| Title: | Bella Smyth, Castledamph, to James A Smyth, Ontario |
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| ID | 2597 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, Bella Maggie/92 |
| Year | 1897 |
| Sender | Smyth, Bella Maggie and Willie John |
| 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 / brothers-in-law? |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge. |
| Doc. No. | 0310039 |
| Date | 24/09/1897 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 24:10:2003. |
| Word Count | 476 |
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| Transcript | Envelope addressed to:- Mr. James A Smyth Essex Essex County Ontario Canada Postmarked on Front:- NEWTOWNSTEWART PM Se24 (Written on front) Aus Oct 26 1897 Back of Envelope:- Postmarked on Back of Envelope:- ESSEX Oc 4 97 PLUMBRIDGE Se 24 97 (2 letters in envelope) Castledamph September 23 97 Dear Brother You must excuse me for not writing to you this long time. Well I was that hurried I had not time. But owing to the inclemency of the weather I might not got writing now either. I have not much particular to tell you unless about the Tempestuous weather we have. I may say it s raining every day. We have all our corn cut unless the half of the upper Field and we have only three stacks in. The corn that s in appears to get a stand still. Me and Willie Gilkison was breaking stones this two or three days. We will be very late getting it all done up this year. Mr. Gilkison got a letter the other day and the letter specified that the [they?] would have to put up in two load (sic) viz an interval between every cubit [cubic?] yard and if we have to do that it will be very troublesome. The last time he was round he said the stones would be counted the same as gravel. And the water has been divided and I don t know what we will do Next Year. We would have the stones Broken in the same time. I suppose they were telling you about the night we had at Newtownstewart. I think they [there?] were more people than on the twelfth July. When the rockets would go up you would see nothing but faces. If you lost your comrade you might as well look for holy water in an Orange Lodge. I kept with John Gilkison all the time. (Letter in Childish Handwriting Attached to Above) Dear James [they?] [done?] no school now am done rodding the corn I was over in Uncle James Saturday and Sunday we [wee?] Bella cried when I was leaving I took over nuts and we [wee?] Charlie could eat them our pig has twelve young ones Uncle James got two but the [they?] died and Willie Gilkinson got three and the [they?] are living yet she had nineteen I will not have to go to school till October. No more this time Willie John Hay Written in different handwriting at bottom of page (He is not a good writer yet better far at giving old chat) |
