| Title: | 33. From James Prendergast to his children in Boston |
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| ID | 5678 |
| Collection | The Prendergast Letters. Correspondence from Famine-era Ireland (1840-50) [S. Barber] |
| File | prendergast/33 |
| Year | 1847 |
| 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 | 714 |
| Genre | family, neighbours |
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| Transcript | Mr Cornelius Riordan 16 Pearlplace Boston State of Massachusetts N. America prepaid Milltown 26th Sepr 1847 My dear Children I received your Letter of the 31st August last with a check for £10 which Cors Murphy took up and sent to Liverpool and we had ^to^ allow 3/4s that is 4d to the Pound, so that we received £9..16s..8d and Maurice received his part as soon as the return arrived. He returns ye his thanks and blessing and so he ought, for it was what ye sent kept him and family alive. At all times I shared with him. He is in raptures for saying ye sent for his son James, and the Boy himself is most anxious for the call. He will be ready as soon as ye send and I hope he will shew himself worthy of being called out. He is active, strong, and I think both graceful and grateful. I need not say that your Mother and I can enjoy no pleasure equal to that of hearing from ye at all times. We should be the last of parents if we did not allow what every one here does that ye are the best children that left this country for the last 100 years. Those who never saw ye or knew ye, are thankful to ye and pray for ye in consequence of the kindness ye have shewn us. Michael's family are all well. His fatherinlaw and motherinlaw are as attentive to the children as if they were their own and between them and us they feel no want as yet. His Wife is well and she says she is content as He arrived safe, and that she is sure of his assistance as soon as he can send it. I understand that the Revd Bartholomew OConnor our p.p. is going out to America in the course of a few days, on a mission from his Bishop and therefore if Michl will write to his ^wife^ his best way will be to address it to me to be forwarded to his Wife. If he addressed to any other person in Town, they are all members of Committee, and if his letter contained any thing she and children would lose the little relief allowed them by the course of the Law. A letter addressed to herself would reach her as well as if addressed to any other. If the Priest Mr OConnor should visit ye, ye need not lose much to him on our account. We were under no compliment to him. Remember us to every one of the family. Do not forget our late daughters, tho we never had the pleasure of seeing them. I mean Tom and Jeffry's Wives. They are two names, Cotter and Conwey already connected with our family, and respected in this place. I have not spoken of Con or Julia, for if they be last in my words, they are not in my affection. May God bless the entire of my chil =dren, and their offspring. When ye write next let us know how my child young James (Tom) is. I hope Michl will write to his Wife as soon as he can. A letter arrived here stating that Edmd Moriarty Brother to John Murphy of Ballyverane was in a very bad state of health. He is the son of respectable Parents and a near Relative of your own (his mother was a Thompson and Grandmother Spring). I would be glad that ye should enquire and let us know whether he is dead or alive. Ye will get every information from Maurice OBrien Soninlaw to Farrel McHugh of Drominbeg. If ye know not OBrien ye can hear where be is by applying to Danl Buckly N°3 Breadstreet. If ye can get any account of Edmd Moriarty send it in your next. I need not say any thing about the state of the country as I have nothing to add to what I stated in my last letter which I suppose arrived with ye about the time that I received yours. McHugh wrote to his children a few days since. Your Mother joins me in sending ye our blessing and I remain affectionately your father James Prendergast |
