BIB_ID
417908
Accession number
MA 9894.3
Creator
Carpenter, William Boyd, 1841-1918.
Display Date
Cóbh, Ireland, 1911 December 1.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 20.4 x 13.4 cm
Notes
Housed with a carbon typescript of Mr. Morgan's reply to this letter saying "...he is greatly disappointed at your not being able to come to New York; but, of course, he quite understands the matter and trusts that Mrs. Carpenter is now in better health. Mr. Morgan has asked me to say, as regards the blank cheque you sent him, he returns it herewith, as he cannot think of your meeting any expenses, and that he will collect himself from the White Star Line."
Written on the stationery of the Queen's Hotel, Queenstown, Ireland.
Part of a small collection of four autograph letters signed from Bishop Carpenter to Mr. Morgan with an autograph letter signed from Mrs. Carpenter to Mr. Morgan and two carbon typescripts of letters to Bishop Carpenter from Mr. Morgan dated December 15, 1911 and January 8, 1912.
Written on the stationery of the Queen's Hotel, Queenstown, Ireland.
Part of a small collection of four autograph letters signed from Bishop Carpenter to Mr. Morgan with an autograph letter signed from Mrs. Carpenter to Mr. Morgan and two carbon typescripts of letters to Bishop Carpenter from Mr. Morgan dated December 15, 1911 and January 8, 1912.
Summary
Relating the details of their aborted crossing of the Atlantic due to rough seas and his wife's illness; saying "Captain Smith though reluctant to part with us agreed that we were taking the prudent course - I think that we are all of us suffering from the fatigue and nervous strain of bidding farewell to Ripon after our 27 years there : Besides the natural emotions of bidding goodbye to our friends & associates, there have been the actual bodily and mental fatigue of clearing the house, selling the furniture, removal &c & added to this the further labour of making a great many arrangements for entering upon our new house & work at Westminster. I think we were all more exhausted by the labours of the last few weeks than we knew & [illegible] we were not up to the travelling month - I cannot tell you how much disappointed we are & I can only illegible] your forgiveness if we have caused you inconvenience or annoyance by our weakness - But I was in the presence of a sore dilemma & I dare not take the risk of continuing the voyage with the grave doubt concerning my wife & [illegible] of the Captain's admission that we might meet worse weather ahead. And now I must discharge my obligations to you as my conscience dictates : you were good enough to pay for the cabin, but [illegible] which never should have fallen to you, I cannot leave to you now, and make you pay for our cowardice or weakness - so I do not know what the White Star Company do in the case of partly abandoned passages, but I hope you will let me enclose to you our open cheque : for I could not allow you to be fined in any degree for our stupidity. Lastly do forgive me if our action has caused disappointment or trouble & please allow us to think of our visit as postponed & not abandoned."
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