Edward Toner, Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, to his brother, Peter Toner, "knockavady Parish of Deseartereat, Near Cooks town," County Tyrone, 21 January 1819
Toner Family Letters, 1818-1819 (continued).
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day she Left Ireland shee Carrys her Age Better than I do for
Many a hard days work I got sinc ? the which Left My head gray
I k/ew? Myself often L ?
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still I had my Own L ? A
good Bed to Lye on and plenty to Eat and Drink here I had got A
complant with the grief and Trouble I was In when I was in Ireland
Viz A pain in My Bowels that works Me in the Maner of a Collick
which some times I am Douptfull will shorten My Days Altho I live
hapy and well and Expects soon to By A place of My Own which is still
My Look out simon Donely is Mading out well in greensburg he
gets as high as ten Dollars for Maken A greate Coate and James is
Distilling in this Nibourhood the Meet with Me here Very often
John Donelly from shesaugh Doroughey is here and Dooing well at his
Trade
I send My love to My Brother petter and Let him know that I sent
him A letter January last to All My Brother S in Law I Expect that
My sister peagy and paul Mallon will here this Letter Read as I am
Told the live in gumproy /pumproy? I should wish that the were
able to Come to this Contery therefor I conclude with My Best Res-
pects to all My friends and wellwisher in that Contery
Edward Toner and Mary Toner
In the Main Time I am pening these few Lines I have an Extract of A
letter from A Man in dundalk in the County Louth to his friends in
this Contery Relateing the Barbarity Tyrony Hardships and hard usage
of the poore Enhabitants of them parts the said Letter Expressly
says that the are hanged and gebigeted Burned with Roach'd Lime in
the goils yards that Numbers of heads of familyes Transported for
Exiles and Especily Roman Catholicks when the are so Unfortunate
as to fall into thire hands that Caracture is of no Use to them
that the are the Most Degrdeingest people in the world all By the
pride and Aristocricy of the Nobility of England and Ireland
it has Rached over the globe and no Doubt But it has Rached heaven
for the Cryes of the Dying Inocent Must Rach that holy Coort as
the said Letter allows that the Declare thire Inocency to the Last"
Edward Toner, Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania,
to his brother, Peter Toner, "knockavady Parish of
Deseartereat Near Cookstown, County Tyrone, January 21,
1819.
"Dr
Brother petter I Rc d your Letter which was Dated the 4th of
June Last which I Believe Daniel quien was the Barer thereof
it
was one of the admireablest Letters that I Even seen from you Con-
cerning the Changes and Alteration of Times in that Destressed
Contery But I do well Understand the Wofull situation of Ireland
and I feel Very sory for thouse that would wish to lave it and
Cannot I Admire Much at you that Went To purches More Lands than
you had in posession at the Time I left there When you ought to
prepare for this Contery But its A folly to Trate on that Now for
I Might Be there yet Myself only for Reasons that I am not going
to Mention for them that Appered to Be My greatest Enemy was My
Edward Toner, Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, to his brother, Peter Toner, "knockavady Parish of Deseartereat, Near Cooks town," County Tyrone, 21 January 1819