| Title: | Seymour, William to Seymour, Edward, 1881 |
|---|---|
| ID | 6375 |
| Collection | New Brunswick Letters |
| File | newbrunswick/10 |
| Year | 1881 |
| Sender | Seymour, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | policeman |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Co. Mayo, Ireland |
| Destination | St. John, N.Brunswick, Canada |
| Recipient | Seymour, Edward |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | nephew-uncle |
| Source | |
| Archive | |
| Doc. No. | |
| Date | |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | |
| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 513 |
| Genre | photographs, family, social unrest, politics, religious commentary |
| Note | |
| Transcript | R.I.C. Cong Co Mayo 4, 3, 81 – My Dear Uncle Your most ever welcome letter to hand in due course, need I say how delighted I was to learn that you and all Friends were there enjoying good health, as the departure of this leaves me first class thank God. I am so glad dear Uncle to get Cousin James & Lydias Photos, they are indeed very nice, and I am so happy to have them. James is a fine looking fellow, as regards Cousin Lydia I will try and tell Herself in a little note I am sending what I think of Her. When last I heard from home they were all in very good health thank God. My Brother intends going out to new Zealand I understand. He is married and has three children but I think it will be difficult for Him to bring them as they are very young. He has always been a very wild fellow and if the steps he is about taking now is a wise one time alone can tell. Now dear Uncle I know you will be anxious to learn something about the state of this Country and I am sorry to have to tell you that instead of any improvement, its every day getting worse. Matters are indeed looking very alarming Murders and every description of outrages committed every day in our Midst, and the worst of it is that we can’t get any information whatever relative to the perpetrators. Our Government has passed a Coercion Bill & in the course of a few days a large number of Land Leaguers are likely to be arrested so that will cause us some trouble picking them up. If things don’t change or if this Bill will not suffice to stop the current of events in this unhappy land we surely will have open Rebellion. So you see my dear Uncle the state of excitement we are kept in. However my dear Uncle of one thing I am convinced. – That our Heavenly Father who with his ever watchful eye see’s our every action, will order all things for the best. Men may kill the Body but cannot kill the soul. Our Heavenly Father will take care of that for my dear Uncle has He not promised to be with us always, and to love us with such a love that we cannot ever realize its Height Depth Length or Breath; Happy thought,-- but my dear Uncle how little we deserve such love poor sinful creatures that we are. May God give us heart pure & Holy so that we may more & more love Him as we ought, and may we all my dear Uncle meet in that happy land where alone true Joys are to be found, - I enclose a few lines for dear Aunt & Cousin Lydia – give my best love to my Cousins & all Friends dear Uncle and may God bless you all is the Fervent Prayer of your Most loving & affect Nephew Write soon dear Uncle Wm Seymour |
