| Title: | W.G. Weir, New York, to His Mother, Co.Down |
|---|---|
| ID | 3252 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Weir, William George/3 |
| Year | 1860 |
| Sender | Weir, William George |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Destination | Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | son-mother |
| Source | D1948/3/11: Presented by P.J.V. Doake Esq. Kinallen,Dromara,Co.Down |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9501103 |
| Date | 24/01/1860 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT/JW, 11:01:1995. |
| Word Count | 544 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | New York. Jan.24/60 My dearest Mother I was very much pleased yesterday by the receipt of your kind letter of 5th Jany [January?] Pleased to see you were able to write once more, and pleased to think, that still an invalid you did not forget me so far away from you all. We have all reason to thank God, and I hope we all have done so, for your merciful recovery. The news came upon me quite unexpectedly. I had just been saying about Christmass [Christmas?] to Mrs G. Stuart that I had great reason to be thankful that I had, with some lifting expectations, all enjoyed good health and that I show I felt little uneasiness on that account. At that very same time you were just recovering Who knows how this may find you all? But I need not write "melancholy letters" as Thomas once accused you of doing. So I must see if I cannot scrape up some news for you. I am afraid I cannot write you as long a description of my visit to Philadelphia as I did on a former occasion. I found all well there on my arrival, after a 6 hours [hour?] at 8 O'Clock on Christmas eve. There was a family circle gathered from which Mr George H. himself was the only one missing he having gone to Mr Guiness Preaching. Which he attended I think every evening I was there I was kindly welcomed by all and soon began to feel as much at home as I could at such a season with the Atlantic between me and you all. The whole family seemed to have grown one way or another since my last visit. Mrs S baby and eldest daughter decidedly stouter, Miss Mary (always called Dollie?) G.H. Junr [Junior?] & Master frank [Frank?] all taller Mr D is about as tall and broad as any young man of his age should be. Mrs Rumsey [Ramsey?] & Husband were there and old Mrs Dennison all looking well and happy. The next day being Sunday I went Twice to Willie's colored school & twice to church (Mr Guiness in Evg [Evening?] Next Day Monday James Smyth Young Taylor Mr Mc Cartney John & James Auchiltree & several others were at dinner & spent the evg [evening?] with us. One day a very cold one it was too (10 above Zero) Willie. George & I went out to Spring brook to Get them to fill the Ice house It was snowing at the Time & The place looked very different from the way I had formerly seen it. All was green and blooming however in some of the Hothouses. I had a little skating on the Schuylkill [sic] on two occasions; Went with young Dart to see a factory whose goods we sell also the mint & Girard College, which I saw before. On new Years day I helped Willie to bring his colored School up to Dr Wylies church where they heard a sermon from Mr Guiness. On the following day we gave them a feast and it would have done you good to have seen the roling [rolling?] eyeballs of the young imps as they swallowed the tarts cakes & other good things prepared for them. |
