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ID
File
Collection
Year
Title
Sender
Occupation
Recipient
ID:6607
File:11
Collection:Irish Immigrants in the Land of Canaan. Letters and memoirs from colonial and revolutionary America (1675-1815) [K.A. Miller et al.]
Year:1752
Title:MacSparran, Rev James to Hon. Col. Henry Cary, Esq., 1752
Sender:MacSparran, Rev James
Occupation:reverend
Recipient:Hon. Col. Henry Cary, Esq.
ID:5254
File:11
Collection:Letterbook of Greg & Cunningham_1756-1757 [T. Truxes]
Year:1756
Title:Cunningham, Waddell to Greg, Thomas, 1756
Sender:Cunningham, Waddell
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Greg, Thomas
ID:3861
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1759
Title:General Murray Is To Command Troops Left At Quebec.
Sender:unknown
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:3430
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1768
Title:Alexander Wylly, Savannah, to Hester Wylly, Coleraine.
Sender:Wylly, Alexander
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Wylly, Hester
ID:3867
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1774
Title:Extract of a Letter from Savannah, Georgia, to Belfast
Sender:unknown
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:3850
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1795
Title:Hugh McKibben, U.S.A., To James McKibben, Ireland.
Sender:McKibben, Hugh
Occupation:sailor
Recipient:McKibben, James
ID:4900
File:11
Collection:John Forsythe Letters
Year:1799
Title:Wilson, A to Forsythe, John Jr, 1799
Sender:Wilson, A
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Forsythe, John Jr
ID:4198
File:11
Collection:The Reynolds Letters. An Irish Emigrant Family in Late Victorian Manchester [L.W. McBride]
Year:18-
Title:Reynolds, Mary to Reynolds, Laurence, 18-
Sender:Reynolds, Mary
Occupation:head of household
Recipient:Reynolds, Laurence
ID:1462
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1802
Title:James Horner, Philadelphia to Jacob McCracken, Co. Derry.
Sender:Horner, James
Occupation:mentions current wages; job unclear
Recipient:McCracken, Jacob
ID:777
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1812
Title:Mary Cumming, Petersburg, [Va?] to Margaret Craig, Lisburn.
Sender:Cumming (n. Craig), Mary
Occupation:middle class housewife
Recipient:Craig, Margaret
ID:5960
File:11
Collection:The Transatlantic Letters of an Irish Quaker Family_1818-1877 [B. Jackson]
Year:1819
Title:Greeves, Thomas to O'Brien (n. Greeves), Anne, 1819
Sender:Greeves, Thomas
Occupation:linen trader
Recipient:O'Brien (n. Greeves), Anne
ID:228
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1821
Title:Elizabeth Boardman, Canada, to James Boardman, Armagh
Sender:Boardman, Elizabeth
Occupation:domestic employee, nanny
Recipient:Boardman, James
ID:4729
File:11
Collection:Revisiting Our Forest Home_The immigrant letters of Frances Stewart [J. L. Aoki]
Year:1822
Title:Stewart, Frances to , 1822
Sender:Stewart, Frances
Occupation:housewife
Recipient:unknown
ID:3932
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1832
Title:Letter from Passenger who Sailed on the Ship Josephine
Sender:unknown
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:4553
File:11
Collection:Authentic Letters from Upper Canada [Rev. Thomas Radcliff]
Year:1832
Title:From William Radcliff, Esq., Upper Canada, to Arthur Radcliff, Esq., Dublin.
Sender:Radcliff, William
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Radcliff, Arthur
ID:3799
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1841
Title:Thomas McCoy, Springfield, Moore County, to Nephew, Ireland
Sender:McCoy, Thomas
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:McCoy, Alexander
ID:3946
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1842
Title:Ballymacarrett Emigrant Weavers to Rev. Courtenay
Sender:a group of Ballymacarrat (Co.Antrim) emigrants
Occupation:weavers
Recipient:Rev. Courtenay
ID:5656
File:11
Collection:The Prendergast Letters. Correspondence from Famine-era Ireland (1840-50) [S. Barber]
Year:1843
Title:11. From James Prendergast to his children in Boston
Sender:Prendergast, James
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Prendergast children
ID:1995
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1843
Title:Edward Hanlon, U.S.A. to "Dear Father", County Down
Sender:O'Hanlon, Edward
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:
ID:1394
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1844
Title:J. Heather, New York, to Thos. Greeves, Dungannon.
