| Title: | J & J Cooke, Londonderry to Rev. Robert Gage, Rathlin Island. |
|---|---|
| ID | 691 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Cooke, J & J/68 |
| Year | 1847 |
| Sender | Cooke, J & J |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | ship owners |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Derry, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Rev. Robert Gage |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | business |
| Source | T 1883/63: Copied by Permission of D. B. McLaughlin. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 8903171 |
| Date | 19/04/1847 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by JM 09:11:1993. |
| Word Count | 197 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Rev Robt [Robert?] Gage Rathlin Island Ballycastle J & J Cook Derry April 19 1847 about Passengers to America Londonderry April 19 1847 Revd Mr Gage Sir In reply to your letter of the 16th Inst - Mrs Gage in her Letter of the 13th march states that there will be Eighty persons or thereabouts emigrating; this is the only information we have as to the number; now in your List there is above 100 - if we could take them all in one ship we would do so with pleasure - but the number going & anxious to get away this spring is so great that unless we would act unfairly towards our other friends & shut them out altogether we could not take all yours - we never engaged to take any fixed number - we never engaged to take them all in one ship in fact we never came to a point of a bargain in the matter, only as to the price which was fixed - however as our plan is not satisfactory to the people we cant [cannot?] of course hold them to a bargain and therefore if they choose not to accept it our offer we will cancel the agreement - please let me know whether we will have them or not on the terms stated - yours respectfully J & J Cook |
