| Title: | Charles Canning, Riverton U.S.A., To "Dear Friend Lizzie", Ireland |
|---|---|
| ID | 506 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Canning, Charles/4 |
| Year | 1878 |
| Sender | Canning, Charles |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | manual labourer? |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Riverton, Utah?, USA |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | Lizzie |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | T2743/3/10: Copied by Permission of William Dixon, Flanders Dungiven Co. Londonderry |
| Archive | The Public Record Office Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9504116 |
| Date | 20/01/1878 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 23:04:1995. |
| Word Count | 503 |
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| Transcript | Riverton Jan [January?] 20th 1875 Dear Friend Lizzie I received your welcome letter and I only regret that the expected picture was not there so that I might see occasionally the shadow of the gifted writer I suppose if I were near enough to pull up the hill in the eventide that I would scarcely leave until I would have a picture or a quarrel - But I am so far away from the Hill - top that I must be satisfied to wait your leisure my only consolation is that the crutch you speak of cannot reach one here - I was more afraid of yourself than the crutch the evening I was there - But I ought to quit my nonsense hoping and trusting that your mother is well able to wield the crutch and guard the bird on the hill - You ask me to send you a description of the West - Well I have it ready I mean an answer ready to that request but I will not send it until I write again I promise to make it brief so that you will not waste much time in reading it and I am sure if you read it you will remember it a long time - I would like to see some more of your pieces on home subjects "Old places have a charm for me New can never retain, Old faces how I long to see your kindly looks again" We have a very pleasant winter in the west it is the mildest this far on record - Your Cousin David & Family are all well He had a letter not long ago from Boston. Mr Huston and wife are well. I was sorry to hear of your bereavement - Your namesake stopped only a short time - Well old and young go and must except it is the way of all the earth Times are said to be very dull away down East - I dont expect wages will ever be so good again around Eastern cities as it was for a number of years after the war I also think that the West is by far the better place for us wild Irish from "the Island of the Saints". But I dont want to weary you with too much worldly wisdom - Your near neighbor Alexander Thompson came along here last summer and we agreed after work would close up to take a week or two for recreation and see the Prairie Flowers" But Alex took the fore way of me and got married in a trice - This leaves me out in the cold but the winter is very favourable and & I think I can manage to live along till the birds will sing the merry songs of Spring. But I once got slightly acquainted with a bird that was a singer all the year round such birds and song are seldom seen - But your patience will be weary so I will say Good Night Goodnight Yours truly and respectfully Charles Canning B |
