| Title: | John McFarland, Nova Scotia, to Mother, [Ireland?] |
|---|---|
| ID | 3829 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | mcfarland, john/19 |
| Year | 1851 |
| Sender | McFarland, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | son-mother |
| Source | D1665/3/2: Presented by Mrs Helen O'Neill, 20 Grange Rd, Ballymena |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9408390 |
| Date | 04/09/1851 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:08:1994. |
| Word Count | 230 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Direct to me care of Mr Paterson Amherst Countey [County?] Cumberland Nova Scotia David McFarland 4 Sept [September?] 185[1?] i seen James write [---?] day the Creole came here but did not see him since Dear mother this letter i got from David the day before yesterday you will see the place he is in i wrote to him last may and sent him five dolers [dollars?] god noves [knows?] i ought not to send him one sent [cent?] for when he was going a way from here when i had nothing i only asked him for one quarter doler [dollar?] to pay a letter to you and he would not give it to me i rote [wrote?] to him to come on here i did not reflect on him for anething [anything?] he dont [till?] get him here i expect nothing else but will be spent in rum if i thought it would i not sent it to him Dear Mother do write to me as soon as you get this and let me know all the nous [news?] it is nous [news?] youse [you've] in you writing to him for the will be left there i before you get this dont tell ane [any?] one that he is in prison for i dont knoo [know?] what he is in for burn this when you read it i write as soon as i get ane [any] mor [more?] word [b-?] dont you wat [wait?] for that Goodbye |
