| Title: | James Knox, New York, to John Knox, Ballygowan, Co. Antrim. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3542 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | knox, james/143 |
| Year | 1840 |
| Sender | Knox, James |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Destination | Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Knox, John |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | son-parents |
| Source | T 1483: Copied by Permission of E. Knox, Esq., Ballynure, County Antrim. #TYPE EMG James Knox, New York, [U.S.A.?], to John Knox, Ballygowan, County Antrim, Ireland, 23 April 1840. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9006123 |
| Date | 23/04/1840 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 22:06:1990 JM created 08:11:1991 PKS input 00:00:1 |
| Word Count | 853 |
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| Transcript | To: John Knox Ballygowan To The Care of Mr Joseph Boyd Larn[e?] County Antrim 8d paid by Post S Boyd Ireland From: April 23d 1840 Dear Father and Mother i write these few lines to you letting you know that i have ar[r?]ived safe in New York, in good health Thanks be to God for his Loving Kindness & tender mercy to unworthy me, I thank Him for all that is past And trust Him for all that's to come Trade being very Low here we intend as soon as Possible to set off for the state of Ohio, trusting in the same God who has given us a good Passage Of which I send you the particulars ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- March, Wednesday night 18th went on board the Agitator at the hour of eleven Oclock ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 23d Weig[h?]ed anc[h?]or at 4 Oclock in the morning with A good fair wind ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 24th A good strong wind and fair & a little sickely [sickly?] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday 25 nearly out of sight of land in the morning with a fair breeze evening and night very calm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday 26 in the morning a stronger breeze, evening very calm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday 27 a fine strong breeze and fair ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 28th a little calmer and a fine fair wind ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday 29th A little calmer but fair ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 30 a stronger breese [breeze?] with heavy rain evening and night a middeling [middling?] str[ong?] wind and fair ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 31t morning a good [stron?]g breese [breeze?] and fair evening calm nig[ht?] a stronger breese [breeze?] and fair ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- April Wed[nesday?] 1st morning a side wind and stronger night the same ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday 2d a side wind and middeling [middling?] strong night not so strong ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday 3d very calm in the morning, night nearly a head wind & stronger ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 4th a little calmer with nearly a head wind ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday 5 morning a fine breese [breeze?] and fair night very coarse with heavy rain ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 6th Middeling [middling?] course with heavy rain night the same ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 7th morning middeling [middling?] strong, head wind evening and night the same with heavy rain ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday 8th middeling [middling?] strong head wind with heavy rain h[?] and snow ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday 9th a fine morning with a side wind evening and nig[ht?] very strong ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday 10th a fine morning with a good side breese [breeze?] evening and night very calm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 11th a middeling [middling?] strong head wind, night side wind but calm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday 12th a dead calm all day night a good side breese [breeze?] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 13th a good side wind night very stormy but fair ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 14th a strong fair wind night the same ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday 15th morning not so strong with a side wind evening a little calmer but a head night stronger and side ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday 16th a fine fair wind ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday 17th a fine day but very calm night a little stronger a fair ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 18th a fine side breese [breeze?] evening and night the same ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday 19th a fine day with a good breese [breeze?] night very calm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 20th a fine morning but very calm evening stronger breese [breeze?] the Pilate [Pilot?] came on this night [Within?] a quarter of 6 Oclock, a fine favourable night ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 21t as fine a morning as ever i saw in sight of land airly [early?] this morning, reached New York at 12 Oclock went on shore in a boat at about 4 Oclock Reached Hugh Cooks at about Six Oclock stopped there. all night we brought our boxes here and has stop[p?]ed to we went away out of New York we have been kindly treated by them all Hugh Cook (James Cook) (William Cook) & his sister Mrs Orr the[y?] are all well and doing as well as the[y?] sent you word he intend[s?] to send some money to his wife shortly ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I would we glad if you would send me a letter as soon as possible letting me know if you be all well, and if Robert would send [me?] word how things stands with him respecting what [I left?] under his care, I am something uneasy to know how John is hoping that in whatever situation of Life or health we be in We may keep in view our eternal state and be making preperation [preparation?] for our chang[e?] to that place of eternall [eternal?] hap[p?]iness wher[e?] we shall meet to part no more you may think Perhaps that i am rueing the day i left here but i feel quite to the contrary still trusting in God who has supported me thus far I want Henery [Henry?] to get the Gun that is in Alexander Findleys [Finlay?] that i left there only Paying him his charge (back the letter according) (i put in the seal of this letter) (to the directions given in) (a five sent [cent?] piece to Joseph) (Henery [Henry?] Lennons letter) No More at Present James Knox |
