| Title: | 18. From James Prendergast to his children in Boston |
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| ID | 5663 |
| Collection | The Prendergast Letters. Correspondence from Famine-era Ireland (1840-50) [S. Barber] |
| File | prendergast/18 |
| Year | 1844 |
| 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 | 580 |
| Genre | family, neighbours |
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| Transcript | Mr Cornelius Riordan No 22 Atkinson Street Boston Mass America Milltown November the 9th 1844 Dear children, I Anticipate the receipt of your loving and welcome letter with your check of £5..os.od stg. and I feel extremely and parentially thankful in your remittances at all times. I am Dear children Informed that it is very hard Earned. Therefore I have to give you in Lieu thereof both mine and your affectionate mother's many Blessings together with finding you and all of you in as good health as this leaves me your affectionate mother Brothers and their families at present thanks to Providence. Dear Thomas I have to acquaint you with respect to our going to that Country. Should ye be inclined to remain in that country it would be our wish to be stretched along side ye wherever ye should be, but were ye to come home to the native Isle or if it be your wish why we should like to be intered with the Forefathers. Dear children we leave all at your own disposal. You ought to know that nothing would give me greater pleasure than being where you would be. As for the Repeal which you have spoken of in your letter it is a wise man can foretell. But were we to die on the voyage were it the will of Providence we would be content and being where your remains would be. Therefore act as your genius leads you. Dear Thomas Mrs Spring begs of Jeffeory in his next letter to let her know about her daughters and families as she received no letter from them these three months tho being writing continually. She does not know whether they received any of her letters. Dear Thomas I wrote to your aunt Catharine Ford to Cork and she is well inclined to go and also her soninlaw John Barry and family if her children should Encourage them. Dear Thomas let Cors Riordan know that his Brother Danl Riordan is still in the same situation in the Victoria Hotel Killarney and is well in health. Beware of John Flynn of the Abbey which I am informed is in Boston. He is what we commonly call a trickey. Your Brothers namely Maurice John and Michael and their families are well in health. If you could conveniently draw upon any of the Tralee Banks I would not be under the necessity of sending to Dublin and paying a shilling postage together with the delay attending same in going to Dublin. The writer of this letter namely Patrick D. Mahoney Landsurveyor Milltown I was Informed about a month ago by a young woman of the name of Judy Moynihan that my Brother Cors Mahoney was lately come to the vicinity of Boston. My cousin Patt Moynihan knows Judy Moynihan. She stopped with him for some time. I am putting you to too much trouble about him but any inteligence I will feel extremely thankful. I remain your affectionate Father Mother and Brothers who join with me in love a friendship to Cors Riordan Judy Riordan Jeffeory and Thomas Prendergast unil Death James Prendergast I received your paper the Boston Pilot also I expect your letter as soon as possible as we are most anxious to hear from ye often, as the receipt of your letter is at the lower calculation a twelve month younger to us in place of getting old. |
