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ID
File
Collection
Year
Title
Sender
Occupation
Recipient
ID:5279
File:36
Collection:Letterbook of Greg & Cunningham, 1756-1757 [T. Truxes]
Year:1756
Title:Cunningham, Waddell to Van Yzendoorn, Herman, 1756
Sender:Cunningham, Waddell
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Van Yzendoorn, Herman
ID:3863
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1768
Title:Extract of a Letter from Fort Stanwix, U.S.A.
Sender:unknown
Occupation:army officer
Recipient:unknown
ID:1260
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1778
Title:John Greer, Philadelphia, to Thomas Greer, Dungannon, Ireland.
Sender:Greer, John
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Greer, Thomas
ID:3446
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1787
Title:[Hamilton Young?], New York, to "Dear Matty", Ireland.
Sender:Young, Hamilton
Occupation:goods trader
Recipient:Young, Martha
ID:2071
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1799
Title:John Parks, Dublin, to John and Richard Caldwell, New York, 1799
Sender:Parks, John
Occupation:businessman
Recipient:Caldwell, John Jr and Richard
ID:605
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1807
Title:John Chambers, New York to Robert Simms, Belfast.
Sender:Chambers, John
Occupation:store owner
Recipient:Simms, Robert
ID:2544
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1814
Title:Thomas Smith, [Washington?] to Davison McDowell, Georgetown.
Sender:Smith, Thomas Jr
Occupation:businessman?
Recipient:McDowell, Davison
ID:6628
File:36
Collection:Irish Immigrants in the Land of Canaan. Letters and memoirs from colonial and revolutionary America (1675-1815) [K.A. Miller et al.]
Year:1817
Title:Wright, Joseph to Wright, Martha, 1817
Sender:Wright, Joseph
Occupation:farmer, planter
Recipient:Wright, Martha
ID:5986
File:36
Collection:The Transatlantic Letters of an Irish Quaker Family_1818-1877 [B. Jackson]
Year:1821
Title:Sinton, Joseph to O'Brien (n. Greeves), Anne, 1821
Sender:Sinton, Joseph
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:O'Brien (n. Greeves), Anne
ID:3576
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1822
Title:[Alex L Nanork?], Petersburg, Va to Robert Love, Banbridge.
Sender:Lewis, Alexander
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Love, Robert
ID:3536
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1834
Title:T. Kirkpatrick, Kingston, Ontario to G. Kirkpatrick, Ireland.
Sender:Kirkpatrick, Thomas
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Rev George Kirkpatrick
ID:2505
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1841
Title:[?] [Smith?], B,mony, [Ballymoney?], to Mrs J Smith, Moycraig
Sender:Smith, John
Occupation:inn keeper and distiller
Recipient:Smith, Jane
ID:84
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1845
Title:David & Margaret Armstrong Co Fermanagh, to A. Armstrong, New York State.
Sender:Armstrong, David
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Armstrong, Alexander
ID:6233
File:36
Collection:Ulster Migration to America. Letters from three Irish Families [R.A. Wells]
Year:1845
Title:John Kerr to David Graham
Sender:Kerr, John
Occupation:schoolmaster
Recipient:Graham, David
ID:1051
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1847
Title:Eliza Fitzgerald, New York, to Mary Fitzgerald Cahill, Quebec.
Sender:Fitzgerald, Eliza
Occupation:seamstress
Recipient:Fitzgerald Cahill, Mary
ID:554
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1848
Title:Joseph Carrothers, London, Ontario to W.Carrothers, Farnaght, Fermanagh
Sender:Carrothers, Joseph
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Carrothers, William
ID:5681
File:36
Collection:The Prendergast Letters. Correspondence from Famine-era Ireland (1840-50) [S. Barber]
Year:1848
Title:36. From Ellen Prendergast to her husband Michael, and from James Prendergast to his children in Boston
Sender:Prendergast, James / Prendergast, Ellen
Occupation:farmer / housewife
Recipient:Prendergast children
ID:1318
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1849
Title:Kathy Hall, Hubbard, Ohio, to Mrs. Margaret White, County Donegal.
Sender:Hall, Kathy
Occupation:housewife
Recipient:White, Margaret
ID:6401
File:36
Collection:New Brunswick Letters
Year:185-
Title:Gibson to McMaster, William, 185-
Sender:Gibson
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:McMaster, William
ID:1040
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1850
Title:John Fife, [America?] to John Hamilton, [?].