Sender:Heather, James
Occupation:runs some sort of business
Recipient:Greeves, Thomas
ID:3948
File:11(3)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1845
Title:Extract of a Letter From Oregon Territory.
Sender:unknown
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:1054
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1846
Title:Patrick Fitzgerald, New York, To Michael Cahill, Quebec.
Sender:Fitzgerald, Patrick
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Cahill, Michael
ID:3947
File:11(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1848
Title:Emigration to Canada.
Sender:unknown
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:1916
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1849
Title:Rev J G Mulholland, Windsor, N.S. to Rev G Kirkpatrick, Craigs
Sender:Rev. John G. Mulholland
Occupation:clergyman
Recipient:Rev. George Kirkpatrick
ID:1041
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1850
Title:Terence Finnigan, California, To "Biddy Darlin." Ireland
Sender:Finnigan, Terence
Occupation:gold miner
Recipient:Finnigan, Bridget (Biddy)
ID:3819
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1851
Title:Robert McElderry, Virginia to Thomas McElderry, Ballymoney.
Sender:McElderry, Robert
Occupation:businessman (dry goods)
Recipient:McElderry, Thomas
ID:1276
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1852
Title:E.E. Griggs, Sacramento, To Rev. John Orr, Portaferry.
Sender:Griggs, E.E.
Occupation:tradesman
Recipient:Rev. John Orr
ID:4477
File:11
Collection:The Earth between them_Joseph Beale's letters home to Ireland from Victoria (1852-1853) [E.Beale]
Year:1853
Title:Beale, Joseph Sr to Beale, Margaret, 1853
Sender:Beale, Joseph Sr
Occupation:clerk
Recipient:Beale, Margaret
ID:482
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1853
Title:R. Campbell U.S.A. to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast.
Sender:Campbell, Robert
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Campbell Allen, William J.
ID:1703
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1854
Title:William McElderry, Lynchburg, Va. to Thomas McElderry, Ballymoney.
Sender:McElderry, William
Occupation:collects cash bills
Recipient:McElderry, Thomas
ID:3346
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1855
Title:[?] Williamson, California to his mother, [Ireland?].
Sender:Williamson
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:unknown
ID:583
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1856
Title:Archibald Carson, Philadelphia, To His Mother.
Sender:Carson, Archibald
Occupation:attendant at a hospital
Recipient:unknown
ID:537
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1857
Title:J. Carlisle, Brooklyn to his sister, Forkhill, Co. Armagh.
Sender:Carlisle, J.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:3803
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1858
Title:John McCracken,Quebec, to his sister Kate.
Sender:McCracken, John
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Kate
ID:3310
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1859
Title:The Story of Little Robert
Sender:White, Moses
Occupation:doctor
Recipient:Bradbury, Samuel
ID:2153
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1860
Title:William Porter, Chicago, U.S.A., to "Dear Brother", Co. Down.
Sender:Porter, William
Occupation:builder/farmer
Recipient:Porter, Robert L.
ID:3113
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1861
Title:John Thompson, New York to Robert Thompson, Co. Londonderry
Sender:Thompson, John
Occupation:army officer (private)
Recipient:Thompson, Robert
ID:4249
File:11
Collection:Oceans of Consolation [D. Fitzpatrick]
Year:1862
Title:Normile, Michael Jr to Normile, Michael Sr, 1862
Sender:Normile, Michael Jr
Occupation:storeman, carter
Recipient:Normile, Michael Sr
ID:746
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1862
Title:Gamble Crawford, Richfield, Ohio to his mother, [Ireland?].
Sender:Crawford, Gamble
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:unknown
ID:4492
File:11
Collection:The McIlrath Letters_A family history in letters from New Zealand to Ireland (1860-1915) [Bassett, McKee et al.]
Year:1863
Title:McIlrath, James L to McIlrath family, 1863
Sender:McIlrath, James L
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:McIlrath family
ID:3983
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1863
Title:Lowell Emigrant to Landlord.
Sender:unknown
Occupation:factory worker?
