| Title: | Barbara Gage, Ballycastle to her mother, [Rathlin Island?]. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1108 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Gage, Barbara/54 |
| Year | 1847 |
| Sender | Gage, Barbara |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Rahtlin Island, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | daughter-mother |
| Source | T 1883/75: Copied by Permission of D. B. McLaughlin Esq. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9006160 |
| Date | 02/03/1847 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by JM 25:02:1994. |
| Word Count | 258 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Ballycastle March 2 Wednesday My dearest Mama I am happy to be able to give you better accounts of Aunt Amy than I was the last time I wrote she is now a great deal better, she had great pain in her stomach for some days the Doctor called her complaint "Desentery" [Dysentery?] he says it is very common at present, she still feels very week [weak?] but I hope in a few days she will be as well as ever. We have just seen a musical man going about with little dancing figures who danced & kept time with the music so well that it was quite pretty one of the figures was very like Aunt Turnley playing at the pianoforte, & another very like Posey, so smart & dancing about so well, and then there was a band playing on the horn in short all the figures performed their part remarkably well. I received a note from Aunt Susan in answer to one which I wrote to her. I send it to you, you will perceive she says nothing about Aunt McGildowney going to her house when she goes to Colerain [Coleraine?], the weather is so stormy I have not heard from [Kaghery?] for more than a week but I will be expecting long notes by the first opportunity. I remain my dearest mama your very dutiful & affect [affectionate?] daughter B [Barbara?] Gage We went to [?] [?] on sunday last & heard Mr. [Hill?] preach upon humility it was a very inferior sermon to what we generally hear |
