| Title: | J A Smyth, Canada to [?], [?] |
|---|---|
| ID | 2800 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, James Alexander/61(2) |
| Year | 1898 |
| 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 | |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | writes to his family |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, Castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge. |
| Doc. No. | 0511039 |
| Date | 11/10/1898 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | |
| Word Count | 232 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | [no envelope] Oct 11 98 I wrote this letter last night and I am posting it tonight I am also sending a newspaper with it which contains an account of the fair and also the High School sports. I just forgot to mention in the other part keep me informed on the civil service exams etc. find out all you can from time to time; also send me the Irish times as often as you can there is some good editorial [sic] in it especially [mu-rly?] pieces I like to have something like that to read on Saturdays when I take a while off study [studying?] I also wish you would cut out some [page 2] of the Ramblers piece [sic] from Tyrone C, [Constitution?] & send them they are also good. Do you ever get any Sunday School Periodical [sic] anymore, I wonder you would not send a few of these, I got 9 shilling [sic] for playing the snare drum with the Essex Brass Band on Fair day, that was a fair days pay, equal to how many shovelling stones? It kept my pocket for the day, I also got free entrance and my dinner which was three more shilling [sic] [earned?] So you see one can earn a few shillings in more ways than one. Now you see I always wish to send enough news for my five cent J A [James Alexander?] Smyth Transcribed by Greg Floyd |
