| Title: | 7. From James Prendergast to his children in Boston |
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| ID | 5652 |
| Collection | The Prendergast Letters. Correspondence from Famine-era Ireland (1840-50) [S. Barber] |
| File | prendergast/7 |
| Year | 1842 |
| Sender | Prendergast, James |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Milltown, Co. Kerry, Ireland |
| Destination | Boston, Mass., USA |
| Recipient | Prendergast children |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | father-children |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 908 |
| Genre | family, correspondence, neighbours |
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| Transcript | Mr Cornelius Riordan N° 22 Atkinson Street Boston America Thom Milltown August the 20th 1842 My beloved children, I received your letter of the 31st July last on the 15th of August Inst with your remittance of £5..os.od stg. and also the remittance which ye were kind to send to me on May last I have received also. Now Dear children I wrote to ye two different letters. From the last letter I understand ye received none of them of which I specified the description of stockings and socks I had sent ye by John Quirk. I hope ye got the same I sent you. Their specimen are as follows four pair of socks grey two ribed and two plain three pair of black worsted stockings for Jude two pair of dark ribbed worsted socks one pair of white ribbed socks one do of light blew ribbed and one pair of light blew plain three pair of long worsted one white ribbed one dark with a broad rib and one light blew ribbed small. The thread of every sock and stocking sewed to itself of their colour. My Dear and beloved children your Brothers and families are all well in health and your beloved mother and I also thanks be to the Redeemer. All the trouble we felt was in not hearing from ye this time past until the last letter I received gave us the greatest comfort and pleasure to find you all in sound and perfect health as this leaves us all at present thank God. Dear children Daniel Riordan is well in health is still in the Victoria Hotel in Killarney but specifies that he has neither money or clothes from them nor does not get it but the little which supports nature so far as food. (Turn over) Dear children, as you mentioned about Mrs Riordan I understand she is very low in means in the world. She was overjoyed when she heard that Robert made ye out. The Springs mentions that if they were over they would make out a situation for Robert as they mentioned to Mrs Riordan. I have nothing to communicate to you respecting Rathpogue. The Springs arrived safe here in July last. Let me know in your next letter what you think concerning them as they say they will go back in five or six weeks time, for all that they are daily going and not the nearer of going. Dear children I was speaking to Mary Donoghue at Garrett Lynch's and is highly surprised her loving husband Michl Sullivan did not send her a letter since May last or remit her some money to ship off as not having as much as would take her across the Atlantic. Dear and beloved children from your mother the Springs at our enquiry respecting ye when do ye intend coming to the native Isle as we are always impatient to know they told me ye never would come to Ireland. Therefore if it be your intent remaining in America Dear children I hope you will send for me as ye ought to know that nothing earthly would give me greater comfort than to have my remains with each and every one of you stretched if it were as far again off. Dear children we have one comfort for the winter we have a good Reck of Turf in the Garden what we were not possessed of last winter when we should dearly buy it. Also I have sufficient potatoes until Christmas. For the little I sat this year they proved effectually good. This harvest we have as fine a sumur and harvest as yet as we had these twenty years and as promising. Dear and Beloved children, I am anxious to know what is Judy doing and how does she feel in health. Also let us know in your next letter is America getting any improvement in the line of business as a great many of the neighbours who left this came home again. Let us know whether Mrs Fleming arrived safe as we have not heard from her since she went as her parents are very impatient in not hearing of her arrival. No more at present from your affectionate Father Mother and Brothers who join with us in love and friendship for Cornelius Riordan Judy Jeffery and Thomas until Death. James Prendergast P.S The writer of this letter and our letters always his name is Patrick Mahony of this town who is married to Daniel Connell Teacher's sister begs of you to make strick enquiry respecting a cousin of mine who lives in Boston in the Town. His name is Patrick Moynihan Tailor by trade. He lately got married there to a daughter of one Buckleys. Also Ellen Kerisk from Lisevane who lately came home knew his wife and her family there. Should you meet with him I confidently request of you to make every enqury of him whether he knows where my Brother Cornelius Mahony is or is he living wherein I nor his beloved mother did not hear from him since christmas last as we are in Tears and daily trouble any intelligence had from the Tailor respecting my brother you will be kind to communicate in your next letter or tell my cousin the Tailor to write to me to Milltown directed to Patk D Mahony Landsurveyor |
