| Title: | 19. From James Prendergast to his son Thomas |
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| ID | 5664 |
| Collection | The Prendergast Letters. Correspondence from Famine-era Ireland (1840-50) [S. Barber] |
| File | prendergast/19 |
| Year | 1844 |
| Sender | Prendergast, James |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Milltown, Co. Kerry, Ireland |
| Destination | Boston, Mass., USA |
| Recipient | Prendergast, Thomas |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | father-son |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 560 |
| Genre | correspondence, family, neighbours, politics |
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| Transcript | Mr Cornelius Riordan No 22 Atkinson Street Boston Mass America December 6th 1844 Milltown December the 6th 1844 My Dear Thomas, I received your welcome letter of the 15th November last which gave me, your affectionate mother and Brothers and their families the greatest pleasure of finding you all in as good health as this leaves me your beloved mother Brothers and families at present thanks to Divine providence for all his Graces. Dear Thomas you alledge great blame to me about my neglect in writing. I always write to ye regularly and speedily whatever may be the delay in the offices. I even sent ye a letter on the 20th of November last in which all matters relative to our being well and the reception of your check of £5..os.od stg. was mentioned in same. Dear Thomas, you speak of death being amongst us. We have no case of the kind thank God. I and your Beloved mother are well and strongly living still, tho in truth we would have died long since by all reason were it not for ye Dear children that are nourishing us in our old and feeble days. May God thro his infinite graces give you all the greatest comfort and happiness. Dear Thomas I expect we will live untill we enjoy that one comfort of seeing you all together at Home. (Turn over) Dear Thomas, I beg of you to let me know in your next letter to whom did you leave the Box which you got from your Brother John at leaving the country as a few nights ago some difference arose between your Brother John and Mich1 about the Box John having seen the key of the Box with Michl he said that the key was the actual key of the Box which he gave you at your departure. Michl denied it. Therefore to quell all disunion let me know to whom did you leave the Box. About your ages your Brother Jeffeory's age being 28 years the 27th of May last your own age being 25 years the 29th of last May. Dear Thomas we are most anxious to know your anx^c^iety for your ages as we cannot conceive the reason therefore let me know in your next letter. Dear Thomas Daniel Riordan is well in health and in the same situation still in the Victoria Hotel Killarney. Dear Thomas it me the greatest pleasure of hearing the Fords being well and doing well. Your Aunt Kate is perfectly satisfied to go to that country if she is sent for as I got a letter from her from Cork some time past. Mr Spring and family are all well in health. Dear Thomas about the Repeal the Liberator Danl OConnell and his associates say that we will actually have the Repeal tho in truth it is dangerous Because there are some of our Irish for the Repeal others for Federal Parliament therefore it is doubtful what time we will have it as they are not altogether for the repeal. If they were we certainly would have it and no mistake. No more at present from your affectionate Father mother and Brothers who join with me in love and friendship to Cornelius Riordan Julia Riordan Jeffeory and Thomas Prendergast until Death. James Prendergast |
