| Title: | John Brown, Georgia, USA to James [Stavely?]. |
|---|---|
| ID | 340 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Brown, John/7 |
| Year | 1860 |
| Sender | Brown, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | merchant |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Augusta, Georgia, USA |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | prob. James Stavely |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins? Friends? |
| Source | D1835/27/1/6: Presented by Greer Hamilton and Gailey, Solicitors, High Street, Ballymoney, County Antrim. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9310597 |
| Date | 03/02/1860 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C McK., 20:10:199 |
| Word Count | 433 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Letter from John Brown, Augusta, Georgia, USA, to an unknown addressee named James [perhaps James Stavely, Ballymoney, County Antrim?]. February 3, 1860. Augusta Georgia February 3rd 1860 My Dear James In my last letter I think I mentioned that for many months I had a plan of writing to you on a particular subject, and though my present communication must be very brief it will on the whole I hope be satisfactory. In the month of July 1857 my name was put into the firm of Bones Brown and Co., as I had no capital my share is of course small in fact I look on it as merely a small increase of salary under another name, but our writen agreement permits me to draw three hundred Dollars per annum over my former expenditure, out of this I have wheedled the first year by the Bank Suspensions, and this is my second haul of the aforesaid amount and I herewith enclose a draft for 61 pounds,,7,,3- having put you number two on my list will show that I am disposed to do right and correct the errors of the past in so far as God shall enable me, but I have many claimants and it may be long ere it again comes your turn. Though I never mentioned it to any body in Ireland it must somehow have leaked out that I was "a wholesale merchant" as I had no less than four letters written a year reminding me of my old engagements and old promises. On the Sabbath after I last wrote you I was suddenly called to brother Williams who was very sick, the Doctor said his liver was not acting right and that a flow of blood to the head was the consequence, he was greatly reduced in strength, and nothing would stay in his stomach, but he is now quite well again. Our circle here continues in the enjoyment of their normal health, a Negro man who has been all his life in the family was buried today he was I suppose about forty years old, he has been delicate for nearly two years, but he had all the comfort which good nursing and good doctors could procure. Give my affectionate regards to my S. [?], a kiss to "little Annie" and what the niggers call a "howdie" to the younger ones and believe me Dear James Most sincerely yours John Brown #PAGE 2 I had a newspaper today from your brother Alexander, I have not looked at it yet February 10, 0wing to a scarcity of exchange last week a good bill could not be procured except at a note which would have been about 25/- [shillings?] against you. I have nothing new to add, all well, weather pleasant, humours good, yours John B [Brown?] |
