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From: "Gail Steckel" <>
Subject: [PACHESTE] 1737
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 19:50:26 -0800

found this and just had to pass it on!

ITEM #2743
November 3, 1737
The Pennsylvania Gazette



The following Letter is said to have been sent from a Person settled in
New-York, to his Countrymen, to encourage them to come over thither; which,
that it might have the better Effect on the People, was printed and
dispers'd in Ireland: A Copy of which being brought over, in one of the late
Ships, We present our Readers with it.

A LETTER from James Murray, thus directed; For the Kingdom of Ereland, in
the North of Ereland, near to Aughnacloy, in the County of Tyrone, To
Baptist Boyd, the Reverend Minister of the Gospel, in the Parish of
Aughelow. Let aw Persons that see this, tak Care to send it to the reverend
Baptist Boyd, Minister of the Gospel, in the Parish of Aughelow, in the
County of Tyrone, living near Ayghnacloy. With Care.

Reverend Baptist Boyd,
READ this Letter, and look, and tell aw the poor Folk of your Place, that
God has open'd a Door for their Deliverance; for here is ne Scant of Breed
here, and if your Sons Samuel and James Boyd wad but come here, they wad get
mere Money in ane Year for teechin a Letin Skulle, nor ye yer sell was get
for Three Years Preeching what ye are. Reverend Baptist Boyd, there ged ane
wee me in the Shep, that now gets one Hundred Punds for ane Year for teechin
a Letin Skulle, and God kens, little he is skill'd in Learning, and yet they
think him a high learned Man: Ye ken I had but sma Learning when I left ye,
and now wad ye think it, I hea 20 Pund a Year for being a Clark to York
MeetingHouse, and I keep a Skulle for wee Weans: Ah dear Sir, there is a
braw Living in this same York for high learned Men: The young Foke in
Ereland are aw but a Pack of Couards, for I will tell ye in short, this is a
bonny Country, and aw Things grows here that ever I did see grow in Ereland;
and wee hea Cows, and Sheep, and Horses plenty here, and Goats, and Deers,
and Racoons, and Moles, and Bevers, and Fish, and Fouls of aw Sorts: Trades
are aw gud here, a Wabster gets 12 Pence a Yeard, a Labourer gets 4
Shillings and 6 Pence a Day, a Lass gets 4 Shillings and 6 Pence a Week for
spinning on the wee Wheel, a Carpenter gets 6 Shillinghs a Day, and a Tailor
gets 20 Shillings for making a Suit of Cleaths, a Wheel-wright gets 16
Shillings for making Lint Wheels a piece, Indian Corn, a Man wull get a
Bushell of it for his Days Wark here; Rye grows here, and Oats, and Wheet,
and Winter Barley, and Summer Barley; Buck Wheet grows here, na every Thing
grows here. ---Now I beg of ye aw to come out here, and bring out wee ye aw
the Cleaths ye can of every Sort, beth o'Linen and Woollen, and Guns and
Pooder, and Shot, and aw Sorts of Weers that is made of Iron and Steel, and
aw Tradesmen that comes here, let them bring there Tools wee them, and
Farmers their Plough Erons; a Mason gets 6 Shillins a Day; fetch Whapsaws
here, and Hatchets and Augers, and Axes, and Spades, and Shovels, and
Bibles, and Hammers, and Psalm Bukes, and Pots, and Seafaring Bukes, and
fetch aw Sorts of Garden Seeds, Parsnips, Onions, and Carrots; and Potatoes
grow here very big, red and white beth, fetch aw the Bukes here you can get,
fetch a Spade, wee a Hoe made like a stubbing Ax, for ye may clear as muckle
Grun for to plant Indian Corn, in ane Month, as will maintain Ten Folk for a
Year. Dear Reverend Baptist Boyd, I hea been 120 Miles in the Wolderness,
and there I saw a Plain of Grund 120 Miles lang, and 15 Bred, and there
never gre nor Tree upon it, and I hea see as gud Meadow grow upon it, as
ever I see in Ereland. There is a great wheen of the Native Folks of this
Country turn'd Christians, and will sing the Psalms bonily, and appear to be
Religiousm that gee Ministers plenty of Skins for his Steepend, and he gets
Siller plenty for the Skins again; Deer Skins and Bear Skins: Ye may get Lan
her for 10 l. a Hundred Acres for ever, and Ten Years Time tell ye get the
Money, before they wull ask ye for it; and it is within 40 Miles of this
York upon a River Side, that this Lan lies, se that ye may carry aw the Guds
in Boat to this York to sell, if ony of you comes here. It is a very strong
Lan, rich Ground, plenty of aw Sorts of Fruits in it, and Swim plenty
enough; There are Cay, and Stirks, and Horses that are aw wild in the
Wolderness, that are aw yer can when ye can grip them: desire my Fether and
my Mether too, and my Three Sisters to come here, and ye may acquaint them,
there are Lads enugh here; and bud my Brether come, and I wull pay their
Passage: Desire James Gibson to sell aw he has and come, and I weel help him
too; for here aw that a Man warks for his ane, there are ne ravenus Hunds to
rive it fre us here, ne sick Word as Herbingers is kend here, but every yen
enjoys his ane, there is ne yen to talk awa yer Corn, yer Potatoes, yer Lint
or Eggs; na, na, blessed be his Name, ne yen gees Bans for his ane here.
I bless the Lord for my safe Journey here, I was Cook till the Ship aw the
Voyage, we war Ten Weeks and Four Days on the See before we landed; this
York is as big as twa of Armagh; I desire to be remembred to aw my Friends
and Acquaintance, my LOve to you your sel Reverend Baptist Boyd, and aw yer
Femily; I do desire you to send this Letter to James Broon of Drumern, and
he kens my Brether James Gibson, and he weel gee him this Letter: It shall
be my earnest Request yence mere, to beg of ye aw to come here, I did value
the See ne mere than dry Lan: Let aw that comes here put in a gud Store of
Oten Meel, and Butter, and Brandy, and Cheese, and Viniger, but above aw
have a Writing under the Han of the Capden of the Ship ye come in; if I war
now in Ereland, I wad ne stay there, yet I think to gang there as Factor for
a Gentleman of this City of York, he is my Relation by my Father, he is
Returney of the Law here. There is Servants comes here out of Ereland, and
have serv'd their Time here, wha are now Justices of the Piece; I will come
to Ereland gin the Lord spare me about Two Years after this, and I wull Rum
and Staves for Barrals, and Firkins, and Tanners Bark for to sell, and mony
other Things for this Gentleman, and my sel, for I wull gang Super Cargo of
the Ship, so that if nene of ye come I wull bring ye aw wee my sel, by the
Help of the Lord.
Now I have geen you a true Description of this York, luke the 8th Chapter
of Deuteronomy, and what it saith of the Lan there, this is far better. Now
this is the last of the 6 Sheets I hea writt to you on this Heed, I hope
that you Fether wull be stoot and come, and aw that I have named, fear ne
the See, trust in God, and he wull bring ye safe to shore, gin ye plees him,
now the Lord make ye se to do. Ne mere fre me, but my Duty till my Fether
and Mether, and my Sisters and Brethers, and yence mere my kind Love till
yer sel, Reverend Mr. Baptist Boyd; if ny yen sends me a Letter, direct till
Mr. John Pemberton, Minister of the Gospel in New-York, send it we ony Body
comin till ony of these Parts, and let it be given to the Post-Hoose in
America, and I will get it fre John Pemberton, and now my Love till ye aw.
JAMES MURRAY

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