Recipient:unknown
ID:4036
File:11
Collection:Argentina - Murphy
Year:1863
Title:John James Murphy to Martin Murphy, 5 December 1863
Sender:Murphy, John James
Occupation:emigrant
Recipient:Murphy, Martin
ID:6322
File:11
Collection:Carlow-Coogan Letters
Year:1864
Title:Coogan, Michael (Brother Declan) to Coogan (n. Nolan), Catherine, 1864
Sender:Coogan, Michael (Brother Declan)
Occupation:monk/shoemaker
Recipient:Coogan (n. Nolan), Catherine
ID:1519
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1864
Title:Abraham Irvine, USA, to Joseph J Irvine, Keadymore, Co Armagh
Sender:Irvine, Abraham
Occupation:army officer
Recipient:Irvine, Joseph
ID:2327
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1865
Title:Hugh Roddan, Boston, to Robert Moore, County Donegal.
Sender:Roddan, Hugh
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Moore, Robert
ID:2346
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1866
Title:Richard Rothwell, Jeffersonville, to Rosa Rothwell, Ireland.
Sender:Rothwell, Richard Jr
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Rothwell, Rosa
ID:4171
File:11
Collection:Argentina - Pettit
Year:1867
Title:Moore, Sally to Pettit, John, 1867
Sender:Moore, Sally
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Pettit, John
ID:1123
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1867
Title:John Gallier, New York, To [Elizabeth Carlisle, Co Armagh?]
Sender:Gallier, John
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Carlisle, Elizabeth
ID:3529
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1868
Title:E. King, New York to R. Redmond, Ireland
Sender:King, Edward
Occupation:stockbroker
Recipient:Redmond, Rowland
ID:2222
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1869
Title:R. Redmond, New York, to cousin [W. Young, Cullybackey?].
Sender:Redmond, Roland
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Young, William
ID:3711
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1870
Title:Maggie Martin, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. to "My Dear Aunt", Co. Down.
Sender:Martin, Margaret (Maggie)
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Mrs Shaw
ID:562
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1871
Title:James Carse, Quebec, to Samuel Carse, Lisowen.
Sender:Carse, James
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Carse, Samuel
ID:2295
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1872
Title:Alexander Robb, Nicola Lake to [Susanna Greer, Ireland?]
Sender:Robb, Alexander
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Susanna?
ID:1337
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1873
Title:James E. Harper, U.S.A. to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast.
Sender:Harper, James E.
Occupation:attorney at law
Recipient:Campbell Allen, W.J.
ID:6208
File:11
Collection:Ulster Migration to America. Letters from three Irish Families [R.A. Wells]
Year:1873
Title:Edward J. Hanlon to Michael Hanlon
Sender:Hanlon, Edward J
Occupation:store keeper
Recipient:Hanlon, Mick
ID:1238
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1874
Title:Andrew Greenlees, Rice, [Kansas?] to his brother.
Sender:Greenlees, Andrew
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Greenlees, John
ID:141
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1875
Title:J. J. Bean, U.S.A. to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast.
Sender:Bean, Joseph B.
Occupation:attorney
Recipient:Campbell Allen, William J.
ID:1998
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1876
Title:Edward O'Hanlon, U.S.A. to His Father and Mother, Ballymote.
Sender:O'Hanlon, Edward J.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:3053
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1877
Title:William J. Stavely, Philadelphia to "My dear Mother", Belfast
Sender:Stavely, William J.
Occupation:businessman
Recipient:unknown
ID:3999
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1878
Title:Incomplete letter from NY, to "My Dear Uncle."
Sender:unknown
Occupation:just arrived in America
Recipient:unknown
ID:4361
File:11
Collection:Patrick McMahon Glynn_Letters to his family (1874-1927) [Gerald Glynn O'Collins]
Year:1880
Title:McMahon Glynn, Patrick to Glynn, Ellen, 1880
Sender:McMahon Glynn, Patrick
Occupation:unemployed
Recipient:Glynn, Ellen
ID:416
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1880
Title:Andrew Byrne, Plymouth to "My Dear Perrin"
Sender:Byrne, Andrew
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Perrin
ID:3193
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1886
Title:[?], Edenclaw to "Dear daughters".
Sender:Weir Family
Occupation:farmers
Recipient:Weir, Annie and Isabella
ID:6376
File:11
Collection:New Brunswick Letters
Year:1886
Title:Seymour, William to Seymour, Edward, 1886
Sender:Seymour, William
Occupation:policeman
Recipient:Seymour, Edward
ID:2147
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1887
Title:S.J. Porter, Chebanse, Illinois, to Martha Porter, Mullaghglass.
