| Title: | Thomas Clark, New Orleans to Mrs Mary Clark, Limavady |
|---|---|
| ID | 634 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Clark, Thomas (1)/83 |
| Year | 1818 |
| Sender | Clark, Thomas |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | mentions working with tools |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Destination | Limavady, Co.. Derry, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Clark, Mary |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | son-mother |
| Source | D3127/1: Deposited by Dr. S. E. Croskery |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9501024 |
| Date | 27/12/1818 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT/JW, 04:01:1995. |
| Word Count | 491 |
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| Transcript | To: Mrs. Mary Clark Newtown, Limavady, County Londonderry From: Thomas Clark New Orleans [U.S.A.?] New Orleans 27th Decer [December?] 1818 Dear Mother & Sisters These few lines I hope will find you as well and better than when we parted we weighed Anchor 3 miles from Belfast opposite the white House on Saturday the 17th Octr [October?] and on Sunday at 9 O'Clock past noon we took our departure from Torry [Tory?] Is [Island?] and for New Orleans on Board the Brig Parker and Sons Captain Henry Hodgson master who lives in Belfast you may see the passengers names subscribed to the praise of his kind treatment on the passage in the Belfast paper on Saturday the 12th Decr [December?] at 10 O'Clock past noon we came to Anchor at the mouth of the River Mississippi which was exactly eight weeks and on Monday the 27th [December?] 12 O'Clock at noon we arrived at the Levee of that Grand and Honourable City of New Orleans which will shortly be one of the greatest places of [Trade?] not only in the United states but in all the world. I got business the very day I enquired for it and am Happy. return my sincere thanks to Mr. King for encouraging me to leave that poor and wretched country I find every thing to be as he told me if not better. the Gentleman who I am with at present finds me tools. If the tools is not disposed of Mr. King will put them carefully in the Chest for you send them to Captain Henry Hodgson to Belfast and he will bring them and the Shirts for me this letter goes by the Brig Abigal [Abigail?] for Liverpool when the Parker and Sons goes will write again. let Mr. Hegerty know I saw his son and gave him the Letter. Let Mary Obrien [O'Brien?] widow of the late James Obrien [O'Brien?] know that Michael McCloskey her Cousin-German sailed out Stuart in the Brig along with me he desires her to let James Hare Wm [William?] McFeely and Wm [William?] Murry know that he is well and the first time any of them is going to Belfast that they may let his Father Mother wife and Children know that he is in good health and that he intends stopping in New Orleans as he thinks was he to return he might never be able to get to this Country again he likewise request [requests?] his Brother John and John Shaw to make every exertion in their power to come here as it is his opinion the [they?] woud [would?] have it in their power to advance their fortune give my compliments to Mr. Mrs. and Miss Adams. Mr. Adams will be verry [very?] kind to let Mrs. Scott of Owen Beg know I saw her Son here that he is verry [very?] well and doing well _ will perhaps be able to let you know something about the country in my next __ I remain Dr [Dear?] Mother your Affectionate Son Thomas Clark |
