| Title: | M. and E. Hanlon, Pennsylvania, to their Father, Ireland |
|---|---|
| ID | 1996 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | O'Hanlon, Edward/21 |
| Year | 1854 |
| Sender | O'Hanlon, Edward |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | Catholic |
| Origin | Allegheny,Penn., USA |
| Destination | Ballymote, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | son-father |
| Source | D.885/3: Presented by Mrs M. Leathem, Ballymote, Downpatrick, County Down, Ireland. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9601139 |
| Date | 13/08/1854 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 11:01:96. |
| Word Count | 456 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Allegheny August 13 1854 My dear Father I send you These few lines in answer To Brother Patts letter which Came in due Course and never before have I undertook To address you with a more unsettled mind or feelings although although the almighty has been kind in the midst of afflictions My dear father I am obliged to record the death of my Beloved wife after a lingering illness of over two years She departed this life on the 29 of June May her Soul rest in Peace, She recieved [received?] the rights of the church weekly for some time before she died, and some Two hours before she received the last rights with all the powers of her senses I trust She has made a happy change Ten days Before my Brothers family was visited with a very virulent attack of Scarlet fever which caused me to remove my child to the Sisters to board on Troy Hill I had fitted her out in clothing suitable to the place in five weeks after the institution was burned to the ground the inmates was all saved But their afficts [affects?] was entirely lost she is now boarding with a friend of mine I my self am boarding in Mrs Sweenys at the Bridge Patt Can Explain in the mean time in my Brothers family the fever had left his four children all prostrate and also his wife for eight or Ten days with fatigue or plorocisy [pleurisy?] the virulence of the fever expected neighbours & friends Particular Those That had children Mick waited on Them until he was Entirely worn out except wahat [what?] assistance I could render him his wife is now well but it pleased the almighty to call little Micky to a happyer [happier?] State on the 3rd of august after a very painful illness Susan is yet very low but I believe on the recovery I fear her constitution will be impassed even if she recovers May ann & the baby is alsoon the mend this summer has been the warmest ever experienced in This portion of the Country has been visited with Cholera a good deal this summer this locality got of pretty well from it My dear father I am unable to say any more or make any comments I know I am addressing one now That can feel all the sympathy That its possible for human to feel Pray for me my dear father I offer myself in to the hands of the almighty his holy will be done and not mine write on receipt of This if you can make it out Mick & me [joins?] in sending you as tender affections as Ever crossed the Ocean no more your Sons. M [Michael?] & E [Edward?] Hanlon |
