| Title: | John Taylor, Pennsylvania to Robert Taylor, Shanrod |
|---|---|
| ID | 3095 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Taylor, John/24 |
| Year | 1841 |
| Sender | Taylor, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Presbyterian |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Shanrod, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Taylor, Robert |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | The Taylors of Shanrod Co Down, Letters from America. Copyright retained by Heather Taylor, 46, Coolshinney Rd., Magherafelt, BT45 5JF, rookvale@hotmail.co |
| Archive | The Centre For Migration Studies |
| Doc. No. | 701100 |
| Date | 13/11/1841 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM, 30/01/2007 |
| Word Count | 463 |
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| Transcript | [The family are united as John has occasion to visit Philadelphia.] Mr Robert Taylor Shanrod Dromore County Down [Page 1] Philadelphia Nov 13 1841 My Dear Brother, You will doubtless be surprised to receive a letter from me dated at this place. But so it is, I have been here for more than three weeks as a witness in an important lawsuit between the United States and Mr [Ruside?] who was an extensive contractor for carrying the mail at the time I was in the service of the Post Office Department. I leave tonight for Pittsburgh and have but a few moments to write you these lines which I intend sending by the Steamship which sails from Boston on Tuesday next. Our sister Jane is not in very good health altho [although?] she has everything else very comfortably around her. Her eldest son John is out of his apprenticeship and is now earning about ten dollars per week. Robert the second son who resembles me very much in features and person, but is your counterfeit in ways and habits will be out of his apprenticeship next August. Elizabeth and Nathaniel are at good schools and are clever scholars for their ages. They are a remarkably fine family of children, good and kind to their mother and piously raised. Jane wrote jointly with a Mrs Bell to her sister Sally some time ago and is daily looking for an answer. [Page 2] I received your last letter by [her?] Sister also one from your son John and one from sister Nancy together with the two pieces of linen for all of which I am greatly obliged and will answer all your letters more methodically after I get back home and get a little leisure. I was most agreeably surprised to learn from your letters that my mother was still living, having been informed by [Orr?] Snowden on his arrival that she had died before he left home. The news, tho [though?] from her age not unexpected, was of course distressing to me and you may imagine how agreeably I was surprised when I had it contradicted by your letters. I pray she may be yet long spared to bless and pray for us all, particularly for me her absent tho [though?] affectionate son. I have seen but a few of our old neighbors here. The only ones Mary and Agness [Agnes?] Beeten from whom, you may tell their mother I got two first rate Ballaly kisses. They are very well, are fine young girls and were very glad to see me. We have had some very fine Irish cracks together. I have seen also Hugh Carrols two daughters who are both married and doing very well. They overloaded me also with kindness - Their father died last spring. When I left home my family were all as I am also myself altho [although?] sinking somewhat into the vale of years |
