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Title: Letter from Newcastle, [U.S], to The Belfast Mercury
ID3897
CollectionIrish Emigration Database
File1781-90/17
Year1784
Senderunknown
Sender Genderunknown
Sender Occupationunknown
Sender Religionunknown
OriginNewcastle, England
Destinationunknown
Recipientunknown
Recipient Genderunknown
Relationshipre living in the USA
SourceThe Belfast Mercury, no.42, Vol.II, 24 December 1784, p.1, c.1.
ArchiveThe Linenhall Library, Belfast.
Doc. No.9406041
Date11/12/1784
Partial Date
Doc. TypeEMG
LogDocument added by LT, 13:05:1994.
Word Count31
Genre
Note
TranscriptExtract of a letter from Newcastle, Dec.11

"At sea it has been dreadful beyond description, all along the
coast being strewed with wrecks, and vessels on ground, so that
from every part we hear of nothing but distress."