| Title: | Matthew Brooks, Philadelphia, to Rebecca Clark, Co Tyrone |
|---|---|
| ID | 312 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Brooks, Matthew/39 |
| Year | 1850 |
| Sender | Brooks, Mathew |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Co.Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Clark, Rebecca |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | T 2700/7: Copied by Permission of Reverend Canon J.H. Gebbie B.A., Newtownstewart, County Tyrone. #TYPE EMG Matthew Brooks, [Philadelphia?], [U.S.A.?], to Rebecca [Clark?], Urney, County Tyrone, [No Date?]. |
| Archive | Public Record Office Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9007178 |
| Date | 01/01/1850 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 07:08:1990 JM created 01:11:1990 CD input 05:11:19 |
| Word Count | 624 |
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| Transcript | To:- Rebecca [Clark?], [Urney, County Tyrone?] From:- Dear sister rebecca i now take up my pen to write you a few lines to inform you that i always remain in pretty good health and i hope when you receive these enjoying the same i received your last and kind letter in due time after date which satisfied me very much to hear of you all being in good health too Dear sister you must not think that i have farely [fairly?] forgot you Altho[ugh?] that you and i has been better than thirty years apart and the great Western sea rol[l?]ing betwixt us i have the same brotherly affection for you that i had when you and i sat at the one tabel [table?] together in scarvaghern [Scarvagherin?] it ap[p?]ears to me that you come a great dale [deal?] oftener in my mind than my brother James and i think that no way strange for i rem[em?]ber his harshnes[s?] to me and i remember your sympathe [sympathy?] and good feeling equal[l?]y as well when i was there James had the handeling [handling?] of all the money that was made out of doors and old vilet [violet?] she handeled [handled?] all that was made in side and poor Matthew never could command a shilling of his own and doing the chief part of all the hard work And my poor simpel [simple?] father that is now in the grave never think took those things into consideration i was some times under the necessity of begging a shilling or two from James in a fair or market and if i got it it was with a sour countenance and with the greatest of reluctance for the last year or two that i was there i was no more thought of than a hireling that is unnecessary to mention but when i came to a strange land and received the benefit of my own industry i never wanted for any thing i stood in need of Dear sister you mentioned in your last letter that you were at the shore last summer and that it renewed your health very much which i was glad to hear I understand you are anxius [anxious?] to hear from nancy cummins and Mary love John cummins was in town a few weeks ago and i had some conversation with him he sayes [says?] the[y?] are well and nancy always lives with him he sayes [says?] the[y?] have got no account from Margaret or family since the[y?] ar[r?]ived in british America but one letter a short time after the[y?] landed i heared [heard?] the letter and i thought from the letter the[y?] came here in poverty nancy wrote to them but the[y?] never received any amount from them since I had a letter from Shary [Cair?] since i wrote to you last she sayes [says?] she had no thought of coming back to philadelphia she is living beside a great many of the old neabors [neighbours?] from home and she writes to me that she has two milk cows And she has six men boarding with her they pay her sixty six dollars per month and she is getting along she sayes [says?] very well by care and good management she sayes [says?] her two children is well and the oldest goes to sc[h?]ool your old neabour [neighbour?] Mrs Elisabeth Caldwell is well so this is all the satisfaction i can give you about our old Neabours [Neighbours?] Dear sister i have sent you this small bill as a token of brotherly gratitude i have no more to say at present but always remains your affectionate brother i hope James clark will not be offended Matthew Brooks with me for sending you these few lines in your own name. |