Sender:Fife, John
Occupation:attorney
Recipient:Hamilton, John
ID:1820
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1851
Title:W.Montgomery, Portadown, to J. Searight, Philadelphia
Sender:Montgomery, William
Occupation:works at family business (bakery)
Recipient:Searight, Joseph
ID:4754
File:36
Collection:Revisiting Our Forest Home, The immigrant letters of Frances Stewart [J. L. Aoki]
Year:1851
Title:Stewart, Frances to Taylor, Louisa, 1851
Sender:Stewart, Frances
Occupation:housewife
Recipient:Taylor, Louisa
ID:292
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1852
Title:Alexander Brennan, Belfast to his sister Jane, Pennsylvania.
Sender:Brennan, Alexander
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Jane
ID:1822
File:36(3)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1853
Title:Wm. Montgomery, Portadown to Joseph Searight, Philadelphia
Sender:Montgomery, William
Occupation:works at family business (bakery)
Recipient:Searight, Joseph
ID:2358
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1854
Title:Richard Rothwell, Boston, U.S.A., to Mrs Rothwell, Co. Antrim
Sender:Rothwell, Richard Sr.
Occupation:wants to buy a farm
Recipient:Rothwell, Rosa
ID:715
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1855
Title:Robert Cowan, [Co Down?], to Margaret [Trimble?], [U.S.A.]
Sender:Cowan, Robert
Occupation:poss. linen worker
Recipient:Margaret
ID:4274
File:36
Collection:Oceans of Consolation [D. Fitzpatrick]
Year:1856
Title:McCance, John to McLeod, Agnes, 1856
Sender:McCance, John
Occupation:gold-digger
Recipient:McLeod, Agnes
ID:3033
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1856
Title:Moses Staunton, Toronto, Canada, to His Mother and Sister.
Sender:Staunton, Moses
Occupation:paper shop owner
Recipient:Mrs Staunton
ID:588
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1857
Title:James & Margaret Carson to their Dear Mother Brothers & Sisters
Sender:Carson, James and Margaret
Occupation:landowners, farmers?
Recipient:their family
ID:178
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1858
Title:Bischoff, Coxe & Bumpas, London, to W. J. Alexander, [London?].
Sender:Bischoff, Coxe & Bumpas
Occupation:solicitor
Recipient:Sir William J. Alexander (Earl of Caledon)
ID:1821
File:36(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1859
Title:Wm. Montgomery, Manchester, England, to "Dear Joseph", Philadelphia.
Sender:Montgomery, William
Occupation:linen merchant
Recipient:Searight, Joseph
ID:10
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1860
Title:Alexander [?] to James [Stavely?]
Sender:Alexander
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:poss. James Stavely
ID:3989
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1861
Title:Evidence Given by Several Recruits From the Royal Engineers.
Sender:Recruits from the Royal Engineers
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:2461
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1863
Title:[K Shields?], to [V Shields?], Re: Wills of C & J Shields.
Sender:[Shields?], Kevin
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Vincent
ID:2353
File:36(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1864
Title:Richard Rothwell, Delaware to Rosa Rothwell, Ireland.
Sender:Rothwell, Richard Jr
Occupation:mechanic
Recipient:Rothwell, Rosa
ID:3990
File:36(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1865
Title:Address from the Residents of Amherst Island, Canada.
Sender:Members of the Free Temperance Association
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Perceval, William
ID:4061
File:36
Collection:Argentina - Murphy
Year:1865
Title:John James Murphy to Martin Murphy, 25 September 1865
Sender:Murphy, John James
Occupation:cattle breeder
Recipient:Murphy, Martin
ID:2168
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1870
Title:William Porter, [Illinois?], [U.S.A.?], to [?], [Ireland?].
Sender:Porter, William
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Porter, Robert L.
ID:1663
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1873
Title:Jane & James McCague, Allegheny Co. To "Dear Brother", David [McClure?]
Sender:McCague, Jane and James
Occupation:unemployed
Recipient:David
ID:3706
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1875
Title:Isabella Martin, Chicago, Illinois, to Mrs Shaw, Ballyfounder, Co Down
Sender:Martin, Isabella
Occupation:middle-class housewife
Recipient:Mrs Shaw
ID:2243
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1876
Title:R. Redmond, France, to W.Young, Co.Antrim.
Sender:Redmond, Roland
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Young, William
ID:1629
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1877
Title:A. Livermore, U.S. Consulate, Londonderry to Mrs Clarke.
Sender:Livermore, Arthur
Occupation:works at U.S. Consulate
Recipient:Mrs Clarke
ID:3835
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1878
Title:John McGoogan, [Knocknahinch?], to "Dear Brother".
Sender:McGoogan, John
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:McGoogan, Samuel
ID:4517
File:36
Collection:The McIlrath Letters: A family history in letters from New Zealand to Ireland (1860-1915) [Bassett, McKee et al.]
