| Title: | [Arthur Dobbs?], [Carrickfergus?] to [?] [Cox?]: April 1751. |
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| ID | 834 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Dobbs, Arthur/3 |
| Year | 1751 |
| Sender | Dobbs, Arthur |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | merchant |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Destination | unknown |
| Recipient | Cox? |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | business |
| Source | D162/52: Presented by Major A.F. Dobbs, Castle Dobbs, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim. Per Mr A.E. Dobbs. #TYPE LET [Arthur Dobbs?], [Carrickfergus?] to [?] [Cox?]: April 1751 |
| Archive | Public Record Office, N. Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 8911071 |
| Date | 01/04/1751 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | 20:11:1989 LT created 06:07:1990 CD input 09:07:19 |
| Word Count | 853 |
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| Transcript | Copy to Rowan Dr Sr [Sir?] [Cox?] This I hope will be delivered to you by Mr Robert Milhouse who with Mr Saml [Samuel?] Wyly and their Families and several other of my tenants in the [?]ane and their neighbours and friends go to settle in north Carolina and have freighted a ship from Dublin to land them in Cape Fear River at Brunswyck [Brunswick?] it is to them and their associates that I have disposd [disposed?] of one of the 12500 Tracts or 2 half tracts in the great survey No 2: & No 5 at £500 or one penny p [per?] acre for ever free from quit [rent?] to Lady Day 1755, and I and my son have joynd [joined?] Mr Robert Milhous with you in a letter of Attorney; with a 2d power, as [agreed?] with you, according to the Instructions mentioned therin, [therein?] and such further instructions as shall for the future be sent to you, as you will find it for your Interest to send to you to Impower [empower?] you to sell or [set?] the other tracts to best advantage according to their report of the country you may expect a further Trade to be opend [opened?] from hence & the north of Ireland, and therefore hope you will befriend them and assist them in their settlement and advise them for the best - They want to have it in their option to settle on my lands on the Black River and take that as so much of the 12500 acres, I have agreed with them [for?], paying the Quit Rent from the time they enter into it, as they are yet strangers how far they are from Planters if they settle on Pedee, so that if they agree upon that I give you power to give them possession of it as you have already a power from me to act in disposing that Grant, their reason for desiring it arose from your letter to me acquainting me that a woman had been killed in my Lands by an Indian so that until they arrive there they cant tell how far it may be safe for them to settle at Pedee till more Planters fix in their neighbourhood. I have given Mr Milhouse the instructions to settle the [weavings?] according to the Patents around both my great Tracts and have given him a Chart from the description in the several Patents how they ly[lie?] in useful to each other and if any one disposd [disposed?] off [of?] you must let me know whether I am to send over the Patents from hence for the use of the Purchaser, I purchased a tract in the great Tract No 4 from Mr Smith for a debt due to me which he could not otherwise discharge which patent I have sent over by Mr Saml [Samuel?] Wyly and joynd [joined?] him with Mr Milhouse in the letter of Attorney to dispose of it for me according to the Instructions in the power given to them as it was detached from the grand Tracts I would not give you the trouble of disposing of it such a distance from you. I still live in hopes of visiting you in Carolina and hope if I keep my health of fixing my affairs here with my son, so as to carry over my 2d [second?] son with me by which time my friend Milhouse will have lodge built wherein I can stay when I go over till I am better provided of a house I have not heard from you since you wrote to me you had got several letters by yr [your?] nephew Rowan since which I wrote to you via Liverpool acquainting you of the death of yr [your?] Bro [Brother?] Rowan near Frathfryland [Rathfriland?] who left his family with very little support his widow has since gone to Dromore into one of the Houses there for Clergymens widows. I hope by Mr Milhouse's going over he will take of [off?] much of the trouble you have had with my affairs, but hope you will give him all the assistance and your best advice as he can dispose of nothing without your concurrence and as he will be upon the spot he will have an opportunity of Receiving Proposals and acquainting you with them for your concurrance [concurrence?] in order to dispose of them according to the Powers granted to you. I find from England that by the [?] and divisions in the ministry the american affairs are much neglected and as great alterations are daily expected none knows where to apply until people are again fixd [fixed?], as I hope soon a Trade will be opend [opened?] from Cape Fear to Ireland our correspondence will become more regular for at present I find most of our Letters miscarry. - I hope Bob Rowan has remembered my catalogue of Trees seeds &c. I have sent another by Sam Wyly I wish you and yrs [yours?] all Happiness and am Dr [Dear?] Sr [Sir?] yr [your?] [most?] obligd [obliged?] & obedt [obedient?] Humble Servt [Servant?] |
