| Title: | A. Browne, Co. Donegal to Audley [Browne?] U.S.A. |
|---|---|
| ID | 321 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Brown, Annie/40 |
| Year | 1877 |
| Sender | Brown, Annie |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Co. Donegal, Ireland |
| Destination | USA |
| Recipient | Brown, Audley |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Margaret Graham Browne, Rathneeny*, Laghy,Co Donegal, 073-21816. mgtgraham@tinet.ie |
| Archive | Margaret Graham Browne |
| Doc. No. | 2006234 |
| Date | 24/10/1877 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 03:07:00. |
| Word Count | 581 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | $$H38 Part of the Margaret Graham Browne Catalogue$$H (PLEASE NOTE THAT SEVERAL LINES OF TEXT HAVE BEEN OMITTED FROM THIS DOCUMENT AT THE OWNER'S REQUEST) Rathneeny Laghey [Laghy?] Oct 24th 77 dear Audly [Audley?] I at last sit down to write to you a few lines when you would not think not think [sic] worth your while to write to us you knew where to write to but we did not for you did not allow anyone to mention you in their letter least [lest?] we would Know where to write to I suppose but we have found out at last and I am going to give you a good scold you promised to come home in the fall and we waited every day day [sic] for the past month for you to step in but our waiting waiting [sic] was in vain we thought that was why you did not write but I see that was not the reason and I think if you ever intend coming it is time now for all you would save there you would loose [lose?] at hom [home?] Ireland is in a bad state this year since 45 there has not been so great a rot on potatoes and other crops failed as well it rain [rained?] rained [sic] incessantly from June to the 14th of sept [September?] the grain did not fill in the husk so I think there will be bad times this winter in this country for every thing is supposed to be very high you would nearly dig a whole day for your meat and some I think could not make their meat you may know yourself that one man cant hold two farms and put in two crops of any use to rise [raise?] anything worth while we had a little boy hired but what could he do compared with yourself and his support would do you besides it is not an easy matter to support nine of a family and I think if you were at home you save more than you would gain by being away it cost some slavery to win 12 cocks of hay this summer and it incinvenient perhaps when you would be there and every thing with you for dinner you would have to come back half wet we have a good heifer that will be coming in december and if you come home we will keep her and not if [if not?] she must be sold there is a new agent appointed on the estate and it is supposed he will be looking out for the running years rent and other arrears do you know anything about robert and Mary Jane we did not hear from them since June if you dont come on the spot I will not sop [stop?] any longer [----?] I will stay no longer than Spring and let some other take my post dont think I will post you for money for I dont care if I can get away I want nothing else and I must come from where it will that is to let you that I dont care for the complement [compliment?] of being here but its hard enough when I cant rise [raise?] a home in my fathers house after 30 years service and if I must work for my mean [means?] it will be a hard life for that all I have here but if you were to give me 20 pounds I would not stop another year here I may say like the woman thank God I am well in health but low in sircumstance [circumstance?] no more from your sister A Browne (* The owner of these documents has informed us that this townland is spelt "Rathneeny" and that the older spellings of it are "Roniney" or "Raneny". In the "Index To The Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland" the spelling |
