Anderson Letters (continued)
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DIs TAS respects the settlement of Fathers affairs I
have little to say onely I am glad I left him as I
thought I was not treated as the rest of his children
& his last act strengthens that opinion as he repeatedly
sent word to George & Anne that the Property of Aunt
hall, would be theirs, but he had altered his
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o pinions as i find that ashare of it is left to me upon
certain considerations, which i could not comply with,
So i may be satisfied with what i_have received, I
won
-der if he reccollected the time when he could not provide
me with clothes like his other children, So that mother
told i_was a church man,
I must refrain and leave the event
to a higher Power, I would have wrote Sooner but for this, J.A.
/6. Letter from John Anderson, Cincinnatti, to his brother Joseph
Anderson, Coagh, Co Tyrone, May 2 1848. T1664/1/6.
Cincinnatti May 2D 1848
Dear Brother
I received your kind epistle
of February 10th upon April 10 th it gave me pleasure
to hear you were all in the enjoyment of good
health, although it brought the sad tidings of
Brothers death, which i had previously heard,
this will inform you that the Lord has been
pleased to take my Dear Wife from my side,
to that land of pure delight at his right hand,
January 18th she was Confined, She was very sick
& the babe was still born, She got along well
for a few weeks and the Doctor thought she
would be as well as before but when she got
about she was very weak and did not gain
strength & i called in the Doctor aga Cin and he said
that she was in Consumption and he done every
thing in his power to stop the disease but he was
unable and she sunk very fast, & upon Sunday
the 30th of April she departed this life at 11 Oclock AM
John Anderson, Cincinnati, Ohio, to his brother, William Anderson, Coagh town, Tamlaght parish, County Tyrone, 28 June 1847
Description
John provides valuable information about his brother George, and expresses his own bitterness towards their father for his unfair treatment of sons; he refused his share of his father's inheritance because he would not accept its conditions. Letter also excellent in describing Irish-American and native American sympathetic responses to news of the Great Famine In Ireland-for instance, people in Cincinnati have subscribed $8,000- $10,000-as well as the good employment (and soldiering) opportunities in the US for poor Famine emigrants, who have opportunities to become "comfortable" in America that they could never enjoy at home. Brother George has cleared 35 acres on his farm : he raises corn to fatten hogs and makes hay to feed the thousands of horses employed in the city; he also raises wheat, oats, and potatoes. Urges Irish people to emigrate to the US, where they won't have to suffer landlordism or high taxes. Reports his marriage to Jane Scott, an immigrant from near Belfast.
