| Title: | Adeline Clarke, Augusta to Eleanor Wallace, Newtownards. |
|---|---|
| ID | 638 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Clarke, Adeline/19 |
| Year | 1860 |
| 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 1195/3/21: Presented by J. W. Russell & Co., Solicitors, 4 High Street, Newtownards, Co. Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9112106 |
| Date | 28/05/1860 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 29:11:1993 |
| Word Count | 403 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | To: [Eleanor Wallace?] [[Newtownards?] [County Down?] [Ireland?] From: Adeline E. Clarke Augusta [Georgia?] [U.S.A.?] May 28 1860 th Augusta May 28, 1860 My Dear Cousin I have been confined the last two months to my Bed and Room with my same dreadful Disease the Asthma My attack this time was lighter but the cough it left me with and the effects of it has been very severe on me indeed I have been obliged to be Blistered and am now so weak that I cannot get up more than part of each day. I became very much depressed about a Week ago I nearly gave up hope of ever getting up again and when I looked around on my Family 4 Daughters and 2 Sons you may Judge Something of My Feelings. I wished it had been so that I could have went across with Mr & Mrs Bones and paid you all a Visit I think the Sea Voyage would do me a great deal of good and I know I would enjoy it so much Oh My friend since I was called upon to Bury my two grown Children in one day I have never been the same since. My Dear John and Fannie were such Comforts to me. He tried to take his Fathers place in every Respect he could and do everything he could to comfort me and make me feel my loss as little as Possible. He fell a victim to that dreadful Disease The Yellow Fever. he only lived 8 Days from the time he was taken. My Dear Fannie at the time her Brother was taken was in a Dying Condition She had taken a violent cold and was confined before she got better of it and only lived about 8 or 9 Weeks after its Birth. She went off with what is called Galloping Consumption. So you see my Dear Cousin My Trials have been great but I try to bear them with as much Christian Resignation as I possibly can. Knowing that it comes from the hand of the Heavenly Father. and that he doeth all things Well. I really do not remember whether I wrote you anything about their Deaths or not. My 4 Daughters Mary Bones Ellen Sarah and Ady are all at Home with me and also my Youngest Son Robert Campbell who is still in Mr Bones store. My son Thomas lives in Atlanta a very thriving place in the upper part of Georgia. He got Married last Nov to a Young |
