Title: | $$ Extract: William Drennan, Belfast, to Mrs. McTier, Belfast. |
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ID | 880 |
Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
File | Drennan, William/70 |
Year | 1778 |
Sender | Drennan, William |
Sender Gender | male |
Sender Occupation | student |
Sender Religion | unknown |
Origin | Belfast, N.Ireland |
Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
Recipient | McTier, Matty |
Recipient Gender | female |
Relationship | friends |
Source | T 765/1/22: Obtained From Mrs. Duffin, Summerhill, Mount Pleasant, Belfast. |
Archive | Public Record Office Northern Ireland. |
Doc. No. | 9002035 |
Date | 25/01/1778 |
Partial Date | |
Doc. Type | LET |
Log | 22:02:1990 JM created 21:06:1991 GC input 04:07:19 |
Word Count | 217 |
Genre | |
Note | |
Transcript | .... I do wish to take my Degree in Edinburgh, as I think it the most creditable, and that it may be more useful to me in any situation where Chance will place me, and I seriously think that after taking it, I would find it most advantageous to settle at least for some years in America as I think it more than probable that there will not be a green spot in the North where I can rest with safety; so that like the second messenger from the ark, I may be a bolder & more stretched out Flight obtain my wishes, and no longer depend on the generosity of another, however dear to me. The Price of the Degree is indeed very high amounting in the whole to 25# but as I have attended s[--?] classes on this account otherwise not absolutely necessary, I would be sorry not to receive the benefit of them. However, if my Mother thinks proper I will take it at Glasgow, and will inform her what is the difference in the expence [expense?] in my next Letter. I am determined not to practice in Belfast without some tolerable prospect if not of immediate success which I have no reason to expect at least of some assurance of some approaching independance.... |