| Title: | William Wylly, W.Indies to Mrs Helen Macky, Coleraine. |
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| ID | 3434 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Wylly, William Sr/2 |
| Year | 1762 |
| Sender | Wylly, William Sr. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | plantation owner |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | St Christopher Island (present-day Saint Kitts), West Indies |
| Destination | Coleraine, Co. Derry, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Mackey, Helen |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | D955/8: Deposited by Messrs Martin, King, French & Ingram |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N.Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9904145 |
| Date | 14/07/1762 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 13:04:99. |
| Word Count | 768 |
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| Transcript | Dear Sister St. Christophers July 14th 1762 Tho [Though?] you have not as yet thought it worth your while to answer either of my letters to you, still I will not desist, but ever think it my duty to you (as an elder sister) as much as I would be a parent, to enquire into your welfare; I am unhappy enough to be charged with a deficiency in this part of my duty to my mother to whom I am sure I never gave reason for such a charge, which I hope my letter to her by the same opportunity will convince her off.[of?] I hope what I have already said will be a means of my very soon hearing from my dear sister as there is nothing would give me greater pleasure; and being confident she will not require a second charge of the sort. I shall now take the liberty of congratulating my dear sister upon her late change in life, a change in which I hope she will enjoy all the happiness & satisfaction that can attend a marriage state. I assure you it gave me infinite satisfaction when I became acquainted with the gentleman's name & the family from which he is extracted having (before my departure from Ireland) had some little acquaintance with his parents and sisters; in whom I see every qualification centered, which gives one reason to imagine my sister will be very happy in being one of the family. In my brother Dick's letter to me (in which I have the above information) he acquainted me of his intention of going to Georgia; it gave me pleasure to find he is gone there upon the kind invitation of his brother Alick whom, I am assure you has acquired a most amiable character to himself in this part of the world where he is very well known, and likewise, Mrs Wylly, who is a Creole of this Island, is loved & esteemed by every person either related to her or of her acquaintance; from this, I think, I must naturally imagine my brother must be very happy with them. As I believe my brother Tom writes to you by the same opportunity. I shall say nothing relative to him, only that he has lived the life of a bachelor since my coming to this part of the world, my sister being for that time in England, but as he intends having her out by the first fleet next year we shall then be more agreeable; as I am informed she is a very accomplished lady; and indeed he has stopped at no expense in giving her an opportunity of embracing every advantage that can be acquired in her being one at every noted place of education public entertainment in London, where she has resided since August 1760. In my letter to my mother I give her some account of my father but hope in a very short time I shall be able to give her a more satisfactory one, as fortune seems now inclinable to relieve him from the disagreeable and disadvantageous life in which he has lived for some years past. I had promised myself the pleasure of an epistolary introduction to an acquaintance with Mr Macky but having these with several other letters to write to my brothers abroad, and my time being very short I shall be under the disagreeable necessity of deferring it until another opportunity offers which I hope will be very soon. As repetitions bear so little affect with you and my mother I shall not trouble you with a long letter at this time; but conclude with a sincere entreaty that the above lives may have a better affect than the preceding ones and my compliments to all friends and acquaintances and my love and esteem to my sisters and brothers-in-law and my duty to my dear mother, and believe me to be with the sincerest Your affectionate Brother [stain] P.S. My brother Tom has this day taken possession of an estate which he purchased a few days ago worth seven thousand pounds sterling. Please tell my dear mother I beg she will [write?] [&?] no longer deprive me of a pleasure which nothing it would be equal in comparison too but a sight of her; and likewise let me beg you will no longer desist in an act which you may be confident would give me infinite pleasure. My brother Tom is generally allowed to be very sensible, very good-natured, and to me he proves one of the best of brothers and of late more so than ever. *envelope address: Mrs. Hellen [Helen?] Mackey in Coleraine Ireland |
