| Title: | Sam Cunningham, Martinique to John Cunningham, Belfast, Ireland |
|---|---|
| ID | 806 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Cunningham, Sam/49 |
| Year | 1795 |
| Sender | Cunningham, Sam |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | merchant |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Martinique, Antilles, Caribbean Sea |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Cunningham, John |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | D 1108/A/5: Presented by Mr Edward Hall, Kent, England. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9503234 |
| Date | 02/03/1795 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 27:03:1995. |
| Word Count | 460 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | To: John Cunningham Glass House care of John Cunningham Esq Merch [Merchant?] Belfast Liverpool 24th April 1795 Forwarded by Sir Your most Ob [Obedient?] Serv [Servant?] for Marlin & Whitehouse James Galan From: Saint Pierres M/que [Martinique?] Mar [March?] 2d 1795 My Dear Brother Ever since my arrival from America I have not had an hour of [-ight?] to myself but what was either employed in business exercise, or I should not be so much indebted to you for your many kind favors which are now lying at St Lucia and shall be replied to shortly except yours of 26th November which was forwarded to me from St Vincents some time since / I not having been in that Island but two or three days then six months having established a House at St Lucia and here, on my arrival in this Country under the firm of S:C: & Co [Sam Cunningham & Company?] tho [though?]' may not be a permanent one until [until?] we once see what turn the war takes or to whom these Islands belong at a peace/ the nature of that part of which that relates to business is such as demands an immediate reply, and do not feell [feel?] sorry that Mr Greg applied to you being conscious he has a very just rght to complain for want of remittances, in which owing to the many failures at home in Ninety three and the War on /St Vincents House have been very unfortunate in that respect, and my voyage to the continent may also have opperated [operated?] against it since my return no exertion has been wanted and am determined that by the first of August in Belfast friends shall have little property outstanding in this Country of which we have wrote them very fully and you are at liberty to mention it to M [?] the vessel by which this goes being to sail immediately prevents my entering further on this subject but will in my next I am very sorry for our poor friend J[?] Bonber he was my [?] friend and a worthier young man never lived I hope his sister Mary is recovered and am extremely happy to find the rest of our friends are all well to whom be good enough to make my respects but particularly to my dear Mother to whom I wish many Long days I am loading a Brig here that will sail shortly by which I shall write you and some of my friends, I send this to the care of my worthy friend J:C.: [John Cunningham?] to whom & Mrs Cunningham & little family present my best respects it is so long since I wrote Mr C [Cunningham?] 0 that I am almost ashamed that he should think it want of gratitude for the many favors I am indebted for to him and Mrs C and shall not deffer [defer?] it much longer I remain my Dr [Dear?] Brother Yours most truly Sam Cuningham [Cunningham?] |
