| Title: | Catherine Hennagan, St. John's, N.B., to "Dear Father & Mother" |
|---|---|
| ID | 1417 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Hennagan, Catherine/39 |
| Year | 1847 |
| Sender | Hennagan, Catherine |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | St. John's, N.Brunswick, Canada |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | daughter-parents |
| Source | British Parliamentary Papers, 1849, X1, (122), p 130 |
| Archive | The Main Library, The Queen's University of Belfast |
| Doc. No. | 9804820 |
| Date | 13/10/1847 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 30:04:98. |
| Word Count | 429 |
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| Transcript | Appendix to Minutes of Evidence Before Select Committee Appendix X Saint John NB. October 13th 1847 Dear Father & Mother. I take the present opportunity of letteng [letting?] you know that I am in good health hoping this will find you and all friends in the same. I wrote you shortly after I came here but recevid [received?] no answer which makes me very uneasy untill [until?] I hear from you and how you are and all friends. Dear Father we had a pretty favourable passage we Cast Anchor at Partridge Island after 5 Weeks passage there were 4 Deaths on the passage but the Second day after we arrived here and after the Doctor came on Board the Sickness commenced we were then put on the Island for 3 Weeks at the end of which time my dear Litle [little?] Biddy died thank God I got safe off and continues [continue?] to enjoy good health since Dear Father Pen could not write the distress of the Irish Passengers which arrived here thro [through?] Sickness death and distress of every Kind the Irish I know have suffered much and is [sic] still suffering but the Situation of them here even the Survivors at that awful time was lamentable in the extreme there are thousands of them buried on the Island and those who could not go to the States are in the Poorhouse or begging thro [through?] the Streets of St. John, let me know how James Burns and Sister are and let me know how John Burns is, and Biddy Kelly and family I am living 10 miles from St John Churchland when you write direct the [sic] Care of the Revd Edmund Quim [Quinn?] C.C. forwarded to Neal Quin Church Land St. John N.B. If you would wish to come here I would like you was here [sic] as I think times will mend here after some time and dear Father I will soon send you some help let me know if Catherine Bradley Mary McGowan and Mary Kinloghlan wrote home as I do not know where they went to or where they are. Milk and Butter is very dear here 4d. per quart and 15d. per lb. I went to the country with my uncle but he went off to the States since let uncle Paddy know that Thos. [Thomas?] went to Boston with his uncle Thos. [Thomas?] got a place for the Boys in Boston Biddy's two Sons [sic] do not neglect but write as soon as you can as I will be uneasy untill [until?] I hear from you. No more at Present But remains your affectionate Daughter till Death, CATHERINE HENNAGAN [Hannigan?]. |
