| Title: | Thomas Kirkpatrick, Canada, to Rev. G. Kirkpatrick, Co Cavan. |
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| ID | 3538 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | kirkpatrick, thomas/91 |
| Year | 1828 |
| Sender | Kirkpatrick, Thomas |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | studying to become a barrister |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Co. Cavan, Ireland |
| Recipient | Rev George Kirkpatrick |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | D 1424/11?: Purchased from John A. Gamble, 44 Taunton Ave., Belfast 15. #TYPE EMG Thomas Kirkpatrick, Kingston, [Ontario?] to Rev. George Kirkpatrick, Cootehill, Co. Cavan. 11 August 1828. |
| Archive | Public Record Office N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9003027 |
| Date | 11/08/1828 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 15:03:1990 NHL created 06:09:1990 CD input 10:09:1 |
| Word Count | 736 |
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| Transcript | Revd [Reverend?] George Kirkpatrick Cootehill County Cavan Ireland Kingston 11th August 1828 My Dear George I think that it is high time for me to acknowledge the receipt of your last letter which was despatched from Coolmine by the Mail for the purpose of informing me of the intended departure from Ireland of our beloved friends the Forsters, it fully answered that purpose, independent of the great gratification I derived from the perusal of a letter from you after so long a silence. Your letter reached me on the 21st June upwards of three weeks before I received intelligence from Colley of their arrival at Quebec, they had a very long and tedious passage and our beloved sister Elizabeth suffered a good deal during it, I mentioned in a letter which I wrote to Alexander a short time ago, and indeed I suppose that Colley has also written, that she was very ill when taken ashore, and I regret to say that she still continues so, as this has prevented their leaving Quebec, I have not yet seen them, and Colley has been too much engaged in nursing his dear partner to write to me often, however Captain Fitzgerald at whose house they are staying, has been kind enough to send me a few lines each post, informing me of the state of her health, from what I can learn from his brief letters, I fear that she still continues in a very dangerous way, she has been very much reduced in a strength by the length of her illness and I fear that her delicate frame cannot endure it much longer, if some material change for the better does not take place speedily, but I trust & pray that the Almighty God who has supported her & spared her so often before, will once again stretch forth his hand and save her to be a further blessing and comfort to her husband and children, Colley I am informed is completely worn out with watching and anxiety, he is incessant in his attention to her & scarcely ever leaves her bedside, young Colley and the girls are in good health, do not however alarm our dear Mother, Colley has no doubt written before this & given his own opinion upon her illness, of the nature and severity of which I cannot form a correct opinion, at this distance, & under the peculiar circumstances I am situated I cannot possibly leave my business here & go to Quebec to judge from personal observation. The incessant rain which has fallen since April has rendered this season a very sickly one, fevers are very prevalent throughout the country & few families escape; thanks be to God I enjoy excellent health; Mr G Macauley, M Hagermans [mother?] in law, to whom my indentures were assigned [when?] his elevation to the bench, has been cut off in th[Ae prime of life, on Saturday last I attended his remains to the grave, extreme anxiety and over exertion in endeavouring to obtain a Government candidate returned for the country in which he lived at the election which terminated a short time ago, brought on a brain fever, which closed his mortal cancer in short space of ten days & hurried him unconsciously into the presence of his Maker, during his illness he raved incessantly about the election, he leaves a widow & two children to lament his loss, they are however entitled to a small pension, as he was on half pay Ensign, As the term of my service was expired some time ago, I sh[all?] not be obliged to seek a new master, in the mean time I remain in charge of the Mr [H's?] business and am laying the [foun?]dation of my own practice when I shall be admitted to the Bar, which please God will be in November I return you & Frances many thanks for your kindness in sending me the books you mention, I have not received them yet but when I do, I shall endeavour by a careful perusal of them to derive the benefit from them which the kind [donors?] intend; My paper being very indifferent & the time nearly midnight I fear that if I attempted to lengthen this epistle I should only make it illegible, I will therefore conclude with the assurance that I am Dear George Your truly affectionate brother Thos [Thomas?] Kirkpatrick Remember me to all friends in Co Meath when you see them |
