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William Marshall was the second son of John Marshall and Sarah Lawrence, born at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, in October 1830. These letters were kept by his niece, my Great Grandmother Helen Urquhart (ms Marshall). – Ruairidh Greig
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William Marshall Correspondence - Letter 3
William Marshall was the
second son of John Marshall and Sarah Lawrence, born at Peterhead,
Aberdeenshire, in October 1830. The following letters were kept by his niece,
my Great Grandmother Helen Urquhart (ms Marshall). According to Jessie
Urquhart, her daughter, William was a whaler who returned to the Arctic and
married an Eskimo. Auntie Sissie (Sarah Urquhart) met him on a visit to
Peterhead and said that in his hand knitted vest and long pants, he looked to
her like a polar bear. – Ruairidh Greig
Letter 3
Dear Brother
I reiceved your letter yesterday and was sorry to hear of
your loseing your ship
[1]
and clothes but I hope you will get over that as for clothes never mind that
for if any of mine will do you take them and when I come back we can settle
about that but I expect that will be a while yet you told me in your letter
that sandy was going to calcatte but I am for the diggins when I get clear of
this big [boat?] for you must keep yours eyes open here for there is nothing
lese then four dozen with the catt if you speak a woard I have been in this
harbour 10 day and don’t know what going to be done with the ship she is in dock
and will be there this month yet she rotten all over we are going to lift the
foremast to morrow and I hope that is the last time I have to go on board her
we are on board the hake hulk and has been since she went into dock I hope you
will send my sundy clothes to London and never mind the rest I am very sorry to
hear of my mother but I knew long agoe gi- my father my best respects [and]
tell him if he had taken my advice it would not have been as it is but she is
all right now I hope give my best respects to all enquiring feinds
No More at present
But Reaimens your
Loving Brother
William Marshall
Give my respects to
Margret and my bother
and sister
[1]
John Marshall survived the loss on the 20th March of the Joseph
Green on a voyage to the Greenland seal and whale fishery in 1852. A letter
from Robert Arbuthnot in the family collection, confirms that the survivors had
to abandon ship and get upon the ice, without any of their clothes or
possessions. After 2 days and nights they were rescued and taken aboard the Mazinthien.
The William MARSHALL Letters - Letter 3
Written from Portsmouth July 1853 - Again we are ignorant as to what ship William was aboard but note the reference to "four dozen with the catt"
Transcribed by Ruairidh Greig
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