| Title: | R. Campbell, U.S.A. to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast. |
|---|---|
| ID | 469 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Campbell, Robert/1 |
| Year | 1868 |
| Sender | Campbell, Robert |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | merchant |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Augusta, Georgia, USA |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Campbell Allen, William J. |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends, business |
| Source | D 1558/1/1/344: Papers of William John Campbell Allen Deposited by F. D. Campbell Allen. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9801300 |
| Date | 20/01/1868 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 12:01:98. |
| Word Count | 691 |
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| Transcript | Augusta 20th Jany. 1868 W. J. C. Allen. Esq. Ulster Bank Belfast Ireland My Dear Friend It is a long time since I have had the pleasure of a letter from you, and still longer since I have written, though I have still the same kind regard and friendship for you and interest in your welfare, a whim correspondence was more convenient and agreeable. I begin to be weary of writing, even to my best friends. I have this day mailed a Bank Check to J & J Stewart & Co. N. York [New York?] for Six Hundred Dollars 600$ to be transmitted to you to put in funds for those payments which you have heretofore so kindly managed on my behalf. to Miss Carroll 30œ p An [per Annum?] - and the remainder equally to the two Miss McWhinneys my Nieces - I by no means desire you to overstep the funds you may have in hand, for naturally my lease of life (at 81 April 16th) cannot be long, and I know the trouble and delay of realising debts from Estates - Miss Hannah Longstreet has afforded me and Mrs Campbell a great (sic) by handing us the photographs Daguerotypes [Daguerreotypes?] of yourself and Mrs. Allen. On his arrival we found our friend Mr Bones much improved both in body & spirits, but I am truly sorry to say that he is laid up and has been for nearly a week by an outbreak on one of his legs, which promises to give him a long confinement. Miss Longstreet and Miss Sarah J. Brown are both quite well. I can say the same of Mrs Emma Sibley, who has now four children or five, & [----?] as you would expect to see in Belfast. Mr Jno. Davison who is still my near neighbour, is quite well, as are Mr. Wm. Bryson and his daughter, & child, all living together. Mr. H. C. Bryson, I hope you frequently hear from. His family appear quite well. Mrs Nichols has moved into the City, with her grandchildren, their parents being dead (Mr & Mrs Savage) and keep a respectable boarding house in the upper part of Broad Street. Mrs Jno. [John?] Moore is quite well, & has Mr W. A. Walton, Lawyer who married her daughter Elizabeth, and their children living with her - Her son Henry Moore, who you may recollect married a daughter of Dr. Poullein of Greenboro' lives in the Hill and though still in the hardware business, is a joint editor of the 'Chronicle & Sentinel' a daily Paper - I think Chas. I. Jenkins was a prominent young lawyer when you were here. Before the war he was a prominent Unionist, but during it, took office as one of the three Supreme Judges of the Ceded States and by his decisions, upheld some of its questionable acts: under Pd [President?] Johnsons auspices in reconstruction he became Governor - when Congress & the President quarrelled, he took sides with the latter and carried the business before the Sup Ct [Supreme Court?] of the US where it was ousted for want of jurisdiction - He has been very recently been suspended by the U.S. Genl [General?] Commanding the District & a military man, or rather I should say a Genl [General?] in the U.S. Army put in his place. Various reasons are given for this removal, but I think the true one is that the Union men who now wish to reconstruct the State under the Laws of Congress may have a person at the head of the State who they know will use his powers to assist them in place of embarrassing them when they came with their new State Constitution before the people of the State for adoption - in which struggle they expect to meet all the efforts of the Confederate party. Thomas and Robert Clarke are doing a respectable business in Atlanta and I think are doing well. Perhaps I may have before mentioned that Thomas has a family there - When I last heard our old friend Rev. Thos. [Thomas?] Smyth was still preaching in Charleston. Wishing you long life and much happiness I am ever Most Truly Yours R. [Robert?] Campbell |
