| Title: | John McElderry, Bristol, Pa. to his uncle, [Ireland?]. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3816 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | mcelderry, john/32 |
| Year | 1853 |
| Sender | McElderry, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Bristol, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | nephew-uncle |
| Source | T 2414/19: Copied by Permission of Dr Helen Megaw, c/o 66 Malone Road, Belfast 9. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9007079 |
| Date | 09/12/1853 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 07:02:1994 |
| Word Count | 176 |
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| Transcript | Bristol Dec 9th 1853 Dear Uncle You will I have no doubt some Surprise depicted on your countenance when you look at the Signiture [Signature?] attatched [attached?] to this brief epistle My Father requests me to write in his name and [I?] assure you it would give me great pleasure in doing so if it were other matter that he wished to comment upon I can say however before touching on Fathers buisness [business?] that would have been glad to have had the privelage [privilege?] of hearing from you or any of my cousins for many years past and undertaking to open a correspondance [correspondence?] I would say that I will take it as a favour if you will return an answer to this my first effort of comunicating [communicating?] with you We are all enjoying reasonable good health at this present time Father is failing gradualy [gradually?] and with conciousness [consciousness?] of that Period when we must all lay our heads low in the dust professes to be ready for that eventful day His buisness [business?] as he gives me to understand is that you be kind enough to enquire into and make a settlement of Money coming to my Mother from Ballycastle and and inform him thereof. He says that his daughter Jane had the use of the Interest for the benefit of her children as long as She remained in Ireland. And he would like to know how and how much she received, and wishes you to forward what money may be coming to him by Interest or otherwise at the same time deducting therefrom your own Expences [Expenses?] and any that may [l--gly?] incurred I had some thoughts of taking a trip Home this Winter to see my friends and have this buisness [business?] seen to through the persuasing of Father and Sisters but the buisness [business?] I am in would not allow me the time this fall. And I assured father that you could attend to it in the best possible maner [manner?] in doing so you will much oblige a [Father?] Brother and his Son |
