| Title: | Thos. W. Coskery, U.S.A. to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast. |
|---|---|
| ID | 697 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Coskery, Thomas W/2 |
| Year | 1879 |
| Sender | Coskery, Thomas W. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | businessman |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Augusta, Georgia, USA |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Campbell Allen, William J. |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends, business |
| Source | D 1558/1/1/803: Papers of William John Campbell Allen Deposited by F.D. Campbell Allen. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9803490 |
| Date | 09/01/1879 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 19:03:98. |
| Word Count | 541 |
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| Transcript | THE ONLY AMERICAN GOLD COMPANY IN THE FIELD FIREMANS FUND AGENCY OF THE INSURANCE CO., FF [Fireman's Fund?] CALIFORNIA General Department Cor. Lake and La Salle Sts. THOMAS S. CHARD CHICAGO General Manager. Augusta 9 Jan 1879 W.J.C. Allen Esq My Dear Sir I have just returned home after a two mos [Months?] tour in the West having travelled about twenty six hundred miles by rail going & coming through snowbanks and over rivers covered with ice two feet thick which was something new to me. On my return I found your valued favour of 14 Dec and am truly sorry to learn from its contents the death of your friend and relative Mr Campbell whom I remember having visited Auga [Augusta?] with you in 1837 a little over forty years ago and I can scarcely realise that we are all getting so old. One link after another is broken among our friends until we have very few left with whom we held sweet counsel in our younger days. When I look back among my first acquaintances & dearest associates here I can count but few and I know but a very few here whom you would be likely to remember Miss Hannah Longstreet spent last summer in Canada and has not returned yet her sister Mrs Sibley is still here but she lost her other sister Mrs Carmichael about two months ago. Mrs Wm. [William?] Bryson and her daughter, also Jno. [John?] Davison are all well, though I have not seen any of them since my return. Mrs Giltenan is also in her usual health & lives close by me. You will please accept my thanks for the last annual report of your Bank which must certainly be a satisfactory one for the shareholders. I note your remarks in reference to financial matters & the failure of the Glasgow Bank which was a matter of astonishment to every one here as we all though the Scotch Banks were on a solid foundation But poor human nature seems to be at fault on both sides of the Atlantic and the desire to become rich in haste has ruined many a man and Corporation Our Southern Institutions are gradually gaining strength, at least in Georgia, and more especially in our own City. Our Municipal Bonds are now worth par and our principal Railways are doing a good business, paying fair dividends, and promptly muting the interest on their bonded debts which has brought the Bonds to par and a little over. On the whole we have no reason to complain. Providence has blessed us with an abundant gharvest and we have plenty for man and beast. Also the political state of the country, it is not altogether what we would wish, but so far as the South is concerned we have passed over the bridge and have seen the worst. We have no faith in Congress and never had, for so these many years, and I heartily agree with you on the Silver question, the truth is honesty has forsaken the land, in a great measure, so far as public matters are concerned with a few honourable exceptions, we must however hope for the best and hope "sounder views" will yet prevail. Please present my Kind regards to your family also to Miss Carr & Blackwood & mention to Mr. B that I spent a pleasant day with his cousin Mr [Nevell?] in Nashville lately, he is doing well & looks well Yours Most Sincerely Thos [Thomas?] W. Coskery. |
