| Title: | [?], Milwaukee to "Dr John". |
|---|---|
| ID | 4002 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | 1871-80/21 |
| Year | 1875 |
| Sender | unknown |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | distillery business? |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA |
| Destination | unknown |
| Recipient | John |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | re distillery business |
| Source | Donated by Mr and Mrs S. V. Thompson, 4 Grove Park, Lenzie, Glasgow G66 5AH |
| Archive | The Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh |
| Doc. No. | 9508156 |
| Date | 15/06/1875 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:08:95. |
| Word Count | 484 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | 12 Fifth Street Milwaukee June 15 1875 Dr [Dear?] John All communications to me hereafter, no matter where I may be employed address as above and they will be deposited in a letter box at any [faded] the is [among?] I [had?] [-t?] being in the service of Mallon & Phelan. At happened in this way - Mallon & P. [Phelan?] supply the distillers [-----?] [Milwaukee?] with large quantius [quantities?] of ground as they were not very close buyers, (Wm. [William?] Green used to say he would [-all?] [---?] distillers in the market than ten mealmen) they of course [liken?] to have their trade - But there was one difficulty about it the distillers wished to conceal as much as possible from the revenue officers the quantity of grain they used & there has been a continued [preference?] [below?] [-----?] my [employees?] for [y---s?] about keeping the distillers accounts they [wanting?] the [---t--s?] about justified preposing [At?] length about the [1-?] of May the authorities at Washington ordered a general [amnesty?] [--?] the distillers [---tif--s?] [is?] [-----?] [Mi---?] keep [-----?] [poor?] them as death comes in [most?] [possible?] in as [unexp---?] [faded] [--g?] [--p?] [present?] [still?] [---?] [the?] [indency?] of the [---?] [faded] [--ty?] the office [---s?] [acceptable?] [when?] [----?] & [----m?] along [---?] [him?] [nothing?] [----lly?] [faded] the [---ks?] [f----?] [---?] them [g---?] we [faded] [---ght?] The reason the distillers wish to conseal [conceal?] the amount of grain used is because the revenue office can then tell very early what amount of spirits is made [--nd?] thus have a check [upon?] [them?] [relating?] to this amount of duties they show [--?] - it is remarkable that [faded] [till?] [version?] & the whole [bequest?] happen is almost [-------?] the hands of Jews [faded] they [----?] regarding themselves as the two only representatives of the [missuse?] dispensation & the latter as the time only presentations of the dispensation [faded] commission is compound here - Mallin & Phelan are both Irish papists & stop [at?] [no?] [fraud?] they are accomplish in the pursuit of wealth - when I told them that I knew not what they would swear I was lying for I knew very well they would both swear whatever they thought would suit the case - Still neither [of?] [them?] would [act?] [wild?] in a [frenzy?] - They go to hear or see mass up their finger (sic) [faded] would sign themselves with a cross & [have?] something laid up [faded] - They will both swear like troopers by the supremest names [faded] by the virgin or a saint for then the [faded] [open?] [----ll--?] them [faded] [practycally?] not any in the men [noticed?] but in the thousands [faded] to it & static their all upon it. |
