A. Browne, Co. Donegal to Audley [Browne?] U.S.A.

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Document ID 2006234
Date 24-10-1877
Document Type Letters (Emigrants)
Archive M. G. Browne
Citation A. Browne, Co. Donegal to Audley [Browne?] U.S.A.;Copyright Retained by Margaret Graham Browne; CMSIED 2006234
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$$H38 Part of the Margaret Graham Browne Catalogue$$H

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OWNER'S REQUEST)

                   Rathneeny Laghey [Laghy?]
                            Oct 24th 77

  dear Audly [Audley?]
  I at last sit down to write to you a few
lines when you would not think not think
[sic] worth your while to write to us you
knew where to write to but we did not for
you did not allow anyone to mention you in
their letter least [lest?] we would Know
where to write to I suppose but we have found
out at last and I am going to give you a
good scold you promised to come home in the
fall and we waited every day day [sic] for
the past month for you to step in but our
waiting waiting [sic] was in vain we thought
that was why you did not write but I see
that was not the reason and I think if you
ever intend coming it is time now for all
you would save there you would loose [lose?]
at hom [home?] Ireland is in a bad state
this year since 45 there has not been so
great a rot on potatoes and other crops
failed as well it rain [rained?] rained [sic]
incessantly from June to the 14th of sept
[September?] the grain did not fill in the
husk so I think there will be bad times this
winter in this country for every thing is
supposed to be very high you would nearly
dig a whole day for your meat and some I
think could not make their meat you may
know yourself that one man cant hold two
farms and put in two crops of any use to
rise [raise?] anything worth while we had
a little boy hired but what could he do
compared with yourself and his support
would do you besides it is not an easy
matter to support nine of a family and I
think if you were at home you save more
than you would gain by being away it cost
some slavery to win 12 cocks of hay this
summer and it incinvenient perhaps when
you would be there and every thing with
you for dinner you would have to come back
half wet we have a good heifer that will
be coming in december and if you come home
we will keep her and not if [if not?] she
must be sold there is a new agent appointed
on the estate and it is supposed he will be
looking out for the running years rent and
other arrears do you know anything about
robert and Mary Jane we did not hear from
them since June if you dont come on the
spot I will not sop [stop?] any longer
[----?] I will stay no longer than
Spring and let some other take my post dont
think I will post you for money for I dont
care if I can get away I want nothing else
and I must come from where it will that is
to let you that I dont care for the complement
[compliment?] of being here but its hard
enough when I cant rise [raise?] a home in
my fathers house after 30 years service and
if I must work for my mean [means?] it will
be a hard life for that all I have here but
if you were to give me 20 pounds I would
not stop another year here I may say like
the woman thank God I am well in health but
low in sircumstance [circumstance?] no more
from your sister
A Browne

(* The owner of these documents has informed us that this
townland is spelt "Rathneeny" and that the older spellings of it
are "Roniney" or "Raneny".  In the "Index To The Townlands and
Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland" the spelling is
"Raneany")