Letter from William Ford Hutchinson to Alec C Tate, 17 December, 1916 Letters 1916-1923 William Ford Hutchinson

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Letter from William Ford Hutchinson to his cousin Alec Tate, describing his life in Wellington, New Zealand as a Church of Ireland minister. Alec C Tate served with British army in India before he married Millicent Farren and started a family in Whiteabbey Co. Antrim. Their sons, James and William continued the military tradition and enlisted with the British army with James serving as a Second Lieutenant with the Indian Expeditionary Force.

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Tate Papers, D2859/3A/4/22 https://letters1916.ie/item/2733 English William Ford Hutchinson 1916-12-17 Whitcombe public writing room, Wellington, New Zealand Alec C Tate Glenlua, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, Ireland Male Faith Faith Country and City Life

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 WHITCOMBE'S PUBLIC WRITING ROOMWellington 1912 in London. My present job is a very light one.We have taken rooms near thestation here, & I go every Sundayto & , 20 miles outby the 9.30 train, for morning & eveningService alternately in each place.At the former place I am a guestat a big farmers place, nicepeople called Wall, & at the latterstop with the Clerk of the Asylum.His name is Holder, he is thechampion sweet pea grower WHITECOMBE'S PUBLIC WRITING ROOMWellington 191 3 in N.Z. May is coming out someSunday to stay the might & havea look at his lovely garden. This job will last till 1st Feb whenthe new Vicar is expected to arrive. I quite enjoy going about from placeto place. My last place wasjust across the harbour, a lovelyspot 45 minutes by steamer fromWellington. We get to know a lotof nice peoeple this way. We spentthe time between this job & mypresent one with the head of at Masterton, people WHITCOMBE'S PUBLIC WRITING ROOMWellington 1914 called Sommerill, very nice indeed.Mrs S &her sister are Belfast peopleand used to play a lot of bridge. We are having fairly hot weathernow, the wind has at lastgone down. May joins me in sending loveto you all & best wishes for thesafety of your boys who aredoing their bit. Your affect cousinW. Ford Hutchinson William Ford Hutchinson Letter from William Ford Hutchinson to Alec C Tate, 17 December, 1916 Glenlua, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, Ireland Letter from William Ford Hutchinson to Alec C Tate, 17 December, 1916 Whitcombe public writing room, Wellington, New Zealand Letter from William Ford Hutchinson to Alec C Tate, 17 December, 1916