| Title: | Gamble Crawford, Richfield, Ohio to his mother, [Ireland?]. |
|---|---|
| ID | 746 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Crawford, Gamble/11 |
| Year | 1862 |
| Sender | Crawford, Gamble |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Richfield, Ohio, USA |
| Destination | Ballymena, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | son-mother |
| Source | T 2338/2: Copied by Permission of James Wilson Esq., Caugherty, Broughshane, Co. Antrim. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 8903116 |
| Date | 18/08/1862 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 09:11:1993. |
| Word Count | 602 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Richfield [?] August 18 18-2 [1862?] Dear Mother, I have not wrote a letter to you in some time for this I know no excuse to make, no doubt you feel anxious to hear from me, we are all well our haying and harvesting is all finished our cropps [crops?] of wheat and oats were heavy but help was hard to get owny [owing?] to the greate [great?] no [number?] of enlistments matters at present looks dark as there is no appearance of the war coming to a close Ohio has as yet been free from any [?] of the south at the commencement of the war the North enlisted for three months with the idia [idea?] of putting down [?] in that short time, but even now it will take a good critic to tell which side will gain the victory, there has been two or three calls on the part of the north for more men the enlistments were few and now they have proclaimed a draft or pressing men into the service officers have been employed in every county and town to ascertain how many were subject to be drafted from 18 to 45 years of age in one week the draft is to be made not excluding Ministers of the gospel you will no doubt be glad that I am out of their power as I am over 45 my oldest boy is only sixteen this october coming the last call has cast a gloom over the people especially the weomen [women?] and families, our cotton cloth and sugar so high in price now that farmers are taxed heavy for those things are indispensable in the family. In order to prevent men from evading the law the president has authorised strict watches at all the sea ports to prevent men going to foreign countrys [countries?] all in this and other towns that are liable to be drafted must [meet?] at the country [seat?] to be determined by lot, there is some fear in the north that a foreign nation perhaps england will interfere between the north and south the north is very jealous of the english and accuse them of having more cimpathy [sympathy?] with the south than they are worthy of the south has the greate [great?] bulk of their #PAGE 2 army at Richmond [vying?] but they have gurilla [guerilla?] bands all over the south annoying the detached part of the northern army and they might be more properly called hearts of steel than gurilla [guerilla?] for there seems to be no bounds to their cruel deeds. It is some time since I had a letter from Ireland I believe brother Charles wrote to me last Brother Robert wrote to me some time since I answered his letter [?] [?] [?] the subject of baptism did he not get [my?] [answer?] why has he not written [?] [?] if he writes [anything?] on that subject I wish he would [?] [?] from [?] [?] and let me see when sprinkling [?] [scripture?] baptism, [as?] the letter though directed or written to my mother is intended for you all [our?] friends are well Brother Jim lives in the town of Independance Cuyahoga County Ohio ten miles from here sister Mary and family are all well Rose [?] is married to a man named Conger lives about a mile from where her father lives please write as often as you can my health is good at present, my boys help me very much Robt [Robert?] will be 15 this fall James will be 13 in Feby next, Rose Ann will be sixteen this October our youngest [?] [?] [?] [?] from your [?] [?] [?] Gamble Crawford |
