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My dear Albert
I have been having a hunt
through the old box, and drawers
with papers but I got very little
of any interest. John used to say
that people should be killed that
didn’t put dates on letters and on
newspaper cuttings, and I think I
agree with him!!
Well those cuttings about Hugh
Campbell’s death which Mary DeVore
but have not a date on them!
I think he probably died about the
2nd August, as the papers says he died
on Sunday evening, “and on the back
of that death notice is a dispatch from
Washingtons dated 10th. I found a
letter of Aunt Mary’s written, I should
think after either Uncle Hugh or Uncle
Robert’s death as it is very deep
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mourning [?] paper dated “11th February”
and no year! And as you see the
cuttings I enclosed about Uncle Hugh’s
death has no date either.
I suppose we had to give up
Glencoppagh Deeds when selling out.
I never came across anything
but letters and a wire about it
from Anderson & Lee. I enclose this
old search record. I remember about
1889 or 1890 Sam Dunn of Aughalane
coming down with Sam Dunn of
Plumbridge to ask father for
some papers on deeds which he gave.
I was too young to be interested, and
I fix the date because it was between
Ellen’s marriage in -89 and father’s
death in January 1901.
How did you find out about Uncle
Robert’s family? And is Willaim [sic] Litton
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still alive?
The ancestor I admire most was
great great grandfather John, he not
only acquired property but had only
the two children we know of ! I
wish his son Hugh had been as
wise! And I was laughing but
inwardly swearing, at our large
family!
Isn’t it queer we know nothing
of Andrew Campbell? I suppose he
was “Long Andy”, and his breed was
always spoken of with contempt!
Was Patrick Campbell’s father of
that connection? I think Charlie
Mc Farlane’s people were?
Ellen was here on Monday
when your letter came and she
has copied every line of it
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and was greatly interested. I shall
get it from her again and copy
it into my Campbell book.
There are many things I’d like
to know, one is where the name
“Copeland” came in the family?
Like you I haven’t much belief
in the Will contest. American lawyers
are not just of the standing of ours,
so maybe they think this business
all right. But I believe Hugh wanted
Yale College to get that always. Did
Charles Clarke ever write to you?
I enclose all the acknowledgement
I got of my letters to him. I cannot
stand that pair, Mary and Charles,
- and the Cooles I write to her the
more warmly she writes! And I
know Anna wrote him a very
cold letter saying she had no money
to waste in law-and you see what
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I think the great great grandfather John
Campbell had only two sons, Hugh and
Andrew. In the deed where John Campbell
“the younger” is mentioned he is signing
it with his father Hugh Campbell of
Letterbratt, and I think he, Hugh, probably
had a brother John who may have
lived in Aughalane, though not in
Aughalane House. Willie Dunn says
certainly some of the first settlers
lived in Aughalane or there abouts.
Then I think the Aughalane family
were Hugh, Robert & Andrew. In the old
Will Aughalane is left to Hugh and James
Alexander. Robert is next mentioned and
then Andrew; it puzzles me why Aughalane
was left jointly to Hugh and James
Alexander but probably it was because
he knew James Alexander was not
likely to live. Otherwise one would
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think the “home” would be left to
the eldest son.
I think your “tree” is marvellous, I
don’t know how you found out
so much of the first Campbell family
history!
I am sorry not to be able to supply
dates but people had a bad habit
of not putting the year on newspaper
cuttings.
I enclose two letters about Glencoppagh
but there are several more. Evidently
Mr. Pastor[?] didn’t stick to his £300 offer
owing to doubt of title. Dennis MC Kenna
had a freehold on it for his life, and
that came to father at his death. John
sold it for about £90 I think but I
still got a £1 a year head-rent as something
from it. I got £123-18-6 (got the last £3-18.-6
only last week!) but had to pay head-rent
last year and got none! However we didn’t do so badly?
[written along the side and top of page 39 (1)]
Mary sent us very pretty necklets-but
You know I [?] she would [?].
I must write
about my
Christmas book
again. I have
enjoyed them
beyond anything.
Liley has had
a cold and
been 1 ½ days in
bed but
is better again, but
I haven’t
got to Derry
yet to choose
my words
till Lily!
I am enclosing
a letter of
your father’s
I found no
[continues on page 40 (2)]
great amount[?]
except for
prices! I
thought you
might like
to have it.
Love to
both from
both and
very best
wishes fir
1932 and
again many
thanks for
all your
kindness
and thought.
Yours affecting
Charlotte M. MacCulloch
[continues on page 41(3)]
I hope you
won’t be
“bored” by
all these
enclosures
and rather
future[?] attempts
at helping
the “same”[?]
Transcribed by Brian McCrory
