| Title: | John J. Smyth, Castledamph, to James A Smyth, Ontario |
|---|---|
| ID | 2884 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, John James/85(2) |
| Year | 1898 |
| Sender | Smyth, John James |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Castledamph, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Recipient | Smyth, James Alexander |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | father-son |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth |
| Doc. No. | 506085 |
| Date | 07/04/1898 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 07:07:2005. |
| Word Count | 598 |
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| Transcript | REGISTERED LETTER [Front of Envelope?] Mr James Alex Smyth Essex Essex County Ontario Canada [Stamped] [NEWTOWNSTEWART?] 10 PM AP 7 98 [PLUMBRIDGE?] B AP 7 98 [Printed at Top of Letter] R REGISTERED LETTER This Letter must be given to an Officer of the [Post Office?] To be Registered, and a Receipt obtained THE ADDRESS MUST BE Written ON THE [----?] [Written in ink] 112 [Bottom of Envelope] FEE 2 PAID [Back of Envelope] [Stamped] [ESSEX?] AP 18 98 ONT. [Faded Stamps?] 99 [CANADA?] [St. Thomas?] [Hand written] Ans [Answered?] Ap 24 98 [Page 1] April 7 -98 Castledamph. 5 Pounds— April 7-98. Mr J.A. S. My Dear James On.ce. More I write a few lines to let you Know we are all in good Helth [Health?] At present thank God For all his Kindness – we received your letter on Saturday april and we are still Glad to hear that you enJoy good helth [health?] wich [which?] is above all other things – I am quite well now But the Sounding Keeps going on in my ear But I think when the summer comes it will go away. But my hearing is pretty good now - and as for work I go on as usual up early and work hard all Day I have only Been one day on the road cince [since?] November [Page 2] We got the £40 of the road money all right. I now enclose £5 pounds to you wich [which?] I hope will be with you in Due time - and wich [which?] will do you for a few more weeks we are glad to have it awlys [always?] ready for you we have a Cow to Buy and Tom is going to lave [leave?] the remender [remainder?] in sheep we have [three?] lambs at this date he Bought 4 heavy with lam [lamb?] in the Plum [Plumbridge?] 15s each, one of them lambed this morning early and it was dead he Bought 15 in Gortin yesterday from 8s to 13s 6d each I think he will get a few more again the P [Plumbridge?] fair I got William Gilky pound [sic] we neither got stock or intrest [interest?] from your Uncle James as yet they hav [have?] £4 – 7s - 6d to get from A Duncan Straughroy Omagh its now 4 years Due and they sent him two letters but no money [Page 3] Dear James as for over the Burn I think they are a whipping [well?] with there [their?] own road the talk has settled Down they deserve all they have got and more - There [Their?] mouth is stopped and it was hard to Do - We have not all the corn sowed as yet we have up the Burn to sow we would have it Done to Day [today?] But last night was very wett [wet?] and we can do nothing at it to Day [today?] we have half acre of the potatoes in But nothing done in the garding [garden?] Dear James I have nothing [particular?] to send only a [sic] young man picture that we got a few Days ago - I dont know whither [whether?] you will know him or not we had a letter from Tomy [Tommy?] Hay he is well as yet [Page 4] We had a letter from Thompson Liverpool and one from W [Willie?] Hay so I think John will not go to it well we have the Beds removed up and we have the joices [joists?] layed [laid?] and the half of the flooring at this Date Thursday the 7th So we will try and have a good room now if we can - we have the Cross Ditch removed and a good Drain sunk and all in one field ploughed out of the lee [lea?] it looks pretty well we Drained a good lot up the Burn and had to ramber [rampart?] nearly all round the Burn - we put in some good stones I will tell you some other time about the Burn Willie Glass – Aughlean [Aghalane?] is [sic] got married to a daughter of Andrew [Kilt?] Down near Claudy this is his second wife – all in good helth [health?]- So Good By [Goodbye?] for the present John J. [James?] Smyth (4 used stamps enclosed?) Transcribed by Greg Floyd |
