| Title: | 37. From James Prendergast to his children in Boston |
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| ID | 5682 |
| Collection | The Prendergast Letters. Correspondence from Famine-era Ireland (1840-50) [S. Barber] |
| File | prendergast/37 |
| Year | 1848 |
| Sender | Prendergast, James |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Milltown, Co. Kerry, Ireland |
| Destination | Boston, Mass., USA |
| Recipient | Prendergast children |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | father-children |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 689 |
| Genre | family, payments |
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| Transcript | Mr Thomas Prendergast N°16 Pearlplace Boston State of Massachusetts N. America prepaid T.S.P. Milltown 18th June 1848 My dear Children I receivd your letter of the 30th of May last containing a check for seven Pounds. It was a timely relief and tho I wanted it I assure ^you^ I felt more on your account than I did on my own account. I feared that some mishap had befallen ye as I heard not from ye for a long time. I was in debt one pound nineteen shillings which I borrowed time after time, since what you sent me was spent. I was in a very bad state of health and I feared I would have died before your relief would reach me and that I would be a burthen on the parish for my funeral necessary but, thank God, I [...] received a new life when I received your letter and not so much on account of the order, as on account of the account it contains that ye are all well. It is always said that he who has tenderful and careful children is happy. In that case I am really so, for my sons and daughter are so and I will say that I have two of the best children in the world, while I have Julia and Con. My dear children ye can be neither jealous nor displeased when I say that I am more thankful to him than to my[...] own. At the same time I have cause to thank you all. Mr Quill Manager of the National Bank cashed the Bill for your Mother on yesterday. She is so well that she left this place yesterday morning and arrived here in the Evening with the amount of her order. James Maurice was here. She gave ^hi^ the three Pounds which ye ordered to carry to his father. Also the letter which ye sent ^(to his father)^ arrived here early in the evening and he carried it. His father said before this that he wrote to ye consenting and praying that ye would take out the boy. James himself said so on yesterday. It is the only wish of the Boy. Ye need ^not^ delay to send for him as ^soon^ ye receive this for I assure ^ye^ it is the wish of all his family both father and Mother as well as himself His father will write directly and I am sure ye will have his letter, unless it miscarry, sooner than mine. If he were over once He ought to help his own family and free ye from a part of your cares here on this side. He desires to remember him to his aunt Julia and uncle Con and adds that every one of his family have the same wish as, in gratitude and every other respect as they are more indebted to Con than to their own blood relatives for his kind =ness. James says if he were with ye he would try to shew ye that he knows what he and his family owe ye for your kindness and good natures. Michls Wife and children are well, and so are his fatherinlaw and Motherinlaw. They are really attentive to children. His Wife is as attentive to us as our daughter could be. They are doing well and would be glad to hear daily if possible from him. Tell Michl that he ought not forget Michl Ginnaw for 18 shillings which was due to him when Mich1 left here. He knows that I am bound for it and that only Michl Ginna is so indulgent he should have been paid long since, but he should not be forgotten on that account. Your Mother and I may say, every individual of our family both maurice and Michls join with me in sending a sincere blessing to every one of their beloved family {the young and old) praying that the eldest members may live long and the youngest to be as old. I will on say I am Affectionately your Father James Prendergast |