Year:1879
Title:McIlrath, Hamilton to McIlrath, William, 1879
Sender:McIlrath, Hamilton
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:McIlrath, William
ID:6348
File:36
Collection:Carlow-Coogan Letters
Year:1879
Title:Joyce, Bridget to Coogan, Hugh, 1879
Sender:Joyce, Bridget
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Coogan, Hugh
ID:3836
File:36(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1879
Title:John McGoogan, Knocknahinch, to Samuel McGoogan
Sender:McGoogan, John
Occupation:farmer (leaving for the States soon)
Recipient:McGoogan, Samuel
ID:4386
File:36
Collection:Patrick McMahon Glynn: Letters to his family (1874-1927) [Gerald Glynn O'Collins]
Year:1885
Title:McMahon Glynn, Patrick to Glynn, Ellen, 1885
Sender:McMahon Glynn, Patrick
Occupation:lawyer
Recipient:Glynn, Ellen
ID:3223
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1886
Title:Bell [Weir?], Pontiac, Mich to [Annie Weir?], [?]
Sender:Weir, Isabella (Bell)
Occupation:asylum attendant
Recipient:Weir, Annie
ID:738
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1888
Title:Mary S. Cranston, Canada to Uncle Lowry, Co. Donegal.
Sender:Cranston, Mary S.
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Lowry, Andrew
ID:23
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1889
Title:R. J. Alexander, San Francisco to [David Alexander, Co. Armagh?].
Sender:Alexander, Robert J.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Alexander, David
ID:1764
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1890
Title:[?], [?] To Annie Weir from [?]
Sender:Megaw, E.
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Weir, Annie
ID:2283
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1891
Title:John M. Ridings, Philadelphia, to James Buchanan, New York.
Sender:Ridings, John M.
Occupation:attorney
Recipient:Buchanan, James
ID:2389
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1892
Title:[?], Detroit, Michigan to "Miss Weir"
Sender:Savage, Mary
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Weir, Annie
ID:1658
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1893
Title:Eliza Marshall, Iowa to Eleanor McIlwrath, Co. Down.
Sender:Marshall, Eliza
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:McIlwrath, Eleanor
ID:4223
File:36
Collection:The Reynolds Letters. An Irish Emigrant Family in Late Victorian Manchester [L.W. McBride]
Year:1894
Title:Reynolds, James William to Reynolds, Laurence, 1894
Sender:Reynolds, James William
Occupation:linen worker
Recipient:Reynolds, Laurence
ID:953
File:36
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:1359
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1897
Title:L Hay, Liverpool, to B M Smyth, Castledamph
Sender:Hay, Elizabeth (Lizzie)
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Smyth, Bella M
ID:3718
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1898
Title:Mrs. M. Martin, U.S.A. to J. Peel, Solicitor, Armagh.
Sender:Martin, Mary
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Joshua Peel & Son
ID:2762
File:36(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1899
Title:J. A. Smyth, Canada to J. J. Smyth, Co. Tyrone
Sender:Smyth, James Alexander
Occupation:student
Recipient:Smyth, John J. and wife
ID:2763
File:36(3)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1900
Title:Jas A. Smyth, Ontario to, Mr John J Smyth, Castledamph
Sender:Smyth, James Alexander
Occupation:school teacher
Recipient:Smyth, John James
ID:3668
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1903
Title:Joseph Mahon, Canada to D. Mahon, Co Tyrone
Sender:Mahon, Joseph
Occupation:manuall worker/day labourer?
Recipient:Mahon, D
ID:6273
File:36
Collection:Your Fondest Annie: Letters from Annie O'Donnel to James P.Phelan [A. O'Donnell]
Year:1903
Title:O'Donnell, Annie to Phelan, James, 1903
Sender:O'Donnell, Annie
Occupation:children's maid
Recipient:Phelan, James
ID:2966
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1904
Title:M Smyth, Ontario to J J Smyth, Castledamph
Sender:Smyth, Mary
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:2836
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1905
Title:J. C. Smyth, Castledamph to James A. Smyth, Ontario
Sender:Smyth, John Charles
Occupation:carpenter
Recipient:Smyth, James Alexander
ID:3657
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1911
Title:Postcard from S. [Macki?], New York, to Miss A. Smyth, New York.
Sender:Machi, S.?
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Smyth, Artemisia
ID:1700
File:36
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1927
Title:Maggie McDermott, Kilkeel To My Dear Cousin , [USA ?]
Sender:McDermott, Maggie
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Doran, Dorothy