| Title: | William McClurg, Cincinnati, to John McClorg, New York. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3787 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | mcclorg, william/9 |
| Year | 1832 |
| Sender | McClorg, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | employed in a garden and nursery |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
| Destination | New York, USA |
| Recipient | McClorg, John |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | T 1227/24: Photocopied by Courtesy of Mr A MacLurg. #TYPE EMG William McClurg, Cincinnati, to John McClorg, New York, 2 April 1832. |
| Archive | Public Record Office, N. Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 8905209 |
| Date | 02/04/1832 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 28:06:1989 LT created 13:11:1990 CD input 14:11:19 |
| Word Count | 776 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | To:- Mr John McLurg care of Mr Samuel Dunshee corner of Hester & Mulberry streets New york Cincinnati 2d April 1832 Dear Brother & sister I take this opportunity of informing you that I am well having much reason of thankfulness unto God for his mercies manifested towards me in a strange Land hoping these lines if the [they?] come under your cognizance will find you in the same state this is the third time that I have addressed you since I left N.[New?] york without ever getting a Line from you whether you got the letters I sent [or?] not I cannot tell but if you did I think it is somewhat singular you did not write to me I was last spring in Pittsburgh in harvest I went out to the country and stopped there untill [until?] fall. I was with Robert Barr brother to John Barr of Ba[lte?]agh I left there in October came into Pittsburgh took a notion to go down the river & arrived here the first of December the winter here was very hard wood & coal very dear & times dull after the thaw, business got better but not long until a final stop was put to it by the great flood, the river began to rise rapidly the tenth February you may guess with what rapidity it rose when on saturday the 11th where horses & drays were going in water street on Monday the 13th it sailed a steam boat it continued to rise until all the lower parts of the City was completely inundated, some newspapers stated it rose 51 others 63 feet above low waters mark it was the highest flood by far ever seen here by white people after two weeks the water abated and fell within its banks as usual it was a very great loss to the City in general, not only by injurung stores but by stopping all commerce the river was so rapid & so high no boat could run on account of snags & sawyers, I never saw anything like it before it looked more like a sea than a river it carried off a great number of houses Bridges & mills a vast number of cattle and domestic animals have been lost, the ravages of it will long be remembered by the inhabitants all along its banks business is now doing pretty well & have been so for some weeks past, I went out to see Cousins David & John Bollock in December Samuel is dead a year past in January they were well & was often talking about you John was in here last week at market I was talking of going back to Pittsburgh he said I would do better here if I would content myself I have been working in a garden & nursery all this spring at 75 cts [cents?] per day I boarded at Mr Bairds all winter & do so still he is brother-in-law to John [B?]ollock & cousin to Henry Baird you saw in Canada, I am not certain yet what business I may be at during the summer I have always the thoughts of going back to N.York if you think I would do better it is above a year since I wrote to Ireland I never received a line from them nor any account whatever except that sister Ann was married I saw John & Joseph Hamilton samuel Quigly Samuel & James Erwin, [g?]uy lives in Dayton 60 miles from h[?] is doing well Erwin was very glad to see me & talked about you often he urged me to go out & see the part of Country he lived in said he would find me plenty of work & tolerable wages but I did not go you will confer a favour on me if you write as soon as this letter comes to hand & let me know if you are in the old place & when you got any word from the old country or from Brother Robert it is above fourteen months since I heard from him it is a year since I left Brother Josephs I scarce heard from them any account I intend writing to them shortly this letter goes by a Mr Wallace who is on his way to Ireland I expect you will write me by the first opportunity & let me know any particulars that have occurred with you since I embarked from N. York it would satisfy me very much N.B. when you write direct to W McLurg care of Mr Wm [William?] Baird corner of water & Plumb streets cincinnati Ohio I expect you will omit nothing that will give me satisfaction I subscribe myself your affectionate brother William McLurg |
