [Stamped] [W?] ST. THOMAS & WINDSOR W JU13 98 [Stamped] LONDON JU11 98 CANADA [Stamped] ESSEX JU13 98 ONT. [Printed on back of envelope] INLAND REGISTRATION Subject to the conditions published in the Post Office Guide as to Registration, compensation for loss or damage is given in respect of Inland Registered Packets of all kinds according to the following table:- Fee. Limit Of Compensation. 2d. £5. 3d. £10. 4d. £20. 5d. £30. 6d. £40. 7d. £50. 8d. £60. 9d. £70. 10d. £80. 11d. £90. 1s. 0d. £100. 1s. 1d. £110. 1s. 2d. £120. [Handwritten over print] Ans [Answered?] [June 26th?] [Handwritten over print] 151 [Page 1] Castledamph June 2nd 1898 Dear Brother Your last letter arrived May 28th, we can learn from it, that there is nothing in your head but education I suppose the more you have you will want the more" John will answer next week he will tell you what he thinks about it,. and as for Mary she is anxious to get away from here but she is troubled to know what would fit her best I believe that its all lazy people that starts first for Mary is not willing to do anything in the house and John hates to work at anything but he would be a sportsman without any trouble [Page 2] and as for yourself a day or two was enough at any business Im afraid if we would all look out for an easy life., that begging might be the last of it you will have a hard weeks work at the end:.. but if you be successful it wont do you much harm We see by your letter that you will spend July 12th studying it will be a quiet enough way to spend it but you can’t help it this time The band was gathered on Friday night for the first time they have decided to get a new brass drum for the twelfth There is no certainty where they will be yet they are trying to bring the Newtownstewart men up and the Strabane men are for Donegal so its not known where they will be [Page 3] There is a great excursion of Good Templars to Warrenpoint on the 8th inst tickets half acrown from N T Stewart [Newtownstewart?] it is expected to be worth going Mr A Duncan is selling tickets and likely they are all going William Eliza and me is for Derry on the 9th an excursion of Protestants to the Cathedral William was in Gortin fair and Aunt gave him the tickets only costs 1s up and down so we will see the city for nothing and might not get a chance again To morrow is Gortin P.S Father and John will attend you will get a full account next week. Tommy McFarland nor M Warnock is not summoned as witnesses yet they have kept out of the way for so far, A Duncan got a cross-summons for John yesterday [Written upside down on Page 2] Father will finish Good Bye BMS [Bella Maggie Smyth?] Dear James I suppose you will be. thinking of some. money - I now enclose an order for 5 pounds wich [which?] we hope will be. with you in time as you [apt?] to be near out when this reaches you it takes you to have good courage and be constant [at?] your Books to get everything Compleat [complete?] I hope and we all hope theat [that?] you will come out well this time.- you will need a few Days of rest after the examination is over But if you be. successful you will not feel so tired we all hope.you will we have the turff [turf?] cut the weather now is very stormy and rainey [rainy?] with some snow showers we. are all in good helth [health?] my ear keeps sounding away But that [sic] all we. were [cut?] £2-3s-6d in the road this time So I think we. will not get the full money any more we. would not [write?] to [next?] week But we. thought you would stand in need of the money So good By for ther [The?] present J. J. S [John James Smyth?] [Written upside down at top of Page 1] £5 as soon as posibly [possible?] they will. get there [their?] pictures [taken?] |
