| Title: | Incomplete letter from James A. Smyth |
|---|---|
| ID | 2823 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, James Alexander/90 |
| Year | 1891 |
| Sender | Smyth, James Alexander |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farm labourer |
| 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 |
| Doc. No. | 0511046 |
| Date | 22/11/1891 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | |
| Word Count | 382 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | 22/11/91 be in Canada and back again before it will be finished He will do as long as he has a J. P. to his back you must have had rough times there through the summer I see by Bella [sic] letter that there is a potato digger in that part of the Country that's always an improvement that is one machine we have no call for here all the potatoes we had I would dig them all in two days Three or four is as many as you would get at a [page 2] meal and if any of them take more that [sic] They will say you must be an Irishman and drinking Buttermilk is the same its no wonder they have a better tongue when they go back to Ireland again they have to stop their Irish words when they come here or else make fun of every word you say We have had very good weather on to about Tuesday and then we had a little snow and two days hard frost that was the first this season [page 3] It rained yesterday and to-day I think hot weather is as good as cold weather but the hot weather is over now for six months I thought the last two day [sic] cold but they say that was nothing to what it will be We finished husking on Friday that is the last of the crops this year I have engaged with Uncle for one year for $120 or £25 commencing from first November I don’t know whether I done [have done?] right or wrong it is not very big pay and a good deal of work [page 4] to do to this time next year let me know what you think about it He said he was not going to use me as any other body He said for the last six months he would buy me some clothes it takes a lot of money to buy clothes here I am getting an Over coat at 20 dollars I don't think Mary need send the seed I think it would not grow you need not send it to I tell you anyway Sarah Ann is going to Chatham Collage [college?] this week I think I have no more at present James A [Alexander?] Smyth Transcribed by Gordon Drummond |
