| Title: | John Carse, PA, to "Dear [Father?] Mother & Brothers." |
|---|---|
| ID | 566 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Carse, John/8 |
| Year | 1852 |
| Sender | Carse, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | merchant |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Erie, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Carse family |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | unknown |
| Source | Donated by Mrs. I.J. Beattie, 120 Carsonstown Rd., Lisowen, Saintfield, Ballynahinch, Co. Down, BT24 7JN |
| Archive | The Ulster American Folk Park. |
| Doc. No. | 9903074 |
| Date | 20/04/1852 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 09:03:99. |
| Word Count | 638 |
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| Transcript | Pa April 21th 1852 Dear [Father?] Mother and Brothers it is with greif [grief?] that [stained] you these few lines I have [stained] for some time past expecting a letter from some of you [stained] I recieved [received?] one from my Brother George with the painfull [painful?] news of my Brother Davids sudden and unexpected death my kind and affactionate [affectionate?] Brother David is it palpable I shall see him no more did I think the last Newspaper I recieved [received?] from David would close up the correspondence betwixt us for ever I read over the mournfull [mournful?] circler [circular?] several times and could not think that David was dead and gone never to recieve [receive?] another [stained] affactionate [affectionate?] letter from him as I have done with the many friendly advices he always gave me even since he was a boy I put Georges letter and a few lines of my own into an envelope and sent it down to my Brother Thomas today he will be much surprized and sorry to hear of my Brother David's sudden Death Thomas came up here on Easter Saturday night stoped [stopped?] all night in Erie I took a ride down with him on the seven o'clock train sunday morning stoped [stopped?] all day with him and returned in the evening to Erie he enjoys good health I have an opportunity of hearing from him every day by the conductors of the cars and Erie Merchants passing back and forward to New york and Buffalo if possible I will be down to see him soon as he is kept very buisy [busy?] at present and can not get up to Erie often Mr James Cocharan [Cochrane?] calls with him occashionally [occasionally?] Dear Father and Mother you have met with a severe shock now in your old age bear it with patiance [patience?] greave [grieve?] not [too?] much in them that is gone the [they?] lived a life of peace set a good example to many Dear Mother dont care to [too?] much that David was not at home with you during his severe sicknefs [sickness?] and sudden Death how many of our fellow beings in a strange Country has no friend near them during sickness and Death no one to comfort them or wet the lips with cold water you have reason to be thankfull [thankful?] although he was in a strange place he was in the midst of a large circle of friends and you had the privilege of seeing him I want a letter soon let me now [know?] how many days he suffered what Doctors was with him George says that my Brother Samuel will post me the [Banner?] that his Death is mentioned in "Dear parents and Brothers write often we no [know?] not but every letter may be the last I looked long for a letter from my kind and [will--?] Brother David all is over now I will write to Brother George soon you must all excuse Thomas for not writing he has been kept very buisy [busy?] for the last two months writing every night nearly to twelve oclock he has to make all the bills out and enter same for the Erie line no clerk but himself I am well still with Mr Reed and will be for another year if health permits I trust you are enjoying good health which is the greatest blessing we can enjoy either at home or abroad especially a stranger amongst strangers I remain as ever your affectionate son till Death John Carse I have just Recieved [received?] a few lines from Cousin James McCann Dresden letting me know of my Brother David's sudden Death he had got a paper from Cousin James [Carragullan?] in a short time Brother Georges letter came to me in less than eighteen days Your son John Carse |
