| Title: | 3. From James Prendergast to his son Thomas |
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| ID | 5648 |
| Collection | The Prendergast Letters. Correspondence from Famine-era Ireland (1840-50) [S. Barber] |
| File | prendergast/3 |
| Year | 1841 |
| Sender | Prendergast, James |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Milltown, Co. Kerry, Ireland |
| Destination | Boston, Mass., USA |
| Recipient | Prendergast, Thomas |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | father-son |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 585 |
| Genre | family |
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| Transcript | Mr Cornelius Riordan No 10 Oliver Street Boston America Milltown May the 29th 1841 Dear Thomas, I take the opportunity of writing these few lines to you hoping to find you and the rest of the brothers and sister in as perfect state of health as this leaves me at present thank God. I also recd your letter of the 15th March last with your remittance of £5..os.od and Dear child it was never so much wanting as at the moment I received same. Dear Thomas let Cors Reardan know that I was with his Brother Dan in Killarney some time ago and he is well in health and is still in the same place. He told me he Intended writing to his Brother but he has neglected and he told me to mention him in my letter. Now I have to acquaint you that he is void of clothes at present. Dear Thomas I have double the quantity of Garden sat this year that I had last year. I had sent some stocking with Mrs Fleming who prepared last march herself to go and being seduced by John Gnaw who went last March but when they arrived in Cork he would not give her the money which he promised her. The stocking was in her Trunk and it remains in Cork Hill which she promises daily to bring them but I have not recd them as yet. Your Brother Maurice is out of his place as Mr Richd Eagar's farm was ejected. Now he has been highly encouraged by the Eagars of Glenflesk to go to themselves. Now you have mentioned in your letter about the post as being so neglectful in writing. Now I have to acquaint you respecting the postage. For every letter I pay 1s at the receipt and the same at the Entry of one. Also the packet starts from Liverpool on the first Wednesday of the month to that place ^(ie) the states^ wherein it sails from Liverpool for different other parts of America three times a month. That is the cause of our neglect in writing often to you as nothing would give me and your Dear mother greater comfort as hearing from you all. I wrote to you two letters one in the month of march last and another in the month of April. Let me know in your next letter whether you recd either as it gave me a good deal of uneasiness this time past. Let me know how Con and Judy are in health and are they still in the same situation and also you and your Dear Brother are you in the same situation still. I had mentioned in one of my last letters about a man named William Keating Brother to Kitty Keating Darby Sullivan's wife. I hope you will enquire or whether you know him or would you be able to make inquiries respecting or what is he. Your Brother Michl has got a young daughter and also your affectionate Brother John another daughter and two months before the birth of the female he came from Tralee to know whether your Dear mother would have any objection of calling her after his sister Judy. Accordingly she was called Judy. I remain yours affectionate Father &c [...] James Prendergha[...] Milltown P.S. Now I with your affectionate mother join in prayers and with our thousand blessings to Cors Riordan Juddy Riordan Jeffery and Thomas Prendergast. |
