| Title: | R. Campbell, U.S.A. to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast. |
|---|---|
| ID | 480 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Campbell, Robert/10(2) |
| Year | 1853 |
| 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 1558/1/1/95: Papers of William John Campbell Allen deposited by F. D. Campbell Allen. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9708175 |
| Date | 02/04/1853 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 29:08:97. |
| Word Count | 182 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | 5 May 1853 Wm. [William?] Jno. [John?] C. Allen Esq 8 Wellington Place Belfast Fairview near Savannah 2d April 1853 My Dear Sir On the 25th ult. I sent to G.B. Cumming Savannah Ten Thousand Dollars of your funds for investment in Sterling exchange & requesting him to forward the first of the [-ct?] to you from Savannah. Very much to my satisfaction he has sent his own Bill at the lowest rate of [grand?] Bills and I now inclose you herein the second of the set [---?] Geo. B. Cumming Savannah 28 March 1853 at 60 Dft upon Messrs. Brown Shippley & Co. Liverpool payable to your [adv-?] in London for Eight hundred & twenty three Pounds & sixteen shillings sterling œ823.16.0. c. 9¬ pc [percent?] prem [premium?] = to $4.000.00.- As cotton since I wrote you was dull & drooping and as I thot [thought?] likely to go lower. I have held off. but will go into the market on Monday and purchase at the going prices. I have not found any Rail Road Stock for sale at 106$ tho' [although?] advertised for. The Dividend takes place in this month & [some?] [persons?] expect 4% for 6 mo. [months?] Yours very truly R. Campbell |
