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ID
File
Collection
Year
Title
Sender
Occupation
Recipient
ID:6738
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1687/8
Title:Letters of Francis Makemie
Sender:Makemie, Francis
Occupation:clergyman
Recipient:Rev. Increase Mather
ID:6603
File:3
Collection:Irish Immigrants in the Land of Canaan. Letters and memoirs from colonial and revolutionary America (1675-1815) [K.A. Miller et al.]
Year:1736
Title:Crawford, Alexander to Murray, Alexander, 1736
Sender:Crawford, Alexander
Occupation:tenant, farmer
Recipient:Murray, Alexander
ID:1956
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1738
Title:Rebecca Neill, (Cheur), to (?) Reford, Co.Antrim
Sender:Neill, Rebecca
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Reford
ID:834
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1751
Title:[Arthur Dobbs?], [Carrickfergus?] to [?] [Cox?]: April 1751.
Sender:Dobbs, Arthur
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Cox?
ID:5246
File:3
Collection:Letterbook of Greg & Cunningham, 1756-1757 [T. Truxes]
Year:1756
Title:Cunningham, Waddell to Hope, Isaac & Zachary, 1756
Sender:Cunningham, Waddell
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Hope, Isaac & Zachary
ID:2499
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1762
Title:John Smilie, Susquehanna to Robert Smilie, Greyabbey.
Sender:Smilie, John
Occupation:arrived recently in America
Recipient:Smilie, Robert
ID:3813
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1771
Title:John McDonnell, Carolina, U.S.A. to T.Greer, Co. Tyrone.
Sender:McDonnell, John
Occupation:linen merchant
Recipient:Greer, Thomas
ID:4892
File:3
Collection:John Forsythe Letters
Year:1783
Title:Forsythe, Jacob to Forsythe, John Jr, 1783
Sender:Forsythe, Jacob
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Forsythe, John Jr
ID:3889
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1783
Title:Extract of a Letter from Philadelphia.
Sender:unknown
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:1231
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1793
Title:James Green, St. Johns, Canada, To Rev. James Irwin.
Sender:Green, James
Occupation:housewife
Recipient:Rev. James Irwin
ID:5592
File:3
Collection:MacArthur Letters
Year:1800
Title:MacArthur, John Jr to MacArthur, Robert, 1800
Sender:MacArthur, John Jr
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:MacArthur, Robert
ID:1457
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1801
Title:James Horner Philadelphia to Thomas Horner [Ireland].
Sender:Horner, James
Occupation:farm labourer?
Recipient:Horner, Thomas
ID:4721
File:3
Collection:Revisiting Our Forest Home, The immigrant letters of Frances Stewart [J. L. Aoki]
Year:1810
Title:Stewart, Frances to Beaufort, Harriet, 1810
Sender:Stewart, Frances
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Beaufort, Harriet
ID:770
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1811
Title:Mary Cumming, Petersburg to James Craig, Ireland.
Sender:Cumming (n. Craig), Mary
Occupation:middle class housewife
Recipient:Craig, James
ID:5948
File:3
Collection:The Transatlantic Letters of an Irish Quaker Family_1818-1877 [B. Jackson]
Year:1818
Title:Greeves, Thomas to O'Brien (n. Greeves), Anne, 1818
Sender:Greeves, Thomas
Occupation:linen trader
Recipient:O'Brien (n. Greeves), Anne
ID:1207
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1821
Title:R. Given, Mobile, USA to J. Given, Dervock
Sender:Givin, Robert
Occupation:manual labourer
Recipient:Givin, John
ID:1081
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1831
Title:William Forrest, Philadelphia to David McClorg, Templemoyle
Sender:Forrest, William
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:McClorg, David
ID:4545
File:3
Collection:Authentic Letters from Upper Canada [Rev. Thomas Radcliff]
Year:1832
Title:From Mrs. Wm. Radcliff, to the Rev. Thomas
Sender:Radcliff, Rebecca
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Rev. Thomas Radcliff
ID:6368
File:3
Collection:New Brunswick Letters
Year:1834
Title:Ward, James to Ward, Bryan, 1834
Sender:Ward, James
Occupation:steamboat steward
Recipient:Ward, Bryan
ID:5648
File:3
Collection:The Prendergast Letters. Correspondence from Famine-era Ireland (1840-50) [S. Barber]
Year:1841
Title:3. From James Prendergast to his son Thomas
Sender:Prendergast, James
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Prendergast, Thomas
ID:3089
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1841
Title:Jane Taylor, Philadephia to Robert Taylor, Shanrod
Sender:Taylor, Jane
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Taylor, Robert
ID:3337
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1842
Title:William Wightman, Florence, Alabama to Mr McNeilly, [Ireland?].
