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September 7th 1933
My dear Albert
Thank you very much for your
interesting letter and enclosure. I hope
James Hamilton will be able to get
copies of the last three trust Deeds. I
did not like to write to Margaret
Johnson about them as she sent
me the first one, and the copy
Of Hugh’s Will, and Mary De Vore
said Charles said they were very
Expensive to get!!
I wonder if the McClelland man is
working with or against Charles Clarke?
I took a copy long ago of the
inscription on the grave in Carrick,
Great Grandmother’s, and Grandfather and
Grandmother’s names are on the flat
stone, and Aunt Ann’s on the standing
marble stone. Uncle Robert’s wife, Jane
Campbell, is buried there too—they
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broke the railing round and just left
It! I suppose when she was buried. I have not her name, as I was
only hunting for old dates when I
jotted these others down, but I
may have a run to Carrick before
the Autumn is over and can get
it if you’d like the complete inscription.
Isn’t it a stupid thing keeping news-
paper cuttings without putting a date
on them? I always meant to let
you sell this cutting about Uncle Hugh’s
Death- which I only found last
winter pinned to an old Registry of
Deed papers about Glencoppapagh. I was
trying to fit in the age but would that
be exact enough to record? Even Aunt
Mary has no year on her letters which
were evidently written soon after her
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husband’s death!
So Dr. Marshall, the new Magee Professor,
the man who wrote what I called
the “prose poem” obituary notice of
poor Robert Lynn’s in “ The Irish Presbyterian”
I wonder? You said it was written
by a brother of the Castlerock man?
He wrote about the birds flighting
[?] and the dawn mists, and how
Robert Lynn loved and appreciated
his home. I hope I shall meet
Professor Marshall, but we come
across new people so seldom un-
less some old friend brings them.
I hate paying calls, and am very
seldom in Derry beyond business
runs!
Willie Dunn went off yesterday, he
and Nan[?] were here on Tuesday night
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to say goodbye, he looks wonderfully
well.
I hope Lily enjoyed her country
prowl, we didn’t do much while
she was here for it was too hot,
but tell her there are lots of
places she’d love to explore and
we hope she’ll come and do it.
Lucy joins in much love to both,
Lucy is going on a motoring expedition
this afternoon in the Dungiven
direction with the Irwins and
some friends of theirs.
Yours affectly
Charlotte M. Mac Culloch
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“In addition to the Epitaphs on the old
Tombstone underneath the record is
this continued
Elizabeth Campbell
9th October 1851
85 years
Andrew Campbell
13th September 1868
74 years
Elizabeth Campbell
12th March 1875
80 years
“In memory of Ann Campbell of
Aughalane who died 20th March 1876
Aged 83 years
Erected by her affectionate Brother
H. Campbell St Louis U.S.A.
Transcribed by Brian McCrory
