| Title: | [Lord Caledon?], [Canada?], to the Countess of Caledon, England. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3600 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | lord caledon/4 |
| Year | 1841 |
| Sender | Lord Caledon (James Du Pre Alexander) |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | politician |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Canada |
| Destination | Barnet, England |
| Recipient | Countess of Caledon |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | son-mother |
| Source | D2433/B/8/30: Deposited by the Trustees of the Caledon Estates. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9601138 |
| Date | 21/02/1841 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 11:01:96. |
| Word Count | 928 |
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| Transcript | Sunday Febry [February?]-21-1841- My dear Mother, I have but lately returned from the woods where I have been moose hunting with some success. We started from Lorette across Jacques Cartier River and then on the Rau Pin to the R: [river?] Fourihe [Fourish?] on La Mauvaise Rivieve and camped on the [St?] Aunes River about a league from which we found some moose and shot 3 the 4th made for the River and we followed him for two days and killed him in the township of Gosford close to Bowigbruis. It being near a wood I sent home the head & skin and shall have it stuffed it was smaller than the rest but all the others were killed on the tops of the mountains many [leayless?] from any road it measured 6 ft [feet?] from the shoulder however- Donot [do not?] send any more newspapers I am not in want of any as there is a Garrison Library here- I suppose the Stuarts are in London now I heard that they were going to let the house in March which I donot [do not?] suppose is true. I donot [do not?] believe that we are to move from Quebec which I rejoice at for cannot say I like what I have seen of Montreal it is possible that some companies may go to Madawasca [Madawaska?] our regt [regiment?] gave a ball in barracks the night before last and the Grenadiers are to give another on Monday so they are gay - I hear nothing about Paulett Thompson but I believe he is getting on well and is popular, all is quiet here and there is nothing now to keep us except the Boundary question - The Elections will be soon be coming on now. I hear from Wm [William?] Alexauder & Prentice regularly and both of them seem to think everything is going on well at Caledon. I am not sorry for the marriage of Margaret & Char--- [Charles?] as I like both them both & do not wish to part with them. I do not much approve of Stewarts [present---?] hate to [ag----] Mr Prentice wrote about his but of course it cannot be helped- George Molyneux & his wife were over at Caledon in the town for [a?] [breeze?] of air I had a letter from him the other day - I understand that Calvert Stronge has been seriously ill at Baden I hope however he has recovered. Loise [Louise?] I understand is going on well I had a letter from Blayney he did not mention anything of Edwd [Edward?] Golding but I suppose he is satisfied with him, he wrote from Leamington - I am glad you bought the yew Hedge which I recollect as Barnet perfectly in a nursery garden there - I hope the frost has not hurt it, though by all accounts it is as cold in England as it has been here, we have had plenty of snow but little frost this year at least never much below zero. I have been out in the woods a good deal lately a party of about 60 of our men and 6 officers went for a week and I fell in with them and joined them for a day or two. I shall go to the South moose hunting if I can get away for long enough. This a great nuisance (sic) that we donot [do not?] receive English letters in time to answer them the mail goes out tomorrow and we expect the English mail in about the 25th will you tell Mrs [Newdigate?] that I am much obliged to her for the patterns and I have taken them them to Lorette I left them there as the woman that works there had gone on a visit to Lake St Charles I had got my waistcoat finished but they will do [me?] something else I daresay. I was sorry to hear that Williams [etc?] had broke some of his bones off a horse in India but nothing very serious. I am glad that the drawings arrived safe by the [Apollo?] - I heard that she was aground on the river below Grosse Isle in short all the rebels that left this port late had bad passages I daresay the drawings were amusing to people who did not know the country as they give a good idea of what it is. I wish I could draw as the mountains on the [St Anne?] are very fine though gloomy and black from the dense masses of pine that covers them The Indians that were out were wild looking heroes and suited the place as they sat round the enormous fires cooking their meat, the snow being deep is scooped out with snow shoes and being piled up makes a [famous?] warm den so that one blanket is quite sufficient covering. I shall endeavour to get all the mouffles [mussels?] I can to send over as they say that they make soup as good as turtle. I have written to William Alexander this post about different matters at Caledon- I hear the Mills are doing well I do not hear anything regarding our movements, we expect promotion however in the next gazette, as I understand several are going out. Pringle has announced that he is married and has two children and a son of Sir Gordon [Drummonds?] has married a Mrs [Lamb?] who has daughters as old as he is so I donot [do not?] think they have much cause to laugh about people here. R Halifax Steamer Paid The Countess of Caledon Lyttenhanger Barnet, England |
