| Title: | William Wightman, Belfast to Mr McNeilly. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3340 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Wightman, William Jr/190 |
| Year | 1837 |
| Sender | Wightman, William Jr. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | student |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Destination | N.Ireland |
| Recipient | McNeilly, D.W. |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | Mr. McNeilly worked in the Wightman household (see |
| Source | T 1475/1 p28: Copied by Permission of Miss A. McKisack, 9 Mount Pleasant, Belfast. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9404171 |
| Date | 31/10/1837 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 25:04:1994. |
| Word Count | 292 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Belfast 31st Oct. 1837 My dear Mr McNeilly, I was very sorry to hear that you had a great pain in your back but I hope it will soon get better. I would have written to you sooner, but we came home from the Giants Causeway on saturday, and I went to school on Monday, where I have been very busy ever since, but now I have got two days play as it is Hallow Eve, and if it would give you any pleasure in describing the way in which I spent part of my vacation at the Giants Causeway, it will give me great pleasure. There we lodged being only about a mile we walked very often there. The first day we walked along the Headlands as far as pleaskin, where there is a fine view of most of the other Promontorys [Promontories?], the next promontory is Bengore where there is a fine view of the Island of Rathlin, which is 7 or 8 miles distant from the shore and numerous objects which I could not describe, at the low part of the Causeway there are a great many curiosities which I am afraid my description would give you a very imperfect idea of. I have lately become a member of the natural history society in the Institution which meets every alternate Friday evening at half past 7o.c. [o'clock?] when a paper is read on various subjects. I am thinking great long for a letter from John which I hope will soon arrive. My Aunt Nancy has just been in and intends going to Professor Edgar this evening. My mother and Ann join me in love to Mrs McNeilly, Miss Waddell and yourself. Believe me my dear sir, Yours with sincere affection Wm. [William?] Wightman. |
