| Title: | Greeves, John Sr to Greeves, James Richardson, 1842 |
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| ID | 6121 |
| Collection | The Transatlantic Letters of an Irish Quaker Family_1818-1877 [B. Jackson] |
| File | quaker/132 |
| Year | 1842 |
| Sender | Greeves, John Sr |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | linen trader |
| Sender Religion | Quaker |
| Origin | Lisburn, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Recipient | Greeves, James Richardson |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 269 |
| Genre | abstract of letter, decaying health |
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| Transcript | [Lisburn?] 16th 8 mo 1842 "I must begin to tell a little of myself in the 82nd year of my age, and through Mercy can read a little and write some at times. I may truly say that my days seem to be nearly numbered, and what account shall I have to tender for the above time. Oh, my dear cousin, if thou art permitted to approach the throne of grace, remember thy aged uncle, who wished thee and thy posterity every blessing which this world can give & peace at the the close. Well, my dear, I have been very poorly these several months, mostly confined to the house. I took the complaint in the spring with a violent cough so much so that the Physician said that my lungs were much affected and applied a large quantity of leeches, what with bleeding & blistering etc. reduced me very low. My breathing is much affected & I believe will continue so while here in mutability. The heat of the weather is so great the latter part of the summer that for the weak & the aged it is hard to bear. Well, my dear cousin, altho these things are hard to bear at times, I am through mercy preserved from repining & can truly say, that the Almighty arm that hath mercifully sustained me from youth to old age, to the present day, hath not deserted me in my advanced age. Oh may all that is alive within me honour & praise that adorable name, not only now but henceforth & for ever more saith my poor soul". |
