| Title: | John McGoogan, [Knocknahinch?], to "Dear Brother". |
|---|---|
| ID | 3835 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | mcgoogan, john/36 |
| Year | 1878 |
| Sender | McGoogan, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Knocknahinch, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Destination | poss. Pittsburgh, Penn., USA |
| Recipient | McGoogan, Samuel |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | Donated by John H. McGuckin, Jr, Senior Vice President, 400 California Street, San Francisco, California 94104. |
| Archive | The Ulster American Folk Park. |
| Doc. No. | 9602133 |
| Date | 01/01/1878 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 22:02:96. |
| Word Count | 146 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Envelope Samuel McClure Letter Mr Samuel [McClure?] Elm Pr Fayette [stained] [stained] Dear Brother I received your kind and welcome letter of July 12th and I now send you my likness [likeness?] which I promised [so?] [Any?] [stained] [have?] been in a frame, but I took it out I will write again in a short time and give you all the information you require I only add [now?] that I have [a?] fine young son; born on the 21st may Baptised on the 13th July and his name is James Campbell (over) the grass seed I will send in my next John Morgan is dead Uncle George died on the 14th July was buried on the 16th This year Uncle Andrew and Aunt [as?] [were?] Hugh is chief Boatman coast Guards at [Eyre] bay [Cousin?] John and ruth are at home the rest are in [America?] young Andy is the same as ever working at a hundred trades. John M Googan |
