| Title: | An Emigrant in Chicago, U.S.A. to His Parents, Ireland |
|---|---|
| ID | 3988 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | 1861-70/35 |
| Year | 1865 |
| Sender | unknown |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | son-parents |
| Source | D2709/1/2: Presented by Miss Shanks, Ballyfounder, Portaferry, County Down |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9501356 |
| Date | 01/01/1865 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 26:01:1995. |
| Word Count | 234 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | (direct Post off [office?] Box 4776 Chicago January 1st 1865 Dear Father & Mother I now lift my pen to let you know that i am well hoping this will find you enjoying the same blessing i received your cind [kind?] & welcom [welcome?] letter last night and it grieved me to know that father was sick and who you have been treated since i left you would like i had went home this winter and i was bent on gowing [going?] but their was nothing a dowing [doing?] in New york this winter and it would been rather expencive [expensive?] to paid my way their [there?] and back again as i could not think off [of?] living to home now i am gowing [going?] to write to william this day to send you $100 doll [dollars?] i could have sent it from here but i did not want to chainge [change?] my Green Backs dear mother dow [do?] not let your self want for while i am able to earn a dollar you shall have it i have been thinking it would bee [be?] better for you to come out this summer if you thought you could stand the voyage but you can pleas [please?] your self i could pay your passages in chicago clear threw [through?], William & Isabella are cumming [coming?] from Canada next week up here the times is rather dull here now but their is good prospects a head [Incomplete Letter] |
