| Title: | H.Y. [Hamilton Young?], to "Dear Matty" [Martha Young?] |
|---|---|
| ID | 3471 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Young, Hamilton/65 |
| Year | 1788 |
| Sender | Young, Hamilton |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | goods trader |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Young, Martha |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | D 729/22: Presented by Miss Duffin, Mount Pleasant, Stranmillis, Belfast. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9604091 |
| Date | 07/05/1788 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 19:04:96. |
| Word Count | 409 |
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| Transcript | Dear Matty New York 7 May 1788 Above you have Copy of mine of the 2 April & [then?] [I?] recd [received?] yours 29 Jany [January?] but am really disappointed in not hearing from you by the March Mail as [the?] [Inny?] [of?] [Derry?] from here arrived in 24 days & Capt Dillon was arrived neither have I heard from Mr Norris since the 31 Octr [October?] I assure you I am very uneasy until I know the Cause I sent you the Copy of peoples letters with you & my answer by the former I had no reason from [Felthants?] former Conduct to think he woud [would?] have acted as he has done, but Mankind are lyable [liable?] to those acts of ingratitude & I make my self as easy as I can, not hearing from Mr Norris leaves me much in the Dark. I thank you for your remittence to him, tho if I have any Justice done me here shall be able to remit instead of Drawing I thought when the Bank was establishg [establishing?] it woud [would?] create Jealousy. [Thin?] Notes are not the thing I never liked them. There is not the least foundation to my knowledge of what you mention with respect to myself I am glad the Pickles proved agreeable & hope the aples [apples?] did likewise please Acquaint Mr Isaac that McCormick will send home the Girl by first oppy [opportunity?] Will [William?] Clark has left more money than I expected & am glad Stewart [Dordskis?] has left his family in good circumstances Mr Parkes place will be a good Birth for someone or other I can do nothing further in Mitchels affair untill [until?] I see you. I did not mean you shoud [should?] give her more than ordered Mr Sadler is in dayly [daily?] expectation of hearing from the Peoples with you dont neglect writing me untill [until?] you receive my advice to the Contrary with Love to you & Sisters I am [&c?] [&c?] Pacquet Belfast via Cork I have recd [received?] a letter from Mr Norris of the 5 Feby [February?] long detained at Cork to whom I write by this Conveyance, & has delivered Mr Sadler a number of kind: to send the people in Belfast by this oppy [opportunity?] to pay those the [-----?] are indebted to as [----?] & receive the others New York 7 May 1788 Via Cork Belfast H Y [Hamilton?] [Young?] [&c?] [Is-Bella?] [Isabella?] |
