| Title: | William Brown, Lurgan to James [Brown?], Philadelphia |
|---|---|
| ID | 361 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Brown, William/53 |
| Year | 1815 |
| Sender | Brown, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | painter & glazier |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Lurgan, Co. Armagh, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Recipient | Brown, James |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | T 2794/1/2/2: Presented by H. H. Montgomery, 4 Kensington Gardens, Belfast 5. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9103035 |
| Date | 22/10/1815 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C.R., 10:12:1993. |
| Word Count | 686 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | To: [James Brown?] [----?] [---------?] [-------?] post Office Philadelphia Lurgan Otober [October?] 22 1815 State of Pennsylvania America Dear Brother I Have the Honer [Honour?] to this Day to recieve [------?] from you I am Hapy [happy?] to Hear you are Well & in [-------?] your sister [Rachel?] [---?] is Hapy [happy?] to know you live & Ever lives to think of you She often says that she Never Will Have a child that she thinks as much of as she thinks of you Dear Brother you Dis[lack?] [?] to me about gooing [going?] to america I thank god that I Have Now Call to goo [go?] to america but Have [--------?] america at Home I Have reson [reason?] to thank god that I have Com onn [Come on?] well since I Began life I some Times Have 100 Bags of flour on my [----?] at Wants [once?] With a quantity of Growers goods [--------?] & Things go on Well With us your Brother Hugh is my Banker at present But I think He will not Be in the situation long He speaks of gooing [going?] to america soon as soon as He gets mooney [money?] He is a fine looking fellow as you [W-----?] See in a County & is a good Boy as in Ireland & is good Caricter [character?] as I now [know?] things Hear [here?] is very low [torn] money [Car--?] Ever since Boney Was Defeated trade is Bad pertickler [particular?] the Weaving Bisness [business?] is Bad Wheat is But 12 shillings per Cwt [hundredweight?] & Coren [corn?] 5 shills [shillings?] & 6d per Cwt [hundredweight?] patoes [potatoes?] is 2 1/2 per stone 14 lbs to the stone rachel got a letter in Closed [enclosed?] of [-------?] a[-------?] that is not I think a good likeness I would wish you would send us your likeness in minitur [miniature?] likewise your wifes you right [write?] for some [Drafts?] of [?] [?] [?] [youngest?] [With?] [B?] [a?] likeness of me in regmentall [?] [regimental?] as I have the [Hand?] to [Becom?] [become?] the Lieutenant of the [S-e-g--] [--------] that you Wants [once?] Belong to & I think that you should not talk against our goverment [government?] you now [know?] that it gave you Birth & you owe your Existing [Existence?] to it you should Ever respect it & Ever respect the place that gave you Birth & you know that you & lived in Ireland & Took #PAGE 2 gorge [George?] the III reax [rex?] King of great Britain france & Ireland I will send you of my own [painting?] my Bust and Rachels Bust in other painting as soon as I get a Hand to carry it you will find that the [they?] will Be as like the object is as life itself & I will send them as soon as I can get opportunity [Joseph?] [----?] [---?] to let me now [know?] How that John is & for god sake make Him right [write?] When this Comes to Hand or first right [write?] your self & let me now [know?] How He is & if He lives or if he [----?] to ever write to his friends at all he is a great [-----?] to me poor John a! make him right [write?] to me poor John [----?] [----?] I Ever Loved & Ever Will & a! may God Ever Direct His ships to the [------?] of life Evermore & if We never meet on Earth o may We meet where the waters seen from Ireland & this [----?] ever be at rest my wife sends her [----?] & [----?] that she will have the happiness to [torn] before she dies all friend is well & [torn] is in as good health as ever she was ever in her life your father & all friends is well & wish to Be remembered to you I am your [constant?] & far Well [farewell?]. Dear John may God ever be with your ships to life eternal I remain you loving Brother till Death Lieutenant W [William?] Brown S[----?]. T |
