| Title: | Catherine Houghton and M. Houghton, USA to Robert Moore. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1471 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Houghton, Catherine & Margaret/81 |
| Year | 1918 |
| Sender | Houghton, Catherine and Margaret |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Dorchester, Mass., USA |
| Destination | Co. Donegal, Ireland |
| Recipient | Moore, Robert |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | distant relative? business |
| Source | T.2799/1/27: Photocopied by courtesy of Mrs. R. Moore. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9310406 |
| Date | 15/5/1918 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C.R., 14:10:1993. |
| Word Count | 624 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | 37 Millet Street, Dorchester, Mass. [Massachusetts?] My Dear Mr. Moore No doubt the contents of this letter, will prove a very great surprise to you, but I can assure you, it will not be as great a one as my mother's death was to me As you can see by the enclosed card the date of her death, you may perhaps think I have been rather neglectful in not informing you sooner of her leaving us, but there are only two of us left now, my sister Margeret and myself and as my sister has been very ill since my mother's death, it has left me very busy with many things to attend to. I do not know what you have to do in my particular case, but death coming so sudden to my mother, she did not have time to settle any of her affairs, and so it is for us, her only heirs, to have her title in Miltown [Page 3.] changed to read in our names. If that ever you wish to have done in regards to our signatures, I wish you would send at your earliest opportunity, and I will see that my lawyer here will have them attended to as you wish. I do not want you to mention my mother's death to anyone in Carndonagh or Miltown until my affairs are settled and then shall duly notify all of them. [Page 4.] I remember too well the trouble my mother had with her brother when she was in Ireland, and her father signed the place over to her. Your father, I believe was then landlord. The latter part of March I wrote for mother to the Lynch's in Miltown giving them an offer of 70£ [£70?] for the sale of the place, and that we would wait until the first of June for a reply. So far [Page 5.] I have not heard but perhaps you might be kind enough to visit them and find out if they had thought of buying, but do not tell them the real state of affairs, unless you think it would help in the selling. Mother also intended to give the Toland's a chance to buy, I believe they own the adjoining land. Do you think they might prove prospective buyers. Or again if you would auction it. #PAGE 2 [Page 6.] You see my sister and I may never visit that place again and do not want to bother with it anymore and the sooner we are rid of it the better we will like it. Any inconvenience you may incur in dealing with the place I will gladly pay for, but of course you can realize how you would wish to dispose of property that is so far away from the owner. I fully realise that while my mother's Aunt Bridget [____?] [____?] lives she is to have a free home on the place [Page 7.] and that was my mother's object in setting the price so low on the place, as her home though very humble is worth a trifle. As for my mother's sister Mrs. Martin I have nothing to say. If her Aunt wishes to remain with her, very well, but I feel that my mother's kindness is finished. For many years my mother, a widow supported her sister who had a husband in America, and a daughter that proved her value by a worthless marriage a few years ago. It is she that must take care of her mother now, not me. [Page 8.] You could perhaps advise me whether as to I have set to [too?] low a price 70 £ [£70?] on the place and I promise that any kindness you may tend me will be gratefully received. Hoping to receive a very early reply. Sincerely Yours, Catherine Houghton Margeret M. Houghton # 37 Millet Street, Dorchester, Mass. [Massachusetts?] America. |
