| Title: | James A Smyth, Ontario to John J Smyth, Castledamh. |
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| ID | 2712 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, James Alexander/13 |
| Year | 1896 |
| Sender | Smyth, James Alexander |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Protestant (Methodist) |
| Origin | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Smyth, John James |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | son-father |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, Castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth |
| Doc. No. | 604080 |
| Date | 09/04/1896 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 364 |
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| Transcript | [Front of envelope] [Stamp torn off] Mr John James Smyth Castledamph Plumbridge Co. Tyrone Ireland [Written in top left corner] Arrived April 23rd 1896 [Back of envelope] [Stamped] NEWTONSTEWART AM 5 0 AP 23 96 [Stamped] TORONTO 21 AP 10 96 ONT. South Woodslee April 9/96 Dear Father I received your letter yesterday am glad to know that you are all in good health. I have a weeks vacation now I came down to uncles on Friday last and shall go back to School on Monday morning I think I won’t go up for to draw the money untill [until?] Monday there is no use in me going up I will be time enough and save the Journey. Uncle received a letter from you on [Page 2] tuesday I see you have not much trouble now it is good to have peace for a little while. I suppose the police visits Eden quite often If there was [sic] few sent to jail it might settle the stilling I think there is wiskey [whiskey?] enough without it You got all the road money once more it is encouraging to not be cut either [times?] I suppose road [sic] will not be tendered on so cheap in future at least I would think that when so many did not receive any money this time it will teach them a lesson [Page 3] It is cold weather here yet the people have just started to plough this week, but I think will be late this year as there is a lot of ploughing to do. How did the sheep turn out [When?] the [that?] many died. I should think on account of the [open?] Winter that it would be favourable for sheep. I was looking over the paper that you sent and I see there is good prices for cattle now How many sheep are the boys going to buy and how many did the [they?] keep last winter I suppose part of what they sold they did not get any money yet [Page 4] I suppose all the people are well I see that James Huston [Houston?] comes over for the news I must write to him some of these days and Willie Gilkison [Gilkinson?] & Uncle Charles I owe all of these a letter I always [sic] put off from day to day & the time passes without it being done I think this is all at present We are all in good health James Alex Smyth Transcribed by Mark Gallaher. |
