| Title: | Matilda Lindsay, U. S. A. to W. McCullough, Co. Londonderry. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3587 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | lindsay, matilda/15 |
| Year | 1847 |
| Sender | Lindsay, Matilda (n. McCullough) |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Port Clinton, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Co. Derry, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | McCullough, William |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | D/3305/2/2: Deposited by Dr. K. A. Miller. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9805135 |
| Date | 27/05/1847 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 08:05:98. |
| Word Count | 1027 |
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| Transcript | Port Clinton April 27th 1847 Dear William You cannot know how glad I was to receive your letter, & particularly so as I know how much you dislike to write, & yet if you knew how glad I am to receive a letter you would write often. I know from experience that no one at home with all thier [their ?] old associations & scenes of thier [their ?] childhood around them can receive a letter with the same feelings as I do now, to me it is almost like a visit from the writer, if I lived any place where I would meet with aquaintances or country people I suppose it would even make a difference You hope I do not forget you but how can you think so I do not forget you in my prayers, & very often do I remember you in my sleep. I do not know what to think of Hughs Badony visit I hope if he succeeds it will be for good - but this I do think if he had (to use his own words) "taken care in time" he would not have to make money so much an object, & he would have saved himself & others many a heartache many a thought he is to me, but I often hope he will do well yet, but Dear Wm [William ?] we often hope what we would wish to be - I do not know how Uncle David may do here it will be very hard to settle such a large helpless family, but if he is spared his health for a few years the family I think will be better than at home, for even the labourers here if steady & industrious can live well for the comforts of life. - I often think of what suffering must be in Ireland this year, but I do not think there is so much profit in sending flour to Ireland as you think, they who own the ships may have profit but freight is too high for others to have any - John Mc says he will write to you & I cannot say very much to John Lindsay about writing to Ballyartan as none of you has written to him & it seems somewhat disrespectful, but as you say ( & I am certain [Torn]) your silence was niether [neither ?] from disrespect nor unkindness, I hope the the rest can say so too - my drawers is a good deal shook & cast & it is no wonder if we had sailed from Derry to Philadelphia we would niether [neither ?] had so much trouble nor expense the drawers cost more than they are worth still I have them here now & does not repent having bought them John was up with me for the first time, the week before last, he has given up what he was at & before again engaging in anything came up to see me & stop a few days, we had a letter from him last week he had a prospect of a situation but had not got one, he spoke of having recieved a letter from Ross Adams by Captain Williams - we are expecting a letter from him every day as he knows I will be anxious until he is fixed the day John left Mary Jane Mitchell & her husband came here - she had never visited Mr Savitys freinds (who all live in Philadelphia) until now, on her arrival she wrote so that I might go down but I had not been well for some time before & was still too weak to take the journey, so her & Mr Savity came up to see me., she said her chief inducement for coming such a long journey was to see me, that she had never seen one she knew since she left home. Mr Savity is an insignificant looking little body, she is a little changed only something stouter she wished me to remember her to you all particularly to my Father & Jane she wishes Jane to write to her she asked after Mr Nimmo & family & said she would be glad some of them would write to her - she boasted of Mr Savitys fine friends & how I would have enjoyed myself among them had I went down, she talked of her own fine house & how happy her Mother lived with her You bid me ask anything I wish to know but think how many things I would have to ask you if I seen you & you even then write me a long letter I have no news here to send you yet I write you a long letter of one stuff or another & if I have ommitted anything tell me & I will write again - you know there is a great many things I would like to know how every thing was getting on & yet you would not wish to write them John bids me say he will write to you soon he wrote to Hugh & James by the last mail I hope some of them will answer his letter we had a N paper [Newspaper ?] from James once he had written inside the cover that he hoped we got the letter but we did not - John desires to be remembered [to ?] you all in the kindest manner - give my love to Father Aunt Jane & Hugh & remember me to all enquiring freinds, tell Jane Hamilton I got her letter & give my thanks to Eliza for the cuffs when you write tell me particularly how Father gets his health, I am almost quite well again & I hope will continue so, I hope you will write often it would not take so much time once in the month & you cannot think what pleasure it would give me & now Dear William good bye & may you all be happy is the sincere prayer of Your Affectionate Sister Matilda Lindsay if you could send us a N paper [Newspaper ?] sometimes we would very glad |
