| Title: | Samuel Smiley, Savannah, Ga., to Thomas Smiley, Islandmagee. |
|---|---|
| ID | 526 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Capt. Samuel Smiley/41 |
| Year | 1853 |
| Sender | Captain Samuel Smiley |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | ship captain |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Savannah, Georgia, USA |
| Destination | Islandmagee, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Smiley, Thomas |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | D2723/1/6: Presented by the Smiley Family, Islandmagee, County Antrim. |
| Archive | Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9307062 |
| Date | 21/04/1853 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by S M, 06:07:1993. |
| Word Count | 171 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Savannah April 21st 1853 Dear Brother I write you as i [I?] will not be ready for sea before the 1st May as she is over a 1200 ton ship that is her Register Mind She Carries 34 Men and a Cargo of 4500 Bales of Cotton and 250 Loads of timber. She is one of them i [I?] have got full Command the Deceased Captain Turner Wife was Down on Board with me and She is Coming to Liverpool with us She longer to Load than i [I?] expected. I hope to have a Passage to Liverpool as it will pay me Better, as it is a Lump Sum about 60/2 pounds have for the Run, i [I?] am going to write to the Owners in Liverpool before i [I?] sail from this and Dont [don't?] Expect to Remain by her any Longer than i [I?] get her over Write to Liverpool by the 20th May - this leaves me in good health thank God hoping this will put you all in [---?] Direct Captain S. Smiley Ship [-------?] Care of James McHenry Esq. [Esquire?] YOUR BROTHER SAMUEL SUPPER BELL IS RING |
