| Title: | Henry Watson Powell, Halifax to Colonel Pomeroy, Dublin, 1770 |
|---|---|
| ID | 3190 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Watson Powell, Henry/24 |
| Year | 1770 |
| Sender | Watson Powell, Henry |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | army officer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Destination | Dublin, Ireland |
| Recipient | Colonel Pomeroy |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | colleagues |
| Source | T 2954/5/10: Deposited by the Hon. R.W. Pomeroy, Rockfield House , Nunnery, near Frome, Somerset and Mrs. A.R. Hodgson, The Cottage |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9309158 |
| Date | 03/07/1770 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C. R., 01:09:1993. |
| Word Count | 732 |
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| Transcript | Halifax July 3d. 1770 Dear Sir I was favord [favoured?]a few Days ago with your very obliging Letter, it was deliverd [delivered?] to me by Mr. Blood, who brought it from New york. As I shall always look upon myself as indebted to you alone for the Majority of /38th Regt. [Regiment?] to you my first thanks are due I can assure you I shall ever retain the most grateful Remembrance of that & several other Favors [Favours?] I have receivd [received?] from you. I should likewise have wrote to Lord Townshend & Lord Blayney, but thought I could not do it with Propriety, till my Notification had come ther [there?]. The proper Channel, nor can I leave this place till the Review is over, as I must appear ^upon^ the returns of the Regiment. We expect to be reviewd [reviewed?] to morrow ten-night. I shall take the first Opportunity that offers after that time to go to Ireland or England, & shall lose no time in joyning [joining?] the 38th Regiment. Captain Corner, late of the Husser, with his Lady, go home in the snow that carries this Letter, Mrs. Corner has lost her Senses, which obligd [obliged?] him to resign in favor [favour?] of Capt. Linzee, who is succeeded by Porter. I passed a very agreable [agreeable?] winter at New York, where Mr. & Mrs. Apthorp arrived the Beginning of May, They were accompanied by Mr. Rogers the Importer & Lady, but their Resedence [Residence?] there was of very short duration, for the Sons of Liberty were rather guilty of a Breach of Hospitality, in not only hanging Mr. Rogers in Effigy, carrying him round the town in Procession, & afterwards burning him, but they likewise went to his lodgings, where not finding him (for he was luckily on a Visit in the Country) they sent a Letter to him with orders to leave the town in twenty four hours, under pain of receiving a very disagreable [disagreeable?] Visit from the Sons of Liberty. Mr. Rogers did not chose to disobey this summons, & accordingly decamped, in order to return to Boston, tho' he had before determined to go to Philadelphia, but was afraid his Reception there would be much the same as at York. After he was gone, I went with Mr. and Mrs. Apthorp to pass a few days at Major Bayards, in Long Island, where he has bought a very pleasnt [pleasant?] farm, and they both seem quite happy & contented with their Situation, & never let a day pass without toasting their Friend & great Favorite [Favourite?] Colonel Pomeroy. The Disturbances are rather increasing than diminishing in Boston, the Commissioners, I hear, have once more taken Refuge at the Castle, & the Sons of Liberty tarr [tar?], feather and [cart?] the Importers where ever they can lay hold of them, Day or Night makes no Difference to them. We are in daily Expectations of being orderd [ordered?] there, as Commodore Hood has already sent The Mermaid, Husser, Martin and Bonetta to watch their Motions. I am informd [informed?] Captain Preston's Trial does not come on till August. I gret [great?] of others getting a Passage in the [Bomney?], but it now seems have matter of doubt whether the will be relievd [relieved?] this summer [--?] I [1?] May Packet will probably determine ^it^. Major Butler of the 65th expects to go Home with me, if he does you'll see him in Dublin, I believe. I am very much obligd [obliged?] to you, for the Assistance you gave I have & shall repay my Proportion of it with Pleasure, ifou [if you?] desird [desired?] #PAGE 2 he might be stopt [stopped?] a shilling a Day to pay me, but I am determind [determined?] not to receive it till you are paid, which I think is but fair, as I was in some measure the means of your advancing the money for him. Things are so very dear here, that he can't possibly afford to be stopt [stopped?] a Shilling, for which reason, I have taken the Liberty to desire [Stewart?] to stop only six pence a Day & the other six pence a Day to be taken from his Arrears which I hope will meet with your Approbation. It's impossible for me to say how much I am Dr. Sr. yrs. [Dear Sir yours?] etc: etc:[et cetera?] H/ Henry Watson Powell. To Colonel Pomeroy Merrion Square. Dublin. |
