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ID
File
Collection
Year
Title
Sender
Occupation
Recipient
ID:671
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1750
Title:P Collenson, London, to Arthur Dobbs, Carrickfergus.
Sender:Collenson, P.
Occupation:businessman
Recipient:Dobbs, Arthur
ID:2407
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1756
Title:John Scott, Philadelphia, to John Bradshaw, Belfast, July 1756
Sender:Scott, John
Occupation:businessman
Recipient:Bradshaw, John
ID:5250
File:7
Collection:Letterbook of Greg & Cunningham_1756-1757 [T. Truxes]
Year:1756
Title:Cunningham, Waddell to Hyde & Hamilton, 1756
Sender:Cunningham, Waddell
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Hyde & Hamilton
ID:1565
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1766
Title:William Johnson, Pennslyvania, to Johnson Family, L'derry
Sender:Johnson, Job and William
Occupation:linen traders?
Recipient:unknown
ID:3421
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1773
Title:Thomas Wright, Bucks County to Thomas Greer, Dungannon
Sender:Wright, Thomas
Occupation:linen merchant
Recipient:Greer, Thomas
ID:3892
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1783
Title:Extract From Local Paper of a Letter Printed In America.
Sender:unknown
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:4896
File:7
Collection:John Forsythe Letters
Year:1784
Title:McCammon, Richard to Forsythe, John Jr, 1784
Sender:McCammon, Richard
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Forsythe, John Jr
ID:351
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1793
Title:Samuel Brown, Philadelphia to David Brown, Belfast
Sender:Brown, Samuel
Occupation:shop assistant
Recipient:Brown, David
ID:1459
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1801
Title:James Horner, Philadelphia To John Horner, Co Londonderry.
Sender:Horner, James
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Horner, John
ID:774
File:7
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:5952
File:7
Collection:The Transatlantic Letters of an Irish Quaker Family_1818-1877 [B. Jackson]
Year:1819
Title:Greeves (n. Sinton), Margaret to O'Brien (n. Greeves), Anne, 1819
Sender:Greeves (n. Sinton), Margaret
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:O'Brien (n. Greeves), Anne
ID:3738
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1821
Title:John McBride, Watertown to James McBride, Derriaghy.
Sender:McBride, John
Occupation:weaver
Recipient:McBride, James Jr
ID:4725
File:7
Collection:Revisiting Our Forest Home_The immigrant letters of Frances Stewart [J. L. Aoki]
Year:1822
Title:Stewart, Frances to Browne, Catherine, 1822
Sender:Stewart, Frances
Occupation:housewife
Recipient:Browne, Catherine
ID:1082
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1832
Title:Ann Forrest, Philadelphia, to Alexander McClorg, Templemoyle.
Sender:Forrest (n. McClorg), Ann
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:McClorg, Alexander
ID:4549
File:7
Collection:Authentic Letters from Upper Canada [Rev. Thomas Radcliff]
Year:1832
Title:From William Radcliff, Esq., Upper Canada, to
Sender:Radcliff, William
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Rev. Thomas Radcliff
ID:3601
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1841
Title:Alexander Caledon, Quebec to "My Dear Mother"
Sender:Lord Caledon (James Du Pre Alexander)
Occupation:politician
Recipient:Countess of Caledon
ID:5652
File:7
Collection:The Prendergast Letters. Correspondence from Famine-era Ireland (1840-50) [S. Barber]
Year:1842
Title:7. From James Prendergast to his children in Boston
Sender:Prendergast, James
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Prendergast children
ID:1784
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1842
Title:William Mitchell, Quebec to His Wife, Londonderry.
Sender:Mitchell, William
Occupation:ship captain?
Recipient:unknown
ID:2533
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1844
Title:Robert Smith, Philadelphia to James Smith, Co. Antrim, Ireland.
Sender:Smith, Robert W
Occupation:customhouse officer
Recipient:Smith, James Sr
ID:3755
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1845
Title:Letter from a Mr McCarver Describing Business in Oregon [U.S.A.?].
Sender:McCarver
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:3093
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1847
Title:John Taylor, Pennsylvania to [Robert Taylor?], [Shanrod?]
Sender:Taylor, John
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Taylor, Robert
ID:5596
File:7
Collection:MacArthur Letters
Year:1847
Title:MacArthur, Andrew to MacArthur, Jane, 1847
Sender:MacArthur, Andrew
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:MacArthur, Jane
ID:1216
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1848
Title:C. Graham, Liverpool to John McGinity, Newton Hamilton
Sender:Graham, C.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:McGinity, John
ID:1556
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1849
Title:Henry Johnson, Smithville to Jane Johnson, Antrim.
Sender:Johnson, Henry
Occupation:shop assistant
Recipient:Johnson, Jane
ID:1809
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1850
Title:William Montgomery, New Orleans to Joseph Searight, U.S.A.
Sender:Montgomery, William
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Searight, Joseph
ID:371
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1851
Title:Mrs. Annette Bruce, to "My dearest Sammy",[location?]
