| Title: | Carrothers, Nathaniel to Carrothers, William, 1858 |
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| ID | 4563 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration and Canadian Settlement [C.J. Houston & W.J. Smyth] |
| File | houston/1 |
| Year | 1858 |
| Sender | Carrothers, Nathaniel |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Westminster, Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Lisbellaw, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland |
| Recipient | Carrothers, William |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 484 |
| Genre | sending presents, family, economy |
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| Transcript | Westminster June 15th 1858 Dear brother an opertunitey has offred its self of sendind you a few lines by hand and a few small presents withe the bearer to you and fameley in the way of keepsakes to keep you and them in mind that such a person once lived and still Does live thank god for all his mercies to me, these few lines leaves me and fameley in good health hopping that the may find you and fameley in the same. All your brothers are wel, and your Cousens allso; as I hav given you my opion of this Country and my prospects in it allready it leaves me very little to say in this epistol. I send you an essey or pamplet wrote by Mr. Hogan; that will give you or any one desirous of informasion of this Country information that can be relied on as correct; allso the bearer of this letter can give you all the information a bout me and fameley that you may desire - the bearer of this is Mr. James Oliver my sister in law Elizaes husbant, who is going to Ireland for the good of his health he is a man that is well of in this Country, and well rispected he will call to see you and John Kirkpatrick if his health permites; and if he should stop a Day or two with you any kindness you show him for my sake shall be remembered by me for he is Deserving of it. I would have wroute you a letter with Mr Gregston but he went a way sooner than I thought he told me that he caled and saw you and that you and fameley were well. Josef sent you a letter since and has got no anser; he is very unasay to hear something of Paul, the past month has ben the wettest that I have seen since I come to America; the past year has been a year of much diffulcity with many of the merchants in America Causing many feailours, farming produce sell for the one half that it did last year give my best respects to all my old neighbours that is yet alive; allso to Gorge Carrothers and fameley. You will be pleased to send me a leter giving me a full account of all my old neighbours that is worth retailing; margret and I join in love to you and Bessey and Children allso to sister Eliza and husbant and fameley. Yours truley Nathaniel Carrothers. I send with the bearer my likenes and Margrets and that of my oldest daughter taken the day Mr Olifer leaves London You will excuse the scribl as it is Done in heast as I did not write it till I went into London no more at present but remain Nathaniel Carrothers [Postmarked] Lisnaskea Jy 15 1858 E/Enniskillen M Jy 1658 |
