| Title: | William Smyth, Ontario to "Dear Brother" |
|---|---|
| ID | 3018 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, William/59 |
| Year | 1891 |
| Sender | Smyth, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Essex, Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Castledamph, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Smyth, John J. |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, Castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth |
| Doc. No. | 604099 |
| Date | 01/09/1891 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 561 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | [No envelope] [Page 1] South Woodslee September 1/91 Dear Brother I once more write to you to let you know that we are all well an [and?] enjoying good helth [health?] at this present [present?] [sic] and we are glad to hear that you are all well also. Dear brother I am thankful for the pants you sent me the [they?] are verry [very?] nice and fits good i was a little surprised when James arived [arrived?] I did not expect to see so big a boy. he is getting along well and as [sic] being lonesum [lonesome?] that is imposible [impossible?] here we have to [too?] much company for any one to get lonesome he has held the plough one day he will make a good ploughman when the ground is in better order we had no rain to speak of cince [since?] may [Page 2] and the ground is verry [very?] dry we have 17 acres ploughed at this date for wheat i had 20 acres of wheat this harvest and i cut 15 of that with the reaper and bound it by hand i think when James goes home again if he will go he will show you how to bind oats. He is doing well and has good helth [health?]. I almost think myself at home cince [since?] james and Sarah came the [they?] have told me so much about home an [and?] the people there I think you have a good deal of truble [trouble?] with old [burgoin?] on the mountain it is wonderfull [wonderful?] the changes that has taken place both in the people an [and?] in the country i i [sic] never thought that so many of my friends would be into the whiskey buisness business. [Page 3] it is verry [very?] strange the changes that has taken place I was surprised to hear of James nabbs getting maried [married?] to old Jane Hennary [Henry?] we are thrashing [threshing?] in this neighbourhood now I have thrashed [threshed?] my wheat to get the barn empty for the oats we had the oats in the barn three weeks last monday i will begin sowing wheat next monday James will tell you all about the way we thrash [thresh?] when he goes back you must had heavy rains to have such floods and so dry here that you could feel your foot down in the cracks in the ground James and Sarah was was [sic] greatly taken on with the seens [scenes?] at falls. The [they?] were well pleased [plased?] with the trip [Page 4] James will write in a few days and give you all the news. he has seen menny [many?] strange things since he left Ireland and he has a lot to see yet. i will send you a paper that will give you an account of the branches cass was learning at colage [college?] the three highest is given she is quilified qualified to go into a bank or anny [any?]place of business [business?] she is now keeping the books for a factory in woodslee i have [sic] stoped [stopped?] writting writing for a few minutes and went to the table with the rest to have a fill of watter [water?] mellon [melon?] the [they?] are grand to eate [eat?] well I cannot tell you how good the [they?] are. James got the pictures they are verry [very?] nice no more at preasant [present?] Wm [William?] Smyth Transcribed by Chris Devenney |
