| Title: | Edward O'Hanlon, Pittsburgh, to Rose O'Hanlon, Ballymote. |
|---|---|
| ID | 2001 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | O'Hanlon, Edward J/28 |
| Year | 1874 |
| Sender | O'Hanlon, Edward J. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Pittsburgh, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Ballymote, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | O'Hanlon, Rose |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | D 885/18: Presented by Mrs M. Leathem, Ballymote, Downpatrick. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9606131 |
| Date | 24/09/1873 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 25:06:96. |
| Word Count | 613 |
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| Transcript | Pittsburgh September 24th Dear Sister Rose, I received your kind and long looked for letter on last week & was glad to hear of you all being in good health as this leaves us all enjoying the same at present Thank God. I would have written to you when I received this letter only we were so awfully busy & scarcely ever could find time. The weather here is getting pretty cool now that is so the mornings & evenings & then gets a little warmer in the middle of the day. Mary & Kate are both in good health if you dont hurry yourself up Kate will leave you behind but at any rate dont despair for you might have a chance of getting a Yankes as Henry Bradly [Bradley?] is for going home about about [sic] the first of next month. I think that he dont like this country but this excuse he is taking is that his Aunt Susan is gone in the mind & that they wrote for him to go home. James McKy [McKay?] is doing pretty well now he likes this Country better than what he did at first he is in the one place still. Wm [William?] Murphy is in very good health I saw him on last week you can tell Rollane McGill that I gave the letter he gave to me to Wm [William?] Murphy shortly after I came here and I dont think that ever he sent it yet. Lizzie O'Hare was married on last week & gone to house keeping I think she will have a pretty hard time of it where she is going to where there is 4 or 5 men to attend to she wont have much time to herself. I saw Thomas West about two or three weeks ago he was talking about going home whether he is gone yet or not I cannot tell. The Fergusons are all well Willie was home from the Mountains on Sunday but had to go back again. I suppose you have all the harvest cut down but at any rate you would be able to help them along after getting the few weeks Idleset. Let me know how Mrs Stewart is getting along also Margaret you can tell them I mentioned them in the letter. I am glad to hear of the way Paddy McCartin is getting along also Kitty & the children. What is Robert Harvey knocking about now I suppose is first working away in the same style. working on week days & lying in bed on Sundays. I am glad to hear of Mr Duffy getting along so well, he is a very nice man I am sure the folk around there will like him. also Mary. they are a very nice pair. How is John Kelly & the wife getting along. I suppose Maggie Harvey is disbandoned out of it long ago. I havent saw Billy yet nor dont know what he is about at all. I hope Barney Pitt & Ellen are keeping in good health & minding their schools also John I think he might write to me very soon. When you write to me you might send me your pictures also Mikes You will excuse this writing as I am in a hurry I didnt have time to finish this letter & I had to start to it on this (Thursday) morning. I have not got much more to say in this letter but send my kind love to Heather, Mother & Bros [Brothers?] epcepting [expecting?] the same yourself please write soon & give me all the particulars no more at present but Remains your affectionate Brother E. O'Hanlon write soon |
