| Title: | Adeline Clarke, Augusta to Eleanor Wallace, Newtownards. |
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| ID | 636 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Clarke, Adeline/8 |
| Year | 1851 |
| Sender | Clarke, Adeline |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | housewife |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Augusta, Georgia, USA |
| Destination | Newtownards, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Wallace, Eleanor |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | D 1195/3/7: Presented by J. W. Russell & Co., Solicitors, 4 High Street, Newtownards, Co. Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | The Public |
| Date | 18/05/1851 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 29:11:1993 |
| Word Count | 1138 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | To: [Eleanor Wallace?] [Newtownards?] [County Down?] [Ireland?] From: Adeline E. Clarke [Augusta?] [Georgia?] [U.S.A.?] May 18 1851 Wednesday th [the?] 18 of May 1853 My Beloved Cousin Although just rising from a Bed of illness where I have been confined for the last 6 weeks to my bed and room by this [sic] with a severe attack of Asthma combined with Pneumonia. Still cannot refrain from dropping you a few lines by Mr & Mrs Bones who leaves in a few days for their own native soil. This is the 4 year that I have had an attack of that dreadful Disease every Spring and I am beginning to feel that my Health is suffering very seriously from it; the Doct [doctor?] has been fearing my lungs very much they have been very much affected indeed with the 2 last attacks, it leaves me with such a dreadful cough that I do not get the better of it for several months just to give you some idea what I have gone through in the last few weeks; I have had 5 Blisters on me besides Mustard Plasters taken 4 Emiticks [emetics?]; besides all sorts of Nausious [nauseous?] Doses of all kinds that I really became perfectly exhausted taking the different mixtures. I am now suffering with a dreadful pain in my lungs with a severe cough but in great hopes that as I gain my strength I will get the better of it Ah My Dear Cousin I truly sympathize with anyone that is subject to this dreadful Disease about 4 weeks ago I thought I should never rise from my Bed again and as I would look at my 4 little girls my very heart would sink within me as I would think if it pleased God to take me their last Parent from them what would become of them, and then I would think of the Blessed Promises in the Bible given to the Widow and her Fatherless Children and would feel comforted knowing that he doeth all things well it is true that there is no one that can supply the place of a Mother nor no one that is going to put up with the little faults and Peculiarities of Children like their own Dear Parent, so her place in my opinion can never be supplied. Should it be Gods Will to remove me from the little ones before they have grown all I can do is give them up into his Hands having strong Faith to believe he will take care of them. There has been nothing of much importance occured [occurred?] #PAGE 2 in my Family since I last wrote you excepting the Death of my Daughter Fannies Youngest Child Who Died very suddenly indeed; he was a lovely Babe about 5 months old. her oldest little Boy is still living, a very fine Child nearly 2 Years old; the only one she has. Her own Health is not good She had a very severe attack this last Winter and has not been strong since. John my oldest Son is in Mr Bones's store at present and Thomas the next is not in any Business Just at this time he has been in the country the Winter. seeing how he liked some of the New Settled Places. but has returned and come to the conclusion that he likes Augusta his own Native Place better than any of them. My 3 son is still at Princeton College Robert [sic] and has been there now going 3 years. he is now 19 years of age; and has to remain there a year and several months longer. I have never seen him since he first left, but assure I am getting very impatient to do so. He is a fine steady Boy, and wishes very much to devote himself to the Ministry. I wish you could see some of his Letters. they are Regular Sermons; in fact all of them are of the Same Character My oldest little Girl Mary Bones has just entered her 14 year. The next Eleanor Jane is 11. Those two oldest go to School. The two youngest Sarah Adger and Adeline Samuel I have not yet sent to School but have been trying to teach them at Home myself until I was taken Sick Aunt Eliza Moores Family are all pretty well at present but she has had quite a trying time for the last 2 months in the illness of her Daughter Fannie, the oldest of the 2 single ones. who has had an attack of Nervous Fever. There was for several weeks [sic] her life was dispaired [despaired?] of. They had a very anxious time indeed she is now just able to Walk about the House a little and they have taken her out to Ride two or three times. The Physicians have every hope now that She will entirely recover. Martha Mrs Wilkinson that is now has a fine little Daughter near 3 Weeks old. She lost her first. Mrs Walton the oldest Daughter has a fine little boy running all about; she calls him John after her Father. She also lost her first. Henry there [their?] oldest Son is Married I suppose you know and they also have a fine Little Boy about 3 months old. Aunt Eliza has 3 other Sons at Home John who is in Business with his Brother Henry; James and Richard who go to School. She has a very Promising Family indeed and they all appear to be very happy within themselves. [torn] I think the best kind of Happiness Miss Hannah Longstreet is going along with Mr & Mrs Bones and was begging me the other day to come along and She would give me part of her State Room. I told her I would be very glad to do So if circumstances Would Permit, as I had no doubt in the World but that it would do my Health a great deal of good I believe if I could take a considerable change Some Place it Would benefit my Health considerably. That is if I could go #PAGE 3 with my Mind Perfectly easy about my children. Do beg your Mother to do everything in her Power to keep of the Asthma for I believe when you have the first attack you Will be Subject to it afterwards. And now My Dear Cousin I have written You a Long Letter lying on the sofa which I hope you will answer for I shall be delighted to hear from you and your Dear Family. and if we should never meet in this World I trust we may in That Blessed Home where there will be no more parting My Sons join me in Kindest Remembrance to you and all your Family. I Remain Your Affectionate Cousin Adeline E Clarke P S you must excuse all mistakes Blots etc as I did not feel able to be very Particular A E C [Adeline E Clarke?] |
