| Title: | E. O'Hanlon, Pittsburgh to His Father and Mother, Ireland. |
|---|---|
| ID | 2000 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | O'Hanlon, Edward J/16 |
| Year | 1876 |
| Sender | O'Hanlon, Edward J. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Pittsburgh, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Ballymote, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | son-parents |
| Source | D 885/240: Presented by Mrs. Leathem, Ballymote, Downpatrick, County Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N.Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9607051 |
| Date | 02/05/1876 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 05:07:96. |
| Word Count | 483 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Pittsburgh, Pa [Pennsylvania?] May 2nd 1876. Dear Father & Mother, I now take this opportunity of writing you a few lines to state to you that Johny [Johnny?] arrived here this Ev'g [Evening?] in good health and looking well after a very pleasant time in New York. He came here very nicely had no trouble in finding us May Tate, Nelly Ferguson & myself were at the train to meet him he was a little tired but he has a good bed & nice house to rest in he can take two or three weeks to recruit & I think there will be no trouble getting him a situation Now dear Father & Mother dont be troubling yourselves anymore as we will all get along with the help of God alright this is a large place and a good chance for a young man to get along. I am sure dear Father and Mother that you are all a little depressed in spirits but now you have reason to be thankful for his safe arrival I have got little more to say but that we are all well and Johnny will write to you in a day or two. Mary & Kate are in good health & equally glad at the arrival of our dear Brother & still we are equally sorry when we think of the sorrow that you have but I hope these sorrows which are almost inseperable [inseparable?] with [our?] human nature are for the best. sorrow in itself amounts to nothing in the way of good but only helps to shorten or [our?] life here let us then all offer our hearts & souls to God humbly acquiescing in all the decrees of God & when we do that there is happiness in this life and our eternal salvation depends on our own thoughts and actions here. I will say but a few words more as I wrote this in a terrible hurry as you might see from the scribble but now that this will be a comfort to you to get this, as Children of loving parents tis [it is?] a duty which we owe & I will write you in a short time more so also will Mary & all I can say in Conclusion of this scribble for you to be now contented & happy and we will here still try to live in the way we were brought up in, will allways [always?] dear Father be ready & willing to do anything that you may ever say or want us to do be it Ever so [hard?] You will please write soon & tell all our dear Bros [Brothers?] and Sisters to pray for us & let them write soon You believe us ever to be your dear children to death. I am for all your loving child E. J. O'Hanlon [Edward O'Hanlon?] Write soon tell Mike [Michael?] to do so. |
