| Title: | William Parke, Petersburg to Mary Parke, Ireland. |
|---|---|
| ID | 2057 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Parke, William/28 |
| Year | 1860 |
| Sender | Parke, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | shop owner |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Petersburg, Virginia, USA |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | Parke, Mary |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | husband-wife |
| Source | T 1648/10: Copied by Permission of Miss M. Parke, 9 Bridge Street, Banbridge, Co. Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9403176 |
| Date | 16/08/1860 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 14:03:1994. |
| Word Count | 344 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Petersburg Va. [Virginia?] August 16th I have nothing from you dearest since the 21st July, the evening you were expecting Mag. & her little man, I fully expected to have heard this evening by the Persia which left L'Pool [Liverpool?] in the 4th but if you wrote before the 1st it will doubtless be on the Anglo Saxon via L'Derry [Londonderry?] & her mails will be here in a couple of days, I had rather loose [lose?] 5$ than that letter I have waited very patiently for it, I saw McNiece just now reading a long espistle [epistle?], but did not interupt [interrupt?] him so many of your friends enquiring & sending their love I cannot enumerate them so you must just take it in the lump, all here are well, we had two awful wet days this week & so cold the thermometer fell 20o, it is recovering gradually & is now very pleacing [pleasing?] business is very dull more so than I ever saw it at this season we will have a very late fall trade if we have any [?] worth speaking about. I was offered a few days since an office, 1,000$ a year and 1/10 of the profits of the steam mill they expect to sell about 250,000$ worth a year to buy wheat for them. I declined for several reasons the most potent its being in the same hands to manage & sell as before I fear the profits being on the wrong side, not knowing the business, & being engaged for the balance of the year there is nothing of interest to mention we get along quietly so little doing. I expected to have been writing you a long letter today but now you will not have it for a week if then, hope I will get a full budget in a day or two of agreeable news, remember me to all friends kiss son for me I will be considerably in your debt if you stay long, are you getting homesick? believe me live with sincere affection your very affectionate Husband |
