| Title: | James A Smyth, Ontario, to Mary Smyth, Co Tyrone. |
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| ID | 2709 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, James Alexander/12 |
| Year | 1896 |
| Sender | Smyth, James Alexander |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | student |
| Sender Religion | Protestant (Methodist) |
| Origin | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Smyth, Mary |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge. |
| Doc. No. | 308008 |
| Date | 12/03/1896 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:08:03. |
| Word Count | 520 |
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| Transcript | Envelope Addressed to:- Miss Mary Smyth Castledamph Plumbridge Co Tyrone Ireland Postmarked on Front:- ESSEX ONT. [Ontario?] MR [March?] [12?] 96 Writing on Front of Envelope:- Arrived March 27th [1896?] Arrived Friday March 27th 96 Postmarked on Back of Envelope:- - NEWTOWNSTEWART [--?] [--?] [--?] - [HAMILTON?] [MR?] [March?] [13?] [96?] Writing on back of envelope: - Arrived Friday, March 27 96 ESSEX March 12 96 Dear Sister I received your letter to-day at noon and am pleased to hear of you all being well. I did not go to school this afternoon as I have a slight headache and so I stayed home and answered your letter. I have a lot of letters to answer and I do not know when I will get them done. I owe James Huston one now for a long while and Willie Gilkinson and Uncle Charles also I received a composition book and letter from Joe Ballantine. We have so much school work to do That it give (sic) no times for anything else; now we have got a fourth teacher and that makes it worse We have had weekly examinations now since January my percentage [runs?] from 43 to 68. We have one more examination in Literature & then we wont have no more until May. I brought that spelling book with me but you can get one for 5 1/2d. You should take some higher subjects now if you intend to go any further than Common school. If you could get the papers set at the last exam. for entrance to training college I would like to see them I suppose Matthew and Tom is making great work in blowing rocks they should leave enough to build fences and make a few drains in after year (sic). I am sure in a few years hence and stones will be a rare thing in either of the farm. I think that the change which they intend making in front of the house shall be quite an improvement in the looks of the place. I always like to hear of any improvement which is for the better. I was not down at Uncles since a week ago last Sunday. Belle has got diphtheria so Cassie wrote me to not come down last week, You see I could not go down and then go to school because it might be liable to spread the [disease?]. she is getting all right [alright?] again one of the school boy was at Woodslee Sunday and uncle was telling him she was getting better Father asks a lot of questions if I am lonely and [all?] well. I hardly ever feel homesick I suppose because my attention is taken up in other ways He also if I (sic) have much fun & if I play the fiddle much I have plenty when I like or go Out I usually take Friday nights & parts saturdays. You might suppose we have some fun when there are 108 attending school Our last evenings entertainment at school was last Friday I played two pieces on the Violin accompanied by a young lady on the organ. The [next?] and last of the term is a week from to morrow [tomorrow?]. After Easter there is [none?] as they think all your time should be employed in books; There is some snow here to-day and is a little cold but I did not think it a very cold winter I this (sic) is enough at this time. James A Smyth |
