| Title: | Extract From Local Paper of a Letter Printed In America. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3892 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | 1781-90/7 |
| Year | 1783 |
| Sender | unknown |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | USA |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | unknown |
| Relationship | re emigration |
| Source | The Belfast Mercury or Freeman's Chronicle 17th October 1783. |
| Archive | The Linenhall Library, Belfast. |
| Doc. No. | 9407173 |
| Date | 17/10/1783 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 02:06:1994. |
| Word Count | 172 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | " I would by no means wish to see many of my countrymen here. I am sure with the same industry and attention necessary to make a fortune here, a fortune would be made in Ireland, and that without half the severities of heat and cold. - Tell J.B. to stay at home and be content; bid him exult [exalt?] that he was born in Ireland, and be thankful that he has it in his power to live there; for believe me when I assure you that this place is by no comparison equal to Ireland. The people are I believe the most selfish upon the earth. - Every article of American manufacture is at two prices, but if you have any thing to sell you cannot get half price for it. - You would pay two dollars for a pair of shoes made here, yet if you wanted to dispose of any, you could scarcely get one for them though absolutely as good: - Every thing else in the same manner!" |
