| Title: | [Trsr?] Anderson, [U.S.A.?] to "My Dear Cousin" [Ireland] |
|---|---|
| ID | 79 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Anderson, T/93 |
| Year | 1828 |
| Sender | Anderson, T |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | USA? |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | D955/56: Deposited by Messers Martin, King, French & Ingram, Solicitors, Limavady |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern ireland |
| Doc. No. | 303021 |
| Date | 03/09/1828 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 21:03:03. |
| Word Count | 346 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | [Nassau?] 9th march 1828 My Dear Cousin Your last letter to me is dated 23d December 1825 - since which I have written several times to you probably both your letters & mine have miscarried so I will not allow Major Michael who appears [well?] acquainted with [all?] my new Irish relations, to sail without [opinion?] given that which life & memory are continued [to?] me I [shall?] [maintain?] a strong interest in my Irish Cousins health and prosperity. This letter I think you [will?] [receive?] [from?] the Major one of the kindest men in the [world?] [&?] a warm friend of my sons Major Anderson has [promised?] TO enclose it to his Mother I have the happiness of saying that with the exception of this [son?] who is on duty in [Honduras?] my children & grandchildren are [well?] [?] [are?] with me - so [are?] my brother Campbells family [I?] [---?] [well?]. I heard very lately from him - he was on the [point?] of marrying one of his daughters extremly [well?] My Dear [brother?] I find we shall soon see [here?] - but I am [now?] writing with a heavy heart - for I heard this morning of the death of Colonel Wylly - who I have ever loved as a child - he died at [Malta?] his famly I believe [will?] be [well?] provided for by Mrs Wylly's Father if the promises of great men are to be trusted their interest in the Army [will?] be good you see I draw consolation from anywhere that I can For this is my sixty fifth year I have great exertions to make for a very large & almost destitute family - God bless you my cousin remember me [to?] A McSampson & [your?] Children & [also?] my [other?] [relatives?] and believe me your affct [affectionate?] cousin [Trsr?] Anderson PS I have almost forgotten to beg you would excuse my writing on such paper this Sunday [&?] I had no other in the house - & even in this [Nothern?] country we neither buy or sell on the Sabbath. Transcribed by Jim Buchanan |
