Anne Adams, Chequerhall, near Ballymoney, County Antrim, to James Bones, Augusta, Georgia, 29 September 1829
Description
This is not a very interesting letter, but, if this is the same Ann[e] Adams who wrote the letter from Mill Creek, South Carolina, dated 8 February 1819, this indicates that she realized her desire to return to the Adams ancestral home in Ireland. She notes the severe economic distress among the poor in Ulster, due to the "failure" of the cottage linen industry. Relates the story of a former tenant who, after his ejection, apparently destroyed some of the Adams family's industrial and agricultural property. [According to Roots in Ulster Soil (1968), p. 155, the Adam's owned Chequer Hall farm was in the townland of Ballyweeny].
Date
29/09/1829
Date Issued
27/03/2023
Resource Type
Text
Archival Record Id
p155/25/4/1
Publisher
University of Galway
Extent
3pp
Topic
Reverend William Stavely Letters
Geographic
Ballyweeny (townland),Antrim (county),Ireland,Augusta,Richmond (county),Georgia,United States
Temporal
Nineteenth century,Eighteen twenties
Genre
Transcript
Note
Title, description and transcript text by Professor Kerby Miller.