| Title: | John Anderson, Cincinnati to brother, William, Co. Tyrone. |
|---|---|
| ID | 56 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Anderson, John/19 |
| Year | 1847 |
| Sender | Anderson, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Cincinnati, USA |
| Destination | Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland |
| Recipient | Anderson, William |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | T 1664/1/5: Copied by Permission of J. G. T. Anderson, Lurgan, Co. Armagh. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 8903123 |
| Date | 28/06/1847 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 21:10:1993. |
| Word Count | 1260 |
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| Transcript | Cincinnati June 28 1847 Dear Brother Wm [William?] A great many events & changes have taken place since my last letter to you, I acknowledge I have been indolent in not writing to you sooner As I have received 3 letters from you, without Answering, one gave an account of the settlement of Fathers affairs, and another was carried by cousin John Wells, the last was dated March 8th, all of them gave me a great deal of satisfaction to know that you were all in the enjoyment of good health, and that the failure of the crops does not appear to affect you, their [there?] has been a great deal of simpathy [sympathy?] in this country for to receive the sufferings of the Irish, as their [there?] was a vast amount of money and provisions, Contributed for their relief, this City gave between 8 & 10 thousand Dollars, and the farmers in the vicinity have been very liberal and have contributed largely, the accounts in the newspapers of the suffering is very lamentable, the suffering appears to be worse in the south than it is in the north, Their [there?] has been a great Amount of money made in this Country by the advence [advance?] in the price of Bread stuffs, And the demand for Bread stuffs in Europe has been so great that the prices are higher now than the [they?] have been at any previous time since i came to this Country, times is very good hear [here?] & their [there?] is employment for all persons wishing to work and those not likeing [liking?] to work can become soldiers and go to fight with Mexico, so their [there?] is an opportunity for men to please themselves in their occupations, & the prices does not affect the people as it would have done if times had been dull and men out of employment so that their [there?] is an opportuniy for people to be comfortable in this country, which i am sorry is not the case with multitudes in Ireland, who has neither food nor clothing, I have not mutch [much?] news to communicate at present Brother George and family is well, Mr Miller & Mr McCullough & Mr Flack, is all well, as is all my acquaintances, you wish to know if Bro [brother?] George has cleared mutch [much?] of his farm, he has about 35 acres clear and is farming the most of it, he raises a good deal of corn and fats a good many hogs, which is generally very profitable, and a good deal of hay which sells well in this City as their [there?] is a great many horses employed in the different occupations in which the [they?] are needed is a great many, their [there?] is some thousands in livery stables where persons wishing to ride out on horse back, or in carriages goe [go?] and hire one for what ever length of time the [they?] need, their [there?] is also thousands employed in Waggons [Wagons?] & Drays & a great many ways to [too?] tedious to mention all of them #PAGE 2 requiring a great deal of feed, which causes hay & grain to sell well in this City, & he raises Wheat & oats for his own use also potatoes, which is the principal product of his farm, he always gets a large quantity of Wood cut in the Winter season to keep a stock on hand to allow it time to get dry before he Bring it to market as it is lighter hauling, he is getting along very well and property Convenient to this City is increaseing [increasing?] in value very fast so that his farm is worth double what he gave for it. I should be glad if you was hear [here?] to purchase land where it would be your own, and no person would be comeing [coming?] to your door to tell you that your rent was due and you must pay or abide the consequences, all that is to here is a tax part of which goe [go?] to support schools & part to repair roads and other necessary expenses, & all improvements that you make is for yourself and not for a landlord who can turn you off at pleasure & not allow you any recompence [recompense?] for all you have done, onely [only?] charge you more rent for all your improements [improvements?] if he let you remain on it My dear Son My As you have heard sister Ann Jane was down hear [here?] last winter upon a visit, She looks well, & her children is fine interresting [interesting?], children, they were sick at the time she returned, & continued so untill [until?] her return home, her last letter states that they are quite well again, & also that all our Pitsburg [Pittsburg?] friends is well, that cousin John Kells stops at uncle Holmes, the linen you sent by him i have not received yet, i have sent to sister to have it sent down As soon as possible, the reason of it not comeing [coming?] to hand was sister thought i would go up and see them, but she was disappointed As business was good and my employers could not spare me the time required for makeing [making?] a visit so i thought it more prudent to remain at home. I suppose before this reaches you that you have heard of my marriage, as Mr Flack told me he wrote to that effect, the ceremony was performed upon the 18th March by Rev James Presley in Presence of Bro [Brother?] George & Wife and Messers [Messrs?] Miller Mccullough Flack & Johnston & several other acquaintances, my partners name was Jane Scott, she came from the vicinity of Belfast, her mother & two Brothers live in this city & she has two Married sisters that live in Ireland, I am very well pleased with the change it has wrought for me, I have very littel [little?] more to say at present, Bro [Brother?] George & family was in to see us one week agoe [ago?] they are all well as is all my [acquaintances?], the by I had almost forgot that, John costello or [Bard?] that used to fiddle & tell pomes [poems?], is in this city & has been quite sick so that he was not expected to live he is recovering, As respects the letter you mention to #PAGE 3 have sent by James Crawford, i have never received Give my respects to all my Uncles & aunts & cousins & friends Jane join me in sending our love to Mother & Brothers & sisters & I remain your Affectionate Brother John Anderson P.S. As respects the settle ment [settlement?] of Fathers affairs I have little to say onely [only?] I am glad I left him as I thought I was not treated as the rest of his children & his last act strengthens that opinion as he repeatedly sent word to George & Anne that the Property of [Annt?] hall, would be theirs, but he had altered his opinions as i find that a share of it is left to me upon certain consideration, which i could not comply with, so i may be satisfied with what i have received, I wonder if he recollected the time when he could not provide me with clothes like his other children, So that mother told i was a church man, I must refrain and leave the event to a higher Tower, I would have wrote sooner but for this, J.A. |
