| Title: | David Cooke,[Co. Tyrone?] to Joseph Cooke, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| ID | 687 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Cooke, David/170 |
| Year | 1829 |
| Sender | Cooke, David (with note from Samuel, one of the Cooke brothe |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | mentions lowering the prices of cloth rates |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Destination | New Alexandria, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Recipient | Cooke, Joseph |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | father-son |
| Source | T3592/3: Deposited by Mrs Mary E. Cooke Bradley |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N.Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 302040 |
| Date | 02/04/1829 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 07:02:03. |
| Word Count | 1113 |
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| Transcript | 49 Jos 30 William 22 David ? James 25 Escadoy [Eskeradooey?] April the 2nd 1829 Dear son and Daughter I Once More take up my pen to Inform you Both that We received your kind and welcome Letter the 12th of January Instant Which gave us great pleasure to here [hear?] of your prosperity in that Country and that providence still endows you With health and strength and I hope that you have that Peace of Concience [conscience?] that you will still be found in your Duty To God Which is our Most reasonable service we your Parents are still the spared monuments of his mercy Both in health and strength thanking God for all his Benevolent kindness shewed [shown?] unto us Although Unworthy Servants which we must count our selves at the Best This leaves us all in perfect health and strength and in hopes that it will find you and your family in the same Dear son Thanks be to Almighty God we are able to inform you that your Mother has Come to her former state of health And seems to Continue with her it is her Earnest Prayer for you Both that you will mind the one thing needful that is the salvation of your souls since your mother has not the pleasure of giving her Daughter a Verbal Account of her love she send (sic) her Warmest Affection to Daughter and sons your brother John has not changed his single Life as yet he is in good health and sends his kindest Love to Sister and Brothers Brother James and family is in good health and doing verry [very?]Well they have two children the one named Margaret and the other named David A Very fine and prosperous Boy the [they?] send their kind love and respects to Sister and Brothers Samuel is in good health and is at school and Learning very well he thinks if he was once A little further In learning his Desire Would be to see you he sends his Warmest love to sister and Brothers and Desires to know If you would think that Country suitable for him You know if providence spares him health there is Enough for him Here my Dear Children we have Every reason to thank the kind giver for all the great and Bountiful Blessings he has Bestowed on us for he has Blessed us Both in [health?] and More so that we are Able to lift up our heads Above the most of Our Neighbours And I hope that we will look higher than Earthly things for what is all the World to the man that [knows?] not God for he is as a man Beholding his Natural face in a glass Dear Son William it is your mother and fathers request that you Will Look To Your self and think of your God And Take him for your guide and protection and we also hope that you will Be Counselled By Your Brother Also if you think that Country Not suitable To your mind it would give your mother and Father Great pleasure To see you here once more for it is In my power To Give something handsome that now Could Live Well upon so long as God would spare health and strength Dear son Let my sister Sarah know that her Brother Joseph And sister and family are all well and they send their kind Love To her and you all And to all their friends in that Country Also tell her that I would be desirous of A letter from her self for it Would give me great pleasure to read A few of her lines for I read something of A lovely or rather heavenly Desire in her last Epistle We both send our kind love to her as that is all that is in Our Power at Present And if we never more meet on Earth I hope that we will all meet at Gods right hand where all pain and sorrow is Done Away Dear son I hope you will Write at all opportunities and let us know your particulars Also mention respecting Mr Shaw's sons they were with us hearing your last letter And I was sorrow [sorry?] to thing [think?] that the [they?] were not mentioned in your letter for the [they?] Always write respecting you in their letters Dear son it is my request that William Will send me A letter of his Own hand Write [writing?] and I hope he will let me know the particulars of His mind for I would wish to know how he is Contented in that Country now My Dear son I come to let you know the state of Our Country it is Very Difficult to make up money at present My Cloth [rates?] Verry [very?] Low from 10d to 14d per yard and [Yarn?] 1s-8d to 2s-2d per spindle [Victuline?] is Verry [very?] Cheap on [aos--?] The [C----?] set the Corn Rates from 10d to 1d per stone and if [---] [not?] for that our meal would be I suppose rated at 6 this [cwt?] The Corn is all Taken to England this Country is in A Confused state at present on Account of the Romen [Roman?] Bill or what we Call [Emancipation?] for the [they?] Want the same privaleges [privileges?]of Protestant [people?] It [could?] present to be Overturned Again Dear sons I have [Cost---] at present to [sondite?] only. Your Aunts and Uncles [are?] All in good health and your friends in general and they are [well?] [pleased?] to hear of your prosperous state in that Country I [ask?] no more But it is the prayer of your parents that you will Be still mind full of your Duty and if we never more meet on Earth we hope that we will all meet At gods right hand where Parting is no more Whilst we join in sending you all our blessing and Remain You Ever loving Parents To Death David Cook My dear brother I am going to write A few lines to inform you [Brother?] of my proficiency I have got so far as to understand Practises and intends to remain at school to be able to do my business in Clarke [Clerk?] Ship i also here [hear?] that John [W?] [Cown?] is coming home and i Sam Cooke no more but remains your Ever loving brother Samuel Coooke The [bearer?] of this letter is Mr Robert Campbell who came home to see His fathers family it was he that informd [informed?] us of John [W?]Cown and Isacc [Isaac?] Cooks coming home he Also intends [setting?] out for that Country the 10th of April 1829 David Cooke Letters to J Cooke April 2nd 1829 Address on Envelope:- For Mr Joseph Cooke New Alexandria Westmoreland County State of Pensylvenia [Pennsylvania?] America Transcribed by Dympna Mc Geary |
