| Title: | W.J. Campbell Allen, New York to Doctor Marshall, Belfast. |
|---|---|
| ID | 440 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Campbell Allen, William John/105 |
| Year | 1838 |
| Sender | Campbell Allen, William J. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | businessman |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Dr. Marshall |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | son-in-law - father-in-law |
| Source | D/1558/1/2/35 : Presented by F.D. Campbell Allen, London Road Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, England. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9804169 |
| Date | 24/09/1838 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 08:04:98. |
| Word Count | 230 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | My Dear good people, Isabella insists upon my writing to you; but what am I to write I cannot tell; for she will not let me know what she has written, & I dont [don't?] wish to put you to the trouble of reading merely a duplicate of her epistle. I need only say that the Great Western has proved herself a most excellent sea boat, that we have no reason to be dissatisfied although we have been detained nearly two days longer than we anticipated; for we have had only forty eight hours of fair weather during the whole passage, all the rest of the time head winds and very heavy headseas. Our State room was one of the best in the Ship: the section except on one or two nights being scarcely perceptible. - We are too late to send the apples by the packet, but I hope to have an early opportunity of forwarding them. - I dont [don't?] write to my mother at present for two reasons- want of time and that I have nothing to communicate which is not contained in this sheet, and which I hope will be made known to her by one of you. Accept of the strongest acquaintance of my attachments; and presenting my kindest regards to my minister and his wife and Miss Knowles olige. Yours ever W.J. Campbell Allen |
