| Title: | R. Campbell, U.S.A. to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast. |
|---|---|
| ID | 501 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Campbell, Robert/34 |
| Year | 1854 |
| 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 1558/1/1/122: Papers of William John Campbell Allen, Deposited by F. D. Campbell Allen. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9708179 |
| Date | 09/12/1854 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 29:08:97. |
| Word Count | 765 |
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| Transcript | Ansd [answered?] 10.1.55 [10 January 1855?] Wm. Jno. C. Allen Esq. Fairview Greenisland Belfast Augusta 9th December 1854 My dear Sir I recd [received?] at Clarkesville on the 18th ulto [ultimo?] your favour of the 23d Oct, which acknowledges my last to you, that of the 29th Aug. Owing to the pestilential epidemic which raged here from the 15th Sept. until there was a black frost, I did not leave Habersham until the 28th ult [ultimo?] reaching this place on the 2d inst. we were unable to prevail upon Miss Margaret to accompany us down. We left in grand health. In our own connexion, we have great reason to be thankful for spared lives: none of our blood relations have been carried off; nor indeed any real connexion, as John Clarke, the son of our friend Samuel & Adeline, was our nearest friend, who has died. The community has experienced a great loss in the death of Robert F [Pol?] with whom you were acquainted. He was a man of good judgment & tried integrity in all relations of life - He buried his daughter the day he was taken sick & his wife was, tho' thought to be dying, tho' since recovered - on the announcement of the first case, all who could leave the city, did so; a number, returning for a few hours, in the middle of the day, to attend to business. For nearly three months business was quite deranged and indeed has scarcely yet recovered it [its?] usual course. At the usual time the 20th ulto [ultimo?] The Bank of Augusta declared a Dividend of 4% for the « year. I am told that all this except about $3000 - was made in that time - The GRR [Georgia Railroad?] & Bankg [Banking?] Co. declined making a Dividend in Oct. Not that the profits of the Co. [Company?] would not allow it - but that collections were so far behind hand & many so scarce, they had not funds to pay. It is supposed one will be made in Jany [January?] - but as April is the usual period I would expect them to postpone till that period - I shall be agreeably disappointed if the Aug [Augusta?] Ins [Insurance?] & B. Co. declares a Dividend next month - Tho' I do not hear of any recent losses - I hear of no transactions in our Stocks, owing principally to the great pressure on the money market, or rather the scarcity of money. In this State the Cotton crop is a small one - and the Corn Crop still more deficient - so that for some time to come there will be no good oppy [opportunity?] to sell Stocks of any kind here. I recd [received?] on the 5th from the bank of Augusta the Dividend 20th ulto [ultimo?] on your 120 shares = $480.00 on James Campbells 85 shares [=+?] $340.00 on his as Trustee 78 shares [--?] 312.00 & Wm Campbell (42+48)$ 168.00 $820.00 -------------- $1.300.00. ---------------- and have this day sent on the above accounts to Geo. B. Cumming of Savannah for investment in a good Bill of Exchge [Exchange?] in London $480.00 in a Bill in your favour and $820.00 in a Bill in favour of your Uncle James Campbell for the said accounts. Be pleased to inform your uncle and his son Wm. Campbell of these particulars. I have not seen my Co-Executor Mr James Harper since I came down, to confer with him about the Billy Campbell Legacy: He is very much bothered & engaged about his own affairs; but I will take the first opportunity of doing so. I have to acknowledge your account of my funds in your hands up to 23d Oct [October?] last [showing?] a balance of œ48.12.11 in my favour. I will be obliged by your paying over Ten Pounds 10œ to Mrs McVea and Seven Pounds ten shillings œ7.10/0 to each of her two eldest daughters making together œ25. I will endeavour to keep up my funds in the course of the winter and spring. Mr Davison has asked me several times if I had any information about his map when forwarded & by what vessel; but I was obliged to say I had not and I see no charge for it in my account. Mrs Campbell desires affectionate regards to Mrs Allen & yourself and believe me always most truly yours R. Campbell Monday 11th. P.S. Mrs Gilhenan has just sent me twenty five dollars $25.00 for her mother Mrs Catherine Carroll of your place - will you do me the kindness of paying over to her the equivalent of it & charge to my account. R. Campbell. |