Sender:Wightman, William Jr.
Occupation:store keeper
Recipient:McNeilly, D.W.
ID:1299
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1843
Title:Charles Hagan to James Laughlin, New York
Sender:Hagan, Charles
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Laughlin, James
ID:422
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1844
Title:Byrne Family [at Liverpool?] to Mr S Trench [Co Monaghan?]
Sender:Byrne, Peter, Nicholas and sister
Occupation:emigrants
Recipient:Trinch, Stuerd
ID:516
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1845
Title:Capt. F. R. M. Crozier to his sister, Charlotte.
Sender:Captain F.R.M. Crozier
Occupation:ship captain
Recipient:Charlotte
ID:2519
File:3(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1846
Title:Robert & Jonathan Smith [Smyth?], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [U.S.A.?], to James Smith [Smyth?], Moycraig, County Antrim, Ireland, 25 February 1846
Sender:Smith, Jonathan W and Robert
Occupation:distillery business, tavern keeping
Recipient:Smith, James and Jane
ID:2518
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1847
Title:J.W. Smith, Philadelphia to James Smith, Co. Antrim.
Sender:Smith, Jonathan W
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Smith, James and Jane
ID:3039
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1848
Title:Alex M. Stavely, Saint John to Robert Stavely, [?]
Sender:Stavely, Alex M.
Occupation:clergyman
Recipient:Stavely, Robert
ID:848
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1849
Title:John Donnan, Middletown, US, to Mr Donan, Cahard, Co. Down.
Sender:Donnan, John
Occupation:farm employee (ploughs, looks after cattle)
Recipient:Donnan, Hugh & wife
ID:1546
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1850
Title:William Jameson, [Hickory?], to David Carse, Saintfield
Sender:Jameson, William
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Carse, David
ID:1914
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1851
Title:Mrs. Whitelaw, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, to "My dear William"
Sender:Mrs Whitelaw
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:William
ID:6311
File:3
Collection:Historical Society of Pennsylvania Letters
Year:1851
Title:Dunne, William to Curtis, John, 1851
Sender:Dunne, William
Occupation:office employee
Recipient:Curtis, John
ID:4867
File:3
Collection:Dear Uncle. Immigrant Letters to Antrim from the USA (1843-1852) [R.H. Roy]
Year:1852
Title:Kerr, James to Graham, James and David, 1852
Sender:Kerr, James
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Graham, James and David
ID:4469
File:3
Collection:The Earth between them: Joseph Beale's letters home to Ireland from Victoria (1852-1853) [E.Beale]
Year:1852
Title:Beale, Joseph Sr to Beale, Margaret, 1852
Sender:Beale, Joseph Sr
Occupation:emigrant
Recipient:Beale, Margaret
ID:2213
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1852
Title:Rowland Redmond, New York to William Young, Fenaghy Cullybackey
Sender:Redmond, Roland
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Young, William
ID:574
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1853
Title:Thomas Carse, Buffalo, To "Dear Father and Mother"
Sender:Carse, Thomas
Occupation:shipping clerk for a railway company
Recipient:his parents
ID:4028
File:3
Collection:Argentina - Murphy
Year:1853
Title:Fr Edward Kavanagh to Catherine Murphy, 1 February 1853
Sender:Kavanagh, Edward
Occupation:clergyman
Recipient:Murphy, Catherine
ID:4241
File:3
Collection:Oceans of Consolation [D. Fitzpatrick]
Year:1855
Title:Normile, Michael Jr & Bridget to Normile, Michael Sr, 1855
Sender:Normile, Michael Jr & Bridget
Occupation:storeman, carter
Recipient:Normile, Michael Sr
ID:1433
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1855
Title:William Hill, Abbeville SC, To David Hill, [Co Antrim?]
