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Title: 48. From Elizabeth Prendergast to her son Thomas
ID5693
CollectionThe Prendergast Letters. Correspondence from Famine-era Ireland (1840-50) [S. Barber]
Fileprendergast/48
Year1850
SenderPrendergast, Elizabeth
Sender Genderfemale
Sender Occupationhousewife
Sender Religionunknown
OriginLiverpool, England
DestinationBoston, Mass., USA
RecipientPrendergast children
Recipient Gendermale-female
Relationshipmother-children
Source
Archive
Doc. No.
Date
Partial Date
Doc. Type
Logunknown
Word Count219
Genrewaiting for passage
Note
TranscriptThomas Penderg[...]
No 79 south street
Boston
North America

Liverp[...]

My Dear and Loving son Thom[...]
I tak this fa[...]
writing these few lines hoping t o [...]
Brothers and sisters and Con and [...]
good health as this leaves me and [... ]
Riordan and Patrick Fitzgerald [...]
Thanks be to the Great God for all his [...]
and also Maurices family and Michaels wife and
family. Dear Thomas I wish to let you know that
we are here 7 days under heavy cost waiting until
the ship sails. Her name is Noibe and her
captains name is Soule which is to Leave Liverpool
on the 21st instant. We have no account of the
Western star. I have to inform ye that there was
not 6 persons in the boat but fell sick from Cork to
Liverpool but myself which braved that much
[...] well Thanks be to god
[...]lth and courage to cross the
[...]lso the rest of them
[...] say but we all join in one
[...]ends you all kind love and
[...] Loving mother until Death.
Elizabeth Pendergast
Florence Riordan wishes to be kindly
Remembered to his loving Brother and his
wife Julia and to all the Boys. May
the Blessing of God be with you all.