| Title: | Jane Houghton, Massachusetts, to Robert Moore,County Donegal. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1474 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Houghton, Jane/70 |
| Year | 1915 |
| Sender | Houghton, Jane |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Dorchester, Mas., USA |
| Destination | Cardonagh, Co. Donegal, Ireland |
| Recipient | Moore, Robert |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends, business |
| Source | T 2799/1/25: Papers of Robert Moore and John Norris Thompson, Carndonagh, County Donegal. Photocopied by courtesy of Mrs. R. Moore |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9310024 |
| Date | 20/6/1915 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C. R., 01:10:1993 |
| Word Count | 293 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Dorchester, Mass. [Massachusetts?] Mr. Robert Moore. Dear Sir, I am writing to ask you to do me a favor, as I have no one else upon whom I can rely and that is to sell my place for me. As my family or I would never care to go again, I should like very much to have the value of it here. I feel that perhaps if my sister had not been there and proved herself to be such a nuisance, I would have been able to let since my parents have died [--------?] are now, I received mere nothing from it as the Lynch's have it so cheap, but it is a chance for them if they want to buy it. I have no idea as to its real value, but about twelve years ago when I was in Ireland your father told me then that it was worth a 100 £ [£100?] to me any day. I would hate to have my aunt disturbed while she lives, but of course I do not know about her house, you have in your books as to her claim. I thought that this would be a good time of the year to #PAGE 2 have it auctioned. If I have any repairs made on the house it costs me the double price of them, so I would like very much to sell it before the winter and so I am going to depend upon you as an honest friend to give it to the auctioneers and have him sell at the best possible advantage and them [then?] pay him and yourself and send the remains to me. Sincerely yours, Jane Houghton 37 Millet St. [Street?] Dorchester Mass. [Massachusetts?] Amer [America?] PS. It would be well worth 150 £ [£150?] to the Lynch's as they would have the town to themselves. |
