| Title: | 4. From James Prendergast to his son Thomas |
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| ID | 5649 |
| Collection | The Prendergast Letters. Correspondence from Famine-era Ireland (1840-50) [S. Barber] |
| File | prendergast/4 |
| 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 | 592 |
| Genre | family, local economy |
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| Transcript | Mr Cornelius Riordan Rear of No 8 Atkenson Street Boston America Milltown July the 27th 1841 My Dear Thomas, I received your letter of 30th June last which gave me and Mother and Brothers a good deal of pleasure in finding ^you^ and the rest of the family in as perfect state of health as this leaves me at present thanks be the Lord. Now Danl Riordan is with Mr Finn at the Victoria Hotel having only 1s/6d per week hardly has much as keeps him Tobacco. He was prepared to write to his brother some time past and reserved one shilling to write but it happened to be two sixpence piece and his step Mother took it away from him which detained him since of having written to ye long since. He had a pair of shirts from a Gentleman in Killarney and he sent them to one of his sisters to be washed but they said they were stolen from them. I was speaking to him in Killarney a few days ago and he is in the latter end of the clothes at present. He is in perfect health at present. Your Brother Maurice intends going to Curraglass or Glenflesk on the first of November next. Now my Dear Child, I write you hoping you will be kind enough in remitting me some money as soon as possible and but having a particular and worthy friend at the helm which you are aware of we would be backward as the rates got pretty smart here this Summer in the latter end. The potatoes were from 4s/od to 4s/6d per peck and other sorts of food and nourishment accordingly. Besides that fireing was doubly more expensive in this Town as the Summer was very indifferent. I bought a pig which cost me the sum of one pound ten shillings which I have at present. I bought same out of your ^last^ remittance. Dear Thomas I hope you will let me know in your next Jetter, how my Dear Judy is situated also Cornelius Riordan her beloved husband as you have not mentioned to me this time past how they were situated and prospering in the world. I trust you will let me know in your next letter. Mrs Fleming intends sailing off on the next opportunity as she has the sum of thirty shillings and expects to get a little more though going to Cork with John Gnaw who promised her some money afterwards deceived her and she spent a little there during her stay there in expectation of being sailing with the above person but after all left her at the see side. I dread ye may lose anything with John Gnaw. Beware yourself of him. He behaved a great skeamer in this country at his departure. He even went by night. Without much trouble to yourself let me know if you should know one William Keating who acted steward in the Navy Yard in Boston or of two others (ie) a Nephew and Niece of the above person who lives in Charleston. She is married but we cannot know her husbands name. If you should know said persons let me know. Your Mother Brothers and friends join with me in Love to you and Jeffeory Judy and not forgetting Cornelius Riordan and remain your affectionate Father until death. James Prendergast James Reordon got the paper Con sint him This is my wright feare ye should think Id be dead. James Prendergast |
