Date: 28th October 1849
Parties: Thomas Armstrong,
Ballinamallard,
to
[Christopher Armstrong]
Document:
Ballinamallard, October 28th 1849
Der [Dear?] Brother I take op [up?] miy [my?] pen to rite [write?] A few
lins [lines?] to you hoping to finde [find?] you in good helth [health?] as
this leves [leaves?] me and us all in the perusent [present?] thankes
[thanks?] be to god for all his mies [mercy?] to us I wante [want?] to lete
[let?] you now [know?] that we had sum [some?] hard trils [trials?] sinz
[since?] you left hom [home?] and the worst of them all was the Deth [Death?]
of our der [dear?] frend [friend?] Margret [Margaret?] Armstrong as we mith
[might?] say the mother of us all we regretet [regretted?] the Deth [Death?]
of John Lidy ver [very?] much buth [but?] it was nothing to her Deth [Death?]
She died in Juliy [July?] the 25th 1849 She onely [only?] Lay for 7 or 8 day
till Lefte [left?] this worl [world?] of Sin and trobl [trouble?] on Sundy
[Sunday?] nite [night?] at 10 o'cloke [o'clock?] as we mite [might?] Say it
was a Soroweful [sorrowful?] our [hour?] to us all mary ane [Mary Anne?] was
onely [only?] risin [rising?] outh [out?] of the fever at that time and miy
[my?] father the sem [same?] he lay for 6 or 7 wekes [weeks?] and I hade
[had?] no person takin [taking?] Cer [care?] of him onely [only?] miy [my?]
self margret [Margaret?] kim [came?] down over nite [night?] to se [see?] him
and he poth [putt?] it oer [over?] him with greate [great?] Deficuelty
[difficulty?] and he seys [says?] he has bete [better?] helth [health?] now
than he had befor [before?] he Lay down Devid [David?] wants him to go to
live with him now I wod [would?] rather stay with him as long as he wood
[would?] live onely [only?] I think that Devid [David?] woad [would?] be kind
a nof [enough?] to him and he wood [would?] alow [allow?] me to go to America
and I think of [if?] I was ther [there?] that I cood [could?] do beter
[better?] for him and miy [my?] self than I cood [could?] do ate [at?] home
for I am onely [only?] losen [losing?] miy [my?] time a bouth [about?]
Ballinamallard I wood [would?] have wenth [went?] outh [out?] this [------?]
a nely [only?] for the times living out of a bad a genst [against?] us and of
[if?] you or Robert wood [would?] send me a five pounds he for spring I mite
[might?] be abel [able?] to reples [replace?] it to yous agen [again?] Devet
[David?] and family all well and Alreand [Alexander?] iz [is?] ebe [able?] to
helpe [help?] him in the mill & rite [write?] well now miy [my?] father I
wiches [wishes?] yous wood [would?] send word how mary is Doing for he is un
nesy [uneasy?] to her [hear?] from hoir [her?] Mery [Mary?] Anne sends hor
[her?] love to yous all in the kindes [kindest?] maner [manner?] makets
[markets?] her [here?] is porty [pretty?] rasonabe [reasonable?] the mel
[meal?] 30s. 5d. shilens [shillings?] per barel [barrel?] potedos [potatoes?]
forom [from?] for [four?] pens [pence?] to 6 per ston [stone?] the a going the
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[same?] as the winter befor [before?] one ly [only?] not so fast Aer
[Dear?] Christopher rite [write?] as soon as this coms [comes?] to hand
the Deths [Deaths?] her [here?] is not so great as this wer [were?] befor
[before?] this John gonz [joins?] me in ritin [writing?] a few lins
[lines?] to Alxander [Alexander?] I nomor [no more?] at present but remens
[remains?] your aftonet [affectionate?] Brother to Deth [Death?] Thomas
Armstrong
Ballinamallard
