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William Williamson, New York City, to his mother, Carolina Williamson, Ahory, Richhill, County Armagh, 18 June 1854
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Collection Williamson Letters
Title William Williamson, New York City, to his mother, Carolina Williamson, Ahory, Richhill, County Armagh, 18 June 1854
Description Writes that he's been in California for 4 years, his wife for 3 years. They like the climate and have had good health, so they've decided to settle there for life. Thus, William has returned to Bonus, Illinois, for their children, and he's now in New York, about to embark with them by ship to San Francisco via Panama, while his wife, Artemisia, waits in Sacramento. Reports that his brother James is "steady, sober & industrious," and is doing well in California. Expects to sell his Illinois farm for £500, and plans to buy a farm in California because he's tired of mining. William accuses his mother and family in Ahory of an "unnatural and unfriendly silence, because he has not heard directly from them for a long, long time. He had heard indirectly of his father's death 20 months ago, and later of the marriages of his siblings, Robert, Mary, and Catherine. He ha sn't heard from brother Benjamin in a long time, and wonders if he's dead. [This letter demonstrates the difficulties in receiving mail as Robert had previously written to William (circa. 1st January 1854), informing him of Catherine's marriage and had himself complained to James of not receiving WIlliam's letters (5th January 1854).
Date 18/06/1854
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Resource Type Text
Archival Record Id p155/4/1/1
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 7pp
Topic Williamson Letters
Geographic New York City,New York (state),United States,Aghory (townland),Armagh (county),Ireland
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen fifties
Genre Transcript,Reproduction
Note Title and description by Professor Kerby Miller. Transcript text by PRONI.
Creator / Author Name William Williamson