| Title: | A. Mapherson, New York, to Wm. Conalin, c/o J. Dunkin, Coleraine |
|---|---|
| ID | 3686 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | mapherson, a/16 |
| Year | 1821 |
| Sender | Mapherson, A |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer? |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Destination | Coleraine, Co. Derry, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Conalin, William |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers? |
| Source | T 3452/2/2: Deposited by Mrs. J. Creighton |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9601262 |
| Date | 29/07/1821 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 25:01:96. |
| Word Count | 1211 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Dear Wm. [William?] I now set Down to Answer your Kind Letter of April 17th I bears the Contents verey [very?] Mainlley [Mainly?] the News of My Dear old Mother in law, grieved me so Like as Ann was Much affected about Her Death we Had a Report of Her [Death?] prier [prior?] to your Letter but no [----?] & [stained] we were still in hope it was not true but you left us without a Doubt we feel verey [very?] sorrey [sorry?] to [hear?] that Brother Robt [Robert?] [Hat--?] is so much - [improved?] but till God will must be seen & is for your Dear Wm [William?] we feel verey [very?] sorrey [sorry?] for your [imp---?] [generation?] left a young man with a verey [very?] [Have?] [stained] you are will [well?] aware Dear Wm [William?] that I firstly [stained] you to Watch over the Morrels [Morals?] of your two sisters & we trust in God you will act to them & them [to?] you as Secum [Succumb?] Brother & Sister so to Dew [Do?] & [in?] all ways to take Each others advise [advice?] that to the End you may bee [be?] Cumford [Comfort?] to Each other you are well awer [aware?] that you wer [were?] truley [truly?] brought up Christen [Christian?] perents [parents?] & now the Dutey [Duty?] of a father to your Aflicted [Afflicted?] Brother & your sisters Has Devaloped [Developed?] in you I grant it is hard but [Dad?] has such now Has pleased God to put upon you & I well awere [aware?] you will Discharg [Discharge?] your Duties in always with truth & as far you Dear James & Money Be ardent to your Brother & [harbor?] to Him what Cumfort [Comfort?] is Dun [Done?] to Him for [stained?] well ashamed them is scarse [scarce?] aney [any?] Mother that passes at Home we [Did?] not Hear Hear [Here?] I intervene [that?] Mr [Logan?] Has [stained] to the Countrey [Country?] & He says you say in yours [stained] He Has got 600 Ackers [Acres?] of Land [in?] Canada & that He Has Got Eight ackers [acres?] of [stained] & a House built there and all of wich [which?] I Have not the Least scrupl [scruple?] [stained] my mind but [is?] [stained] [yet?] Let me ubserve [observe?] to you my full openeon [opinion?] on the subject as it fulley [fully?] Behoves me to write to you touching your fuler [fuller?] wellfear [welfare?] I for my own part was in atown [a town?] Called fradrecks town [Frederickstown?] [on?] [H---?] I write from St Johns & I was of the said openeon [opinion?] or you are now to Have apiece [a piece?] of Land but being the Leabour [Labour?] of [Cleermy?] it would for [over?] [far?] [and?] [away?] forget that would arise from [stained] your Day [women?] as the Have six Months of every severe winter & your [thin?] summer is Equaley [Equally?] [stained] aney [any?] Cleering [Clearing?]of Land Must be Dun [Done?] [stained] [---?] everey [every?] [Hot?] seen the [---kery?] Does allways [always?] Stand as High in the Glass as from [about?] 100 [another?] I heard & it sinks below the freezing point for winter these are facts Dear Wm [William?] therefore from this you may Draw [aforesaid?] of this fine Countery [Country?] that so much has been said of but this [is?] not to Deter you from persueing [pursuing?] your Desiers [Desires?] but I find it is my Dutey [Duty?] to Give you [abrim?] & Just acct [account?] of what I my self Have witnessed [&?] your [stained] you to Have the produce of one Hundred ackers [acres?] of that land Cleered [cleared?] & Redey [ready?] for Market were you not near a Navagable [navigable?] River that you Could Convey it to Market by Watter [water?] it would not pay Land [Carriages?] & Dipend Dear wm [William?] that I have been in Conversations with many Advertisers that came to Canada on the said [fla-----?] subject I the [same?] [R---d?] the Day that such flattrey [flattery?] [liked?] them so far [as-----?] you will find them Dayley [daily?] Cuming [coming?] to the Coley [-aiking?] Implay after Expending them all in Canada I can not [stained] you [stained] in Either ways but from what I write [stained] may plas [please?] your self you are [Cath?] old Enough & I trust wise enough to [guide?] for your self I firmley [firmly?] Believ [believe?] that Cleering [clearing?] [stained] I in the [Cl---brey?] could not serve you the W[stained] bread in this Coley is verey [very?] good at present [stained] you [mean?] America at all I want prefer this part to British America as [aware?] Heer [here?] now Can I own one Doller [dollar?] per day working as a jurney [journey?] man & about two Dollers [dollars?] per Day but it is verey [very?] [fluctuated?] but I think it will [stained] [work?] is not above 800 for Domestick [domestic?] work the w[stained] weaver from 25 yds [yards?] to 30 per Day is to jno [John?] Dunkin I wish well there the friendship that was [blevent?] Ann & that & I wish not to [tuch?] familey [family?] [afears?] at all but my Dutey [Duty?]? Bind me to give Him my Just opinion as I have alredey [already?] Dun [done?] [you?] His Buisiness [business?] would not sarch [search?] Him in that part of the Globe but Mr Logan can [bring?] them & them only in America & I think it would be his wish for Him & the familey [family?] to give to [Him?] but Jno [John?] Dunkin [Duncan?] will find it well not [torn] would His Constitution serve such Hard Leabour [Labour?] as would be Dun [done?] to Him were he to gow [go?] H[stained?] but this I am well awere [aware?] that were He in this C[stained] by Keeping Here would serve Him much better [stained] money in this [stained] turned to over [stained] acct. [account?] & [stained] His [-read?] might serve Him [stained] [Oiley?] is the Londin [London?] of America & I think Jno [John?] Dunkin [Duncan?] would not be above His Buesiness [business?] to sell every thing that would Commend a pr. [part?] of it the best him hear [here?] will sell [Owens?] [Brooms?] [&c?] you Can show this Letter to Mr Dunkin & if I Have Hurt His feeling I Hope He will Excuse my Candor [candour?] for opertunity [opportunity?] & I in Retern [return?] will Dow [do?] the said we send you aire [our?] Blessing Direct as Before Remains yours truly we will I trust { A. & Ann Mapherson in god seen Have { PS [mean?] sick for { york 29th July you Dear Wm [William?] she{ 1821 says she will Have { [stained] { { Mr Jo [John?] Dunkin { [Duncan?] { Colerain [Coleraine?] { Wm [William?] Conalin { Dear Wm [William?] you will Make [stained] to see seem of my friends & to let [them?] know we are all well & all ways wishes to [Hear?] from them in [oprenley?] [stained] [-ed?] Makes all my family [stained] is H[stained] Leaves us in the Said [Ann?] join me in for Love to you all in a general way I wish you to write me by Every |