Sender:Bruce, Annette
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Samuel
ID:476
File:7(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1852
Title:Letter from Robert Campbell St Louis to his Niece Mary Clarke Cochranton. Penn.
Sender:Campbell, Robert
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Clarke, Mary
ID:4473
File:7
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:store keeper
Recipient:Beale, Margaret
ID:3546
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1853
Title:Samuel & James Laird, Philadelphia, to Mother [Ireland?]
Sender:Laird, Samuel
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:1234
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1854
Title:Andrew Greenlees, Ottawa Illinois, to His Brother.
Sender:Greenlees, Andrew
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Greenlees, John
ID:51
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1855
Title:J. Anderson, Jamestown to a Brother, Co. Derry.
Sender:Anderson, John
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Anderson brother (prob. William)
ID:1507
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1856
Title:William McCrea, Toronto, Canada, to John McCrea, Strabane.
Sender:Hutton, William
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:McCrea, John
ID:3965
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1857
Title:Extract from An Emigrant's Letter Discussing Problems in America.
Sender:unknown
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:1903
File:7
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:4245
File:7
Collection:Oceans of Consolation [D. Fitzpatrick]
Year:1858
Title:Normile, Michael Jr to Normile, Michael Sr, 1858
Sender:Normile, Michael Jr
Occupation:storeman, carter
Recipient:Normile, Michael Sr
ID:3845
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1859
Title:John McKay, Campbell's Corner, Mi., to Robert McConaghy, Ballintoy.
Sender:McKay, John
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:McConaghy, Robert
ID:340
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1860
Title:John Brown, Georgia, USA to James [Stavely?].
Sender:Brown, John
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:prob. James Stavely
ID:1125
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1861
Title:Alex Gamble, Pittsburgh, to [?], [Ireland?].
Sender:Gamble, Alex
Occupation:mentions wages, manual labourer?
Recipient:unknown
ID:4488
File:7
Collection:The McIlrath Letters_A family history in letters from New Zealand to Ireland (1860-1915) [Bassett, McKee et al.]
Year:1861
Title:McIlrath, Hamilton to McIlrath family, 1861
Sender:McIlrath, Hamilton
Occupation:farm labourer
Recipient:McIlrath family
ID:6318
File:7
Collection:Carlow-Coogan Letters
Year:1863
Title:Coogan, Michael (Brother Declan) to Coogan (n. Nolan), Catherine, 1863
Sender:Coogan, Michael (Brother Declan)
Occupation:monk/shoemaker
Recipient:Coogan (n. Nolan), Catherine
ID:4032
File:7
Collection:Argentina - Murphy
Year:1863
Title:John James Murphy to Martin Murphy, 20 November 1863
Sender:Murphy, John James
Occupation:emigrant
Recipient:Murphy, Martin
ID:1601
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1864
Title:R. H. Kelly, Bridgeport, Alabama to "My Ever Dear Wife"
Sender:Kelly, Robert H.
Occupation:soldier
Recipient:unknown
ID:3381
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1865
Title:Martha J. Wilson, Ontario to George Reid, [Belfast?].
Sender:Wilson, Martha Jane
Occupation:farming household
Recipient:Reid, George
ID:1848
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1866
Title:David Moody, Light Brook, Australia, to His Sister Margaret.
Sender:Moody, David
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Margaret
ID:4167
File:7
Collection:Argentina - Pettit
Year:1866
Title:Moore, Sally to Pettit, John, 1866
Sender:Moore, Sally
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Pettit, John
ID:477
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1867
Title:R. Campbell, U.S.A. to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast.
Sender:Campbell, Robert
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Campbell Allen, William J.
ID:2151
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1868
Title:Wm. Porter, Illinois, U.S.A. to his Family, Co.Down, Ireland.
Sender:Porter, William
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Porter, Robert L.
ID:1129
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1869
Title:[?] Gamble, to "Dear brother and sister."
Sender:Gamble, James
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:1198
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1871
Title:G. O. Giltenan, U.S.A. to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast.
Sender:Giltenan, G.O.
Occupation:businessman
Recipient:Campbell Allen. William J.
ID:6204
File:7
Collection:Ulster Migration to America. Letters from three Irish Families [R.A. Wells]
Year:1872
Title:Mary Hanlon to Brother Mick
Sender:Hanlon, Mary
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Hanlon, Mick
ID:3070
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1872
Title:Fanny Stewart, Canada to Her Sister [Location?]
Sender:Stewart, Fanny
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:3997
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1873
Title:[S. Meek?], Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada to a Friend.
Sender:unknown
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:284
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1875
Title:C.K. Breeze, San Francisco, to William Breeze, Ireland.
Sender:Breeze, C.K.