Sender:Hill, William
Occupation:businessman
Recipient:Hill, David
ID:1787
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1856
Title:Robert Moat, [U.S.A.?] to Richard [Cordner?], [Ireland?]
Sender:Moat, Robert
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Rev Richard Cordner
ID:536
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1857
Title:J. Carlisle, Brooklyn to William Locke, Co. Louth.
Sender:Carlisle, J.
Occupation:schoolmaster?
Recipient:Locke, William
ID:1902
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1858
Title:James Moty, Quebec, To W.J.Alexander, London
Sender:Moty, James
Occupation:barrister
Recipient:Alexander, William J
ID:4565
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration and Canadian Settlement [C.J. Houston & W.J. Smyth]
Year:1858
Title:Carrothers, Joseph to Carrothers, William, 1858
Sender:Carrothers, Joseph
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Carrothers, William
ID:161
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1859
Title:Matilda Bell, Black Hawk, U.S.A. to "My Dear Brother".
Sender:Bell, Matilda
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Bell, Richard
ID:6314
File:3
Collection:Carlow-Coogan Letters
Year:1860
Title:Coogan, Michael (Brother Declan) to Coogan, James, 1860
Sender:Coogan, Michael (Brother Declan)
Occupation:carpenter/shoemaker
Recipient:Coogan, James
ID:3252
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1860
Title:W.G. Weir, New York, to His Mother, Co.Down
Sender:Weir, William George
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:4484
File:3
Collection:The McIlrath Letters: A family history in letters from New Zealand to Ireland (1860-1915) [Bassett, McKee et al.]
Year:1861
Title:McIlrath, James L to McIlrath family, 1861
Sender:McIlrath, James L
Occupation:emigrant
Recipient:McIlrath family
ID:1975
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1861
Title:Samuel & Ann Nimks, U.S.A, to the Anderson Family, N.Ireland
Sender:Nimicks, Samuel and Ann
Occupation:farmers
Recipient:Anderson, William
ID:3979
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1862
Title:Extracts From an Emigrant Letter From New Orleans
Sender:unknown
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:3980
File:3(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1863
Title:Destruction of the Irish Regiment at Fredericksburg.
Sender:unknown
Occupation:Captain of the 88th (Irish Regiment)
Recipient:unknown
ID:2291
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1863
Title:Alexander Robb, New Westminster to his father, [Co. Down?].
Sender:Robb, Alexander
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:2343
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1864
Title:Richard Rothwell Jr, Montreal to Rosa Rothwell, Ireland.
Sender:Rothwell, Richard Jr
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Rothwell, Rosa
ID:4163
File:3
Collection:Argentina - Pettit
Year:1865
Title:Moore, Sally to Pettit, John, 1865
Sender:Moore, Sally
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Pettit, John
ID:557
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1866
Title:Nathaniel Carrothers, Westminster, to his Brother
Sender:Carrothers, Nathaniel
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Carrothers, William
ID:3314
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1867
Title:William M. White, Goderich to Eleanor McIlwrath, Newtownards.
Sender:White, William M.
Occupation:magistrate
Recipient:McIlwrath, Eleanor
ID:1122
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1868
Title:John Gallier, New York to [Elizabeth Carlisle, Co. Armagh?].
Sender:Gallier, John
Occupation:mentions something about a political party, politician?
