| Title: | [Alex L Nanork?], Petersburg, Va to Robert Love, Banbridge. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3576 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | lewis, alexander/36 |
| Year | 1822 |
| Sender | Lewis, Alexander |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Protestant (Presbyterian Or Methodist) |
| Origin | Petersburg, Virginia, USA |
| Destination | Banbridge, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Love, Robert |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | T 2393/2/33: Presented by Messrs Heron & Dobson, Solicitors, Banbridge, Co. Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9405171 |
| Date | 23/09/1822 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 09:05:1994. |
| Word Count | 805 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Petersburg Sept 23rd 1822 Dear Robert I wrote to you some time in July by way of new york, and as I suppose that my letter sheared [shared?] the fait [fate?] of the Packet Liverpool, I have commenced a recapitulation of its contence [contents?], When we seperated [separated?] you requested me to send you all the news that should transpier [transpire?] hear [here?], and I shall as far as my ability extends comply with your request, though you know that I am very little of a news monger thefore [therefore?] you must not expect a very minute detail. Among your numerous peers they all continue nearly in the same situations in which you left them, Petersburg has been more unhealth [unhealthy?] this fall than it has been known to be for a number of years and disease has taken of [off?] numbers of our citizens soon after you left hear [here?] Thos [Thomas?] Smith had a return of the bilious that carried him of [off?] in a few days among your other acquaintance they have been generaly [generally?] fortunate and after a few days illness get about again; But it is time that I was thinking of something that will no doubt be more exceptable [acceptable?] to you, I have taken every oppertunity [opportunity?] of inquiring about your Paragon and find that she is coqueting [coquetting?] as usual and in my opinion she will make a second Mrs Binnet though I understand that she is partial to your old rival Mr [Bunher?] this fully verifys [verifies?] my opinion that if they cannot get throe [through?] to whom they are partial the next man gets them O! woman where is thy truth? But my dear fellow do not be cast down for though you will not get her there are two [too?] many of the fair daughters of Erin that are more deserving, and with whome [whom?] I make no doubt you will be more happy than you could expect to for with such a flirt as Miss [M?], but now for my own affairs you may recollect a little girl that you ware [were?] accusing me of being in love with while you ware [were?] hear [here?] I find you [guess?] nearer my mind than I did myself for I find it so, and hope to have some thing [something?] more to tell you about it in my next. Mr Fisher still continues to mount the Blandford [hills?] and I suppose will soon settle among them, for you know the beautifull [beautiful?] miss Andrews is all atractive [attractive?], faith if you ware [were?] to see her in the Methodist church of a night shouting glory and turning up her eyes like a duck in a thunder storm you would think that she was more than mortal or a confounded hipocrit [hypocrite?] which is my opinion, but love you know is blind and so I suppose Mr F [Fisher?] will take her for better for worse. you have no doubt heard that yellow fever rages in New York and is still extending through almost every part of the city and there is little hope of it stoping [stopping?] until the return of frost There has been a great revival of religon in this place in the last two or three months with the methodists & Presbitarians [Presbyterians?] - the latter find their old Church too small for them and are therefore building another immediatly [immediately?] opposit [opposite?] to it which from its preasant [present?] appearance will be upon a grand scail [scale?] how it is to be paid for is yet a mystery, as there is still some thing [something?] due upon the old church. I should have answered your first letter from Norfolk but I was in Richmond when it arived [arrived?] and I did not get home until a weeke [week?] after the dait [date?] by which time I concluded you had sailed and therefore consoled myself with the intention of writing as soon [as?] I [thought?] I had any thing [anything?] work communicating and at length finding I could [torn] determined to write at a [venture?] my first [torn] went to [D--- Jones?] and hear [here?] is my second Holt Smith [?] Bruce and a number of your other acquaintance desired to be remembered to you, Harkin has gone to New Orleans to live at 6- $ P [Per?] month where we may calculate upon his doing in the [?] of the year. [?] and Old [-?] [?] complain very much of my havin [having?] [deserted?] them since you are gone and It is a fact that I have not drank half a doz [dozen?] Glasses since you ware [were?] [?] wishing you prosperity and a speedy [?] and my [?] a [?] [answer to?] this I remain your friend sincearly [sincerely?] [?] Alex [Alexander?] Lewis [Nanork?] [addressed to:] Mr Robert Love Banbridge Down Ireland |
