| Title: | 9. From James Prendergast to his children in Boston |
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| ID | 5654 |
| Collection | The Prendergast Letters. Correspondence from Famine-era Ireland (1840-50) [S. Barber] |
| File | prendergast/9 |
| Year | 1843 |
| 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 | 636 |
| Genre | correspondence, family, neighbours |
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| Transcript | Mr Cornelius Riordan No 22 Atkinson Street Boston Mass America Thomas Prendergast Thom Milltown March the 21st 1843 My Dear and beloved children, I had received your letter of the 28th of February last which gave us all the greatest astonishment in your not getting the letter which I wrote you on the 28th of December last immediately after your remittance until the receipt of your last where I discovered you did not receive it. But at the receipt of the last we found the greatest pleasure to find you were all in as perfect health as this leaves us all at present thank be to providence. Now Dear children about the letters sent by me to you I cannot say where the mistake lies. There are a great many complaining of the posts more particularly of our home post which the generality of people are charging them with as having the error at the side with respect to letters sent to any part of America. Therefore I will post this letter in Killarney post office and every other letter for the future. Dear children you ought to know that it is no neglect of mine but the fraud used by the posts that nothing earthly would us greater than hearing from you weekly if it could be possibly obtained. You may rest assured that it is no neglect of mine that we think the day long when not hearing from you all. Even about the time we considered having an answer to the last letter sent by us there is not an hour but your affectionate mother or I would be at the post, until we received your last letter where we discovered you did not receive it. Your affectionate Brothers and families are all well. Your Brother Maurice has no place from the 25th of march Inst. He does not know as yet where he may be employed as the Eagars of Curraglass went down the Country where they were before which leaves your affectionate Brother Maurice out of a Situation at present. Robert Riordan has come home to Killarney in October last, and he has not made any boast of your kindness towards him when with ye though his mother had told me when I was in Killarney that it was ye spoiled him pampering him with every thing good. Daniel Riordan is still in the same place and is well in health and pretty well clad and clean. Turn over Dear children, I beg of you to beware of the Quirks to be civil and strange to them. Mr Spring and family are all well and in your letters always I expect you will speak largely of the Springs in America as it would be wish of these at home that it would be said that they were doing well and in great Situations. The Ladies there sent home a letter a few days ago and they spoke very largely of you all. My Dear children I expect your answer to this as soon as possible and that to me as usual as I get your letters always and I cannot conceive the fraud with respect to our letters to ye. No more at present from your ever affectionate Father mother and Brothers who join with love and friendship for you all. James Prendergast P.S I hope you will not forget knowing or mentioning in your next letter and know from Patrick Moynihan Tailor whether he received any account from Cornelius Mahony my particular friend Patrick Mahony of milltown Landsurveyor ^Brother^ or whether he came down to Boston to christmas with his cousin Patt Moynihan as he promised. Do not neglect this as he is a man I have a great wish for. |