Recipient:Carlisle, Elizabeth
ID:3721
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1869
Title:Nicholas Martin, Chicago to Mrs Shaw, Portaferry, N. Ireland.
Sender:Martin, Nicholas
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Mrs Shaw
ID:6200
File:3
Collection:Ulster Migration to America. Letters from three Irish Families [R.A. Wells]
Year:1870
Title:Edward Hanlon to Brother Bernard
Sender:Hanlon, Edward
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Hanlon, Bernard
ID:3722
File:3 (2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1870
Title:[Nicholas Martin?], Chicago to Hugh Glenn, Ballywalter, Co. Down.
Sender:Martin, Nicholas
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Glenn, Hugh
ID:2067
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1871
Title:Edward Parks, St Sylvester, Quebec to "Dear brother".
Sender:Parks, Edward
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:
ID:3109
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1873
Title:William Taylor, Nebraska, to George Hilary, Ireland.
Sender:Taylor, William
Occupation:former army officer / farmer
Recipient:Hilary, George
ID:1930
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1874
Title:W. Murphy, Allegheny, New York, to Hugh Donnan, Saintfield, Co.Down
Sender:Murphy, William
Occupation:shop assistant, delivery boy
Recipient:Donnan, Hugh
ID:4353
File:3
Collection:Patrick McMahon Glynn: Letters to his family (1874-1927) [Gerald Glynn O'Collins]
Year:1875
Title:McMahon Glynn, Patrick to McMahon Glynn, John, 1875
Sender:McMahon Glynn, Patrick
Occupation:student
Recipient:McMahon Glynn, John
ID:1924
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1875
Title:M. Murphy, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., to Hugh Donnan, Ireland
Sender:Murphy, M
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Donnan, Hugh
ID:1971
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1876
Title:William Nicholson, New Orleans to "My dear Uncle James".
Sender:Nicholson, William
Occupation:works at cotton trading company
Recipient:James
ID:2149
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1877
Title:[William Porter?], [Illinois?], to his Mother, [Desert?], [Co Down?]
Sender:Porter, William
Occupation:
Recipient:
ID:4190
File:3
Collection:The Reynolds Letters. An Irish Emigrant Family in Late Victorian Manchester [L.W. McBride]
Year:1878
Title:Reynolds, William to Reynolds, Laurence, 1878
Sender:Reynolds, William
Occupation:linen trader
Recipient:Reynolds, Laurence
ID:698
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1878
Title:Thos. W. Coskery, U.S.A. to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast.
Sender:Coskery, Thomas W.
Occupation:businessman
Recipient:Campbell Allen, William J.
ID:2370
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1879
Title:James Sample, Brooklyn to Ellen McIntyre, Co. Tyrone.
Sender:Sample, James
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:McIntyre, Ellen
ID:2481
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1880
Title:Mary A Sinclair, San Francisco to Mary Ann [Graham?], Co Londonderry, Ireland.
Sender:Sinclair, Mary A.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Graham? Mary Ann
ID:3348
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1886
Title:A. Williamson, Kesh to Annie Weir
Sender:Williamson, A.
Occupation:Sunday School teacher
Recipient:Weir, Annie
ID:1888
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1887
Title:Wilson Moore, Oaklands, Kansas, to Robert Moore, Co. Donegal
Sender:Moore, Wilson
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Moore, Robert
ID:627
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1889
Title:H J Clark, Cincinnatti, Ohio, to his father, County Londonderry
Sender:Clark, H. J.
Occupation:linen trader
Recipient:unknown
ID:3262
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1890
Title:W.J. Weir, Fresno to "Dear Cousin"
Sender:Weir, William J.
Occupation:shop assistant
Recipient:Weir, Annie
ID:203
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1891
Title:Maggie Black, Chicago, to Susan Hall, County Armagh
Sender:Black, Maggie (n. Hall)
Occupation:housewife
Recipient:Hall, Susan
ID:2850
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1892
Title:John J Smyth, Castledamph to Mr James A Smyth, Ontario
Sender:Smyth, John James
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Smyth, James Alexander
ID:2383
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1893
Title:M. Savage, Detroit, Mich to "Annie"
Sender:Savage, Mary
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Weir, Annie
ID:592
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1894
Title:E Carter, British Columbia, to Geo Kells, [Ireland?]
