| Title: | William Brown, Belfast to James Brown, Philadelphia. |
|---|---|
| ID | 363 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Brown, William/153 |
| Year | 1818 |
| Sender | Brown, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | painter & glazier |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Recipient | Brown, James |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | D 3688/F/13: Deposited by C. McLaughlin Esq. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9405183 |
| Date | 16/07/1818 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 09:05:1994. |
| Word Count | 802 |
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| Transcript | Belfast 16th July 1818 Dear James, It is with much pleasure I now write you, but indeed I cannot help committing what I now feel at our being so far distant, when I began this I could not help shedding a tear & that tear was for a Brother, who was not only what I have said, but more like a father among us, & sad would have been our [fate?] if it had not been for you. I hope you are now arrived safe which is the wish of all who knew you, likewise Hu [Hugh?] & Sam Mr [Win?] got an opportunity with a Vessel passing them & sent word they were well & was within a few days sail of America, I think you would be surpris'd when you landed, to hear of Uncle Thomas coming to see us, he just landed on the saturday after you sailed, & went off in three weeks after, owing to a report of Nancy Brown, given him by Aunt Stormont, concerning [Grace?] Hill, & all concerning her, this, together with what happened on the passage between the Captn [Captain?] & her, I think she has settled her acct [account?] if the Captn [Captain?] do not marry her, but Uncle Thos [Thomas?] can tell you all the particulars of her conduct & likewise how the Captn [Captain?] wanted to overcome a woman pasenger, who came over here with them, but he was not able to accomplish it, however it was trough [through?] her Uncle Thos [Thomas?] learned about Nancy. we had a long letter from her, in which she desired us to tell the Captn [Captain?], her Mother was dead, but most fortunatly [fortunately?] he found out she was in Town, before he mentioned her to us, & she was on Board his vessel, & she says he is a deshent [decent?] man & she will go see him in spite of us all, so James & her have made a pretty mess of it, nothing material has happened since you left us, I am glad to inform you we have had plenty of work, & a good prospect of Trade doing well, I have made a rough calculation, & what we have done, together what is on hands (which will do us for nearly a month yet) will amt [amount?] to better than £250 pounds & all to a few of our best customers, we are at present doing Jas [James?] Stewarts house Outside & Inside, stair case in Oil, the Old Bankers a/c [account?] came to £52 but as usual he has no money, we are to Begin to Miss Stevenson's house in Donegall place on the 1st Augst which will be a good job, as it is all to be done, I find the want of Spratt this year, as it is with much difficulty I can get any Graining done, having to Attend to 9 at work every day, I saw Wm [William?] Tannihill once since, but he had heard of very bad sales of linnen [linen?] & wishes much you would write him, Archd [Archibald?] Thompson was with us yesterday & wishes much if you go to N. York [New York?] you will call on his Brother, we were all at Mr Patterson's on Sunday last, & spent a pleasant day as usual John Young was with us. Mr Patterson was telling us Mr Fleming has lost his situation therefore he looses [loses?] a tennent [tenant?] (it was owing to money matters) I have got Campbells house neatly fitted at a small expense say, whitning [whitening?] & painting & flooring the Kitchen & shop with brick & altering the front windows, but no tennent [tenant?] as yet offers. the Ceres sails this day, & I had to rise at an early hour to finish this, as I am painting C. Salmon's new house (all in Oak) at Dundonald, perhaps you may not find this correct as Usual, but I have now nearly finished as three sittings, there is a vessel call'd the Horrison which is to sail shortly & I write by her, [remember?] me to Stephen Morelan[torn] and if you could spare time, you might let us know how you got [over?], & Hu [Hugh?] & Sam, & how Hu [Hugh?] is likely to answer, likewise what you think of our frinds [friends?] there, all are well here as usual, Aunt Shaw & Jane were in Town last Saturday but went home the same Night, Markets are much lower than when you went away, whe [we?] had wet weather for 3 weeks, but now it is as warm as when you were here, New potatoes is at present plenty & for 8d pr [per?] stone, Meat 17d pr [per?] cwt [hundredweight?]. I remain Dr [Dear?] James Your Loving Brother William Brown [addressed to:] Mr James Brown Philadelphia Belfast 16 July 1818 Wm [William?] Brown |