Sender:Porter, Sarah Jane
Occupation:teacher
Recipient:Porter, Martha
ID:2425
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1888
Title:John Shanks, Chicago, to "Dear Cousin", Ballyfounder, Co Down
Sender:Shanks, John
Occupation:manual labourer (has been painting and scraping a schooner)
Recipient:unknown
ID:2472
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1889
Title:John S Sinclair, California, to Margaret Graham, Draperstown
Sender:Sinclair, John Stevenson
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Graham, Margaret
ID:3725
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1890
Title:Mary [?], [Flint?], [Michigan?] to Anna Weir
Sender:Mary
Occupation:housewife
Recipient:Weir, Anna
ID:186
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1891
Title:Florrie Black, Chicago, to her grandmother, Mrs. Hall
Sender:Black, Florrie
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Mrs. Hall
ID:3022
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1891
Title:W. Smyth, Castledamph, to J. A. Smyth, Ontario,
Sender:Smyth, William
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Smyth, James A.
ID:1172
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1892
Title:William Gilkinson, Castledamph to James A Smyth, Ontario
Sender:Gilkinson, William
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Smyth, James Alexander
ID:269
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1893
Title:Mary Boyd, New York to Eliza McKee, Co. Down.
Sender:Boyd, Mary
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:McKee, Eliza
ID:943
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1894
Title:Earl of Ava to his Mother Marchioness of Dufferin & Ava
Sender:Archibald, Earl of Ava
Occupation:army officer
Recipient:Hariot, Marchioness of Dufferin & Ava
ID:1340
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1896
Title:W K Harshaw, Paterson NJ, to Robert Harshaw, Co Down.
Sender:Harshaw, W.K.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Harshaw, Robert
ID:2707
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1897
Title:J A Smyth, Ontario, to John J Smyth, Co Tyrone.
Sender:Smyth, James Alexander
Occupation:school teacher
Recipient:Smyth, John J. and wife
ID:2708
File:11(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1898
Title:James A. Smyth, Ontario to John J. Smyth, Castledamph
Sender:Smyth, James Alexander
Occupation:student
Recipient:Smyth, John J. and wife
ID:118
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1899
Title:[James?] Banks Reford, New Jersey to Aunt [Reford, Antrim?].
Sender:Banks Reford, James
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Reford, Matilda
ID:1684
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1900
Title:Samuel J McCreery, New York, to Joshua Peel, Co. Armagh.
Sender:McCreery, Samuel James
Occupation:works in an office
Recipient:Peel, Joshua
ID:6248
File:11
Collection:Your Fondest Annie_Letters from Annie O'Donnel to James P.Phelan [A. O'Donnell]
Year:1902
Title:O'Donnell, Annie to Phelan, James, 1902
Sender:O'Donnell, Annie
Occupation:children's maid
Recipient:Phelan, James
ID:2922
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1902
Title:M Smyth, South Woodslee, to L Smyth, Castledamph
Sender:Smyth, Mary
Occupation:student
Recipient:Smyth, Eliza C.
ID:2923
File:11(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1903
Title:M Smyth, Essex, to E C Smyth, Castledamph, Co Tyrone,
Sender:Smyth, Mary
Occupation:student
Recipient:Smyth, Eliza C.
ID:2113
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1906
Title:Joshua Peel, Solicitor, Armagh to A. W. Smyth.
Sender:Peel, Joshua
Occupation:solicitor
Recipient:Smyth, Andrew Wood
ID:2334
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1907
Title:Michael [Rogers?], New York to Patrick Bloomer, Co Louth
Sender:Rogers, Michael
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Bloomer, Patrick
ID:1362
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1908
Title:T Hay, India to [Bella?] [Smyth?],[Castledamph?]
Sender:Hay, Thomas
Occupation:soldier
Recipient:Smyth, Bella M.
ID:1980
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1920
Title:[Nora?] [?], Rossnowlagh, to "Dear Sir"
Sender:Nora
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:3768
File:11
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1935
Title:Emma McClintock, U.S.A., to "Dear Bertie."
Sender:McClintock, Emma
Occupation:upper middle-class socialite
Recipient:Bertie