| Title: | John Boys, Canada, to Mrs & J.W. Stavely, [?] |
|---|---|
| ID | 261 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Boyd, John/22 |
| Year | 1867 |
| Sender | Boyd, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | mentions taking stock |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | St John, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Staveley, James W. |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | D 1558/1/8/5: Presented by the Late FD Campbell Allen, Esq, 15 London Road, Harrow-on-th-Hill, Middlesex |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9907213 |
| Date | 14/10/1867 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 26:07:99. |
| Word Count | 627 |
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| Transcript | S [Saint?] John Oct 14. 1867 My Dear J.W. Stavely Much obliged am I for your kind invitation to be present at Anne's Wedding - But at that Season it would be impossible - We never leave here before the first Febry [February?] and it is after the middle of that month - We take stock 15th Jany [January?] and then our yearly [Calving?] has to be gone into - this you will understand - How much I would like to be present, but it seems to be forbidden, and indeed I doubt if I go at all this Winter. Certainly if the American difficulty be not settled I will not go, as their troubles affect us in the Provinces very seriously - on all sides of us people are failing, and we know not who to trust. I am glad to hear that Anne is going to get one whom you all like, she deserves a good husband, and may she have as good a one as her father, and Me! (excuse me as I am a modest man.) May the choicest blessings of Earth and Heaven rest upon them both is our sincere and ardent prayer. To you and Mrs Stavely it will not be a separation, as she will live so near you, this renders the circumstance doubly pleasant. I shall keep the affair up in S [Saint?] John with all the honour, and to do so please write us, the day, that we may make no mistake - I shall make a speech here, and propose the healths [health?] of the happy couple with due solemnity, humour and pathos. We must have a good time on this occasion for the affair will recall a joyous deliverance as well as a hopeful pleasant future - Young Mr Sommerville preached in S [Saint?] John, the past two Sabbaths - how much he is inspired in every way - he preached ably and gave great satisfaction to crowded congregations. With a few years experience of the World he will be an able and useful preacher. He is to be ordained on Wednesday at [C---allis?] for this purpose your brother and Lawson left this morning - Mr Sommerville is very poorly, and has been unable to preach the last two Sabbaths - How much we would all miss him - he is very [peculiar?] but a thorough man, and greatly esteemed throughout the two Provinces. Your brother's family are all well, and as usual - I gave him your letter to read - he and Mr S J dined with us last Friday, and this morning I saw them off by the steamer. I hope our worthy friend Mr [McCaukey?] is quite well, Anne and I often talk of him as well as the other members of your household - She says it is easy to see where Mrs Stavely got her kind [h---------?] from, referring to him - Our little postman [----?] with my little [------?] Janey and Babey all well we hope - When Mr. Mc[Elwrath?] is at the Wedding Supper please remember us to him if you think of it - he is a most rememberable character - You are happy people in Ulster I think you enjoy yourselves as much as any people I know, I don't want to move out of N.B. (New Brunswick) but if I did I think I would go to Ulster - We suppose that soon New Orleans will be opened, when this Cotton must come out, and then this perplexing question will be settled, the sooner the better, especially for England. But I must close this as we are in the midst of our busy season, and with kind regards to all at home I am dear [---?] very truly yours John Boyd |