Occupation:provision businessman
Recipient:Breeze, William
ID:699
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1877
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:2217
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1878
Title:Roland Redmond, N.Y., [U.S.A?], to "Cousin Willie" [Co Antrim]
Sender:Redmond, Roland
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Young, William
ID:2218
File:7(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1879
Title:Roland Redmond, New York to William Young, Cullybackey
Sender:Redmond, Roland
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Young, William
ID:4357
File:7
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:migrant
Recipient:Glynn, Ellen
ID:3343
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1880
Title:Rose McCormack, New Orleans to [Rose Mc Donnell?], Co Westmeath
Sender:Williams, Rose
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:4194
File:7
Collection:The Reynolds Letters. An Irish Emigrant Family in Late Victorian Manchester [L.W. McBride]
Year:1880
Title:Reynolds, Mary to Reynolds, Laurence and Mary Ann, 1880
Sender:Reynolds, Mary
Occupation:head of household
Recipient:Reynolds, Laurence and Mary Ann
ID:6372
File:7
Collection:New Brunswick Letters
Year:1880
Title:Seymour, William to Seymour, Edward, 1880
Sender:Seymour, William
Occupation:policeman
Recipient:Seymour, Edward
ID:3710
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1886
Title:Margaret Martin, Chicago, U.S.A., to Dear Aunt, Co.Down
Sender:Martin, Margaret (Maggie)
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Mrs Shaw
ID:2380
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1887
Title:J.R. Savage, Philadelphia, to T.F. Armstrong, Co. Cork.
Sender:Savage, J.R.
Occupation:businessman
Recipient:Armstrong, T. [G?] F.
ID:3203
File:7(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1888
Title:Sister Bell, Pontiac, Michigan to "Dear Sister"
Sender:Weir, Isabella (Bell)
Occupation:asylum attendant
Recipient:Weir, Annie
ID:3202
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1889
Title:[Isabella Weir?], Pontiac to [Annie Weir?] [?]
Sender:Weir, Isabella (Bell)
Occupation:asylum attendant
Recipient:Weir, Annie
ID:3013
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1890
Title:W Smyth, Ontario to "Dear Brother"
Sender:Smyth, William
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Smyth, John J.
ID:1762
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1891
Title:E. Megaw, Southfile, to "Dear friend"
Sender:Megaw, E.
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Weir, Annie
ID:1171
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1892
Title:William Gilkinson, Castledamph to James Smyth, Ontario
Sender:Gilkinson, William
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Smyth, James Alexander
ID:2697
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1893
Title:James A Smyth, Ontario to [Mr & Mrs Smyth?] [Castledamph?].
Sender:Smyth, James Alexander
Occupation:works in a mill
Recipient:Smyth, John J. and wife
ID:2698
File:7(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1894
Title:[?], Ontario to "Dear Father”
Sender:Smyth, James Alexander
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Smyth, John James
ID:2384
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1895
Title:Mary Lavage, Michigan, to Annie [Weir?], [?]
Sender:Savage, Mary
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Weir, Annie
ID:1026
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1896
Title:George Hayes Farrelly, New York City to Dear Aunt Rebecca Irvine.
Sender:Farrelly, Geoge Hayes
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Irvine, Rebecca
ID:2416
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1897
Title:Agnes Shakespeare (Nesta), Alberta, to "My darling Mother"
Sender:Shakespeare, Agnes
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:1168
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1899
Title:William J. Gibson, America to James Robinson, Ireland
Sender:Gibson, William J.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Robinson, James
ID:116
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1900
Title:John F. Ballantyne, Connecticut, to James A Smyth, Ontario
Sender:Ballantyne, John F.
Occupation:former clergyman, currently businessman
Recipient:Smyth, James Alexander
ID:6244
File:7
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:2916
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1902
Title:Mary Smyth, Ontario to J J Smyth, Co Tyrone
Sender:Smyth, Mary
Occupation:student
Recipient:
ID:2917
File:7(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1903
Title:[Mary Smyth?], St. Thomas, to "Dear Sister"
Sender:Smyth, Mary
Occupation:student
Recipient:Smyth, Eliza C.
ID:2918
File:7(3)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1904
Title:M Smyth, St Thomas to "Dear Brother" , Castledamph
Sender:Smyth, Mary
Occupation:student
Recipient:Smyth, James A.
ID:2412
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1906
Title:"Sep," New Orleans To Dr. Smyth, [Ardcame?], [Donemana?]
Sender:Sep
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Wood Smyth, Andrew
ID:1286
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1908
Title:W. Morgan Gurley, New Orleans to Arthur Baldwin.
Sender:Gurley, W. Morgan
Occupation:notary public
Recipient:Baldwin, Arthur
ID:3002
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1909
Title:N.B. Smyth, [New Orleans?] To [Dr. Andrew Smyth?] [Donemana?]
Sender:Bouligny Smyth, Nathalie
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Smyth, Andrew Wood
ID:861
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1915
Title:J.G. Downing to Mrs Savage-Armstrong
Sender:Downing, J.G.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Mrs Savage-Armstrong
ID:1613
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1925
Title:Alice King, Kingston, Canada to James Smyth, Ontario
Sender:King, Alice
Occupation:deputy registrar at Queens University
Recipient:Smyth, James Alexander
ID:3187
File:7
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1934
Title:Maggie Warwick, Sask., Canada, to Ethel Davies, [Ireland?]
Sender:Warwick, Maggie
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Davies, Ethel