| Title: | Justice, John to Carey, Mathew, 1789-93 |
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| ID | 6646 |
| Collection | Irish Immigrants in the Land of Canaan. Letters and memoirs from colonial and revolutionary America (1675-1815) [K.A. Miller et al.] |
| File | caanan/54 |
| Year | 1789-93 |
| Sender | Justice, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | laborer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Philadelphia, USA |
| Destination | Philadelphia, USA |
| Recipient | Carey, Mathew |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | not acquainted |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 148 |
| Genre | application for assistance |
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| Transcript | John Justice, Philadelphia, to Mathew Carey, Philadelphia, no date [1789– 1793] The petition of John Justice a Native of Ireland, Humbly Sheweth That poor petitioner is under the necessity of imploring relief, The case is as follows That petitioner being brought over here by a Gentleman from Cork, and meant to do for me as I understood, <but> when we came here he told me he had no further occasion of me, and desired me to go and provide for myself, which accordingly I was obliged to do, which I thought very hard after his promise to me before we came away, Now I am left here without either friend or Relation house or home, nor no place of residence, Your goodness on this occasion to help me to some little employment for a livelihood shall be ever Remembered, And poor petitioner shall for ever Pray John Justice |
