Title: | James Dunlap, Philadelphia to His Brother & Sister. |
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ID | 918 |
Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
File | Dunlap, James/40 |
Year | 1787 |
Sender | Dunlap, James |
Sender Gender | male |
Sender Occupation | unknown |
Sender Religion | unknown |
Origin | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
Destination | Strabane, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
Recipient | unknown |
Recipient Gender | male-female |
Relationship | siblings |
Source | T 1336/1/12: Copied by Permission of Canon W. A. Delap, The Rectory, Bridgetown, Wexford. |
Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
Doc. No. | 8910137 |
Date | 20/04/1787 |
Partial Date | |
Doc. Type | EMG |
Log | Document added by JM 01:10:1993. |
Word Count | 472 |
Genre | |
Note | |
Transcript | My Dr [Dear?] Brother & Sister Philadelphia April 20 1787 I came heer [here?] from Kentucky about three weeks ago & shall Return tomorrow I am well - there was som [some?] Leters [Letters?] Came heer [here?] for Me one from you - I beeing [being?] in Kentucky they was sent to me But Did not Recive [Receive?] them as they Did not arive [arrive?] in Kentucky when I came away Br [Brother?] John says he Recvd [Received?] a Leter [Letter?] from you & he says he has wrot [wrote?] to you - Respecting william - I am sory [sorry?] that I Cant [Cannot?] advise you Pray take the Mater [Matter?] Proprly [properly?] into Concidration [Consideration?] then you will Be the Best Judge - if I was in Sirkimstances [Circumstances?] able to Do any thing for william or any of the Childring [Children?] I would not hisatate [hesitate?] a minet [minute?] to advise & Give any asistance [assistance?] - I have afton [often?] spoke to Br [Brother?] John about that hows [house?] I never yet Could Get a Direct answer I have been always Larnd [learned?] to understand that it was as much Each of ours as it was his - writ [write?] to him on thiss [this?] subiect [subject?] - I have a thousand things to writ [write?] to you But will Refer them till [until?] I Return from Kentucky when I Can writ [write?] with more Sertinty [Certainty?] I Recvd [Received?] a pair of Stokins [Stockings?] I supose [suppose?] from Salley [Sally?] as I Recolect [Recollect?] Shee [she?] was fond of writin [writing?] - they are a fine pair of stokings [stockings?] & I was fond to Recive [Receive?] them from Salley [Sally?] But I should Be Sory [sorry?] that shee [she?] would neglect hir [her?] skool [school?] or anything that would Be more improoving [improving?] to hir [her?] for to rit [write?] - Mairey [Mary?] I supos [suppose?] is so wild that shee [she?] will skersley [scarcely?] Mind hir [her?] Book shee [she?] has tim [time?] anuf [enough?] - as for Bell I hop [hope?] shee [she?] continews [continues?] to Be a good girl - as for John I supos [suppose?] he can pull the hids [hides?] out of the [hole?] I hop [hope?] Jas [James?] is a fir [fair?] Boy - & God know how many more Give My Love to all the Childring [Children?] - Pray give my Sincair [sincere?] Love Love to my Dr [Dear?] Sister Salley [Sally?] & hir [her?] childring [children?] & to adam & to all my sister Pegys [Peggy's?] Childring [Children?] - & to Brother Joshua Lewis & all the Childring [Children?] - I am in haist [haste?] & writs [write?] Bad I Shall writ [write?] more full next time fair well [farewell?] Believe me to Be your Sincair [Sincere?] Brother till Death Jas [James?] Dunlap |