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Title: William Drennan, Edinburgh, to [Mrs Matty McTier, Belfast?]
ID874
CollectionIrish Emigration Database
FileDrennan, William/58
Year1776
SenderDrennan, William
Sender Gendermale
Sender Occupationdoctor
Sender Religionunknown
OriginEdinburgh, Scotland
DestinationBelfast, N.Ireland
RecipientMcTier, Matty
Recipient Genderfemale
Relationshipfriends
SourceT 765/1/8: Obtained From Mrs. Duffin, Summerhill, Mount Pleasant,Belfast. #TYPE LET The Drennan Letters, 1776 - 1819: Extract of Letter From Wm. [William?] Drennan, Edinburgh, 4 May, 1777, to [Mrs M. McTier?].
ArchivePublic Record Office Northern Ireland.
Doc. No.9002021
Date04/05/1776
Partial Date
Doc. TypeLET
Log22:02:1990 JM created 06:08:1991 SQ input 07:08:19
Word Count47
Genre
Note
Transcript...I perfectly agree with your political animadversion. Were I to
chuse [choose?] an Emblem for the American Great Seal, it should be a
Hercules as yet but in cradled infancy, strangling the serpents of
Taxation and Despotism, sent by envious Step-Dame to destroy the
Child of Heaven ....