Sender:Carter, Everina
Occupation:housewife
Recipient:Kells, George
ID:2686
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1896
Title:Jas A Smyth, Ontario to Bella M Smyth Castledamph
Sender:Smyth, James Alexander
Occupation:student
Recipient:Smyth, Bella M.
ID:3042
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1897
Title:Ida C. Stavely, Philadelphia, to her sister-in-law Sarah
Sender:Stavely, Ida C.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Sarah
ID:1164
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1898
Title:Mary Gibson, America to Brother and Sister-in-law, Ireland
Sender:Gibson, Mary
Occupation:mentions owning a shop
Recipient:unknown
ID:2264
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1899
Title:Mr J Reid, New York to Mr Thomas E Reid, Armagh
Sender:Reid, John D.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Reid, Thomas
ID:3666
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1900
Title:Incomplete Letter - J. Magill, Wyoming, To E. Mulgrew, Dungannon.
Sender:Magill, Joseph
Occupation:cowherd
Recipient:Mulgrew, E. (Elizabeth?)
ID:6240
File:3
Collection:Your Fondest Annie: Letters from Annie O'Donnel to James P.Phelan [A. O'Donnell]
Year:1901
Title:O'Donnell, Annie to Phelan, James, 1901
Sender:O'Donnell, Annie
Occupation:children's maid
Recipient:Phelan, James
ID:2911
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1902
Title:[Mary Smyth?], Ontario, to E C Smyth, Castledamph
Sender:Smyth, Mary
Occupation:student
Recipient:Smyth, Eliza C.
ID:2687
File:3(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1903
Title:James A Smyth, Ontario, to Liza C Smyth, Castledamph
Sender:Smyth, James Alexander
Occupation:school teacher
Recipient:Smyth, Eliza C.
ID:2630
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1904
Title:Liza Smyth, Co. Castledamph to James A. Smyth, Ontario
Sender:Smyth, Eliza Catherine
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Smyth, James Alexander
ID:2688
File:3(3)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1905
Title:J.A.Smyth, Ontario to Miss Mary Smyth, Co.Tyrone
Sender:Smyth, James Alexander
Occupation:school teacher
Recipient:Smyth, Mary
ID:2364
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1906
Title:R Russel, Ontario to James A Smyth, Ontario
Sender:Russel, R.
Occupation:hotel owner?
Recipient:Smyth, James Alexander
ID:268
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1907
Title:Marian Boyd, Philadelphia, [U.S.A.] to H. P. Watson, New York [U.S.A].
Sender:Boyd, Marian
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Watson, H.P.
ID:2333
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1908
Title:Michael [Rogers?], New York to Patrick Bloomer, Co Louth
Sender:Rogers, Michael
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Bloomer, Patrick
ID:3145
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1909
Title:Mary I.W. "On the train" to James Smyth, Ontario
Sender:W., Mary J.
Occupation:teacher
Recipient:Smyth, James A.
ID:4019
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1912
Title:[Nina?], Castleblayney, to Lizzie Hay, Gortin, Co. Tyrone
Sender:unknown
Occupation:teacher (just applied for a position)
Recipient:Hay, Elizabeth (Lizzie)
ID:115
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1922
Title:M [?] , Connecticut to "My dear Cousin"
Sender:Ballantyne, John F.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Smyth, James Alexander
ID:1986
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1933
Title:Pauline O'Brien, Spokane, U.S.A To Her Cousin Thomas, Ireland
Sender:O'Brien, Pauline
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Thomas
ID:3859
File:3
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:ca. 1751
Title:Prospects for Obtaining Rich Furs From North America.
Sender:unknown
Occupation:fur merchant
Recipient:unknown