| Title: | William Cole, New York, To The Readers Of The Irish American. |
|---|---|
| ID | 667 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Cole, William/17 |
| Year | 1858 |
| Sender | Cole, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | scholar, politician |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Destination | unknown |
| Recipient | The Readers of the Irish American |
| Recipient Gender | unknown |
| Relationship | unknown |
| Source | The Armagh Guardian, Friday, September 17, 1858. |
| Archive | The Central Library, Belfast. |
| Doc. No. | 9706510 |
| Date | 17/08/1858 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 02:07:97. |
| Word Count | 480 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | TO THE READERS OF THE IRISH AMERICAN. As I am about to pay a visit to Ireland, and will leave by the steamer Prince Albert, of the New York and Galway line, which sailed on the 21st instant it may be satisfactory to the readers of this journal to be made acquainted with the fact that the objects of my journey are chiefly to obtain a correct insight into the condition and prospects of the Irish people and the Irish Party at home, and to make such arrangements for the most speedy receipt of the earliest and most correct information on all matters of national or local interest for the use of the readers of the Irish American, as the direct communication now existing between Ireland and America demands and affords. In addition, I shall make it a special duty of my mission, to collect and rescue from the obscurity in which they have too long lain, as many of the literary relics of our venerable language as possible, to the end that their publication may contribute at the same time to their preservation and to the dissemination of a knowledge of this, one of the oldest tongues of Europe. In this effort I hope I shall receive the co-operation and encouragement of Irish scholars and possessors of rare and valuable manuscripts, whose favours shall be duly acknowledged. During my absence in Europe, the Irish American will be under the management of Mr Patrick J. Meehan, step-son of my lamented partner, the late Patrick Lynch, and guardian of his children, who has been connected with the paper almost from its commencement, and is in every way qualified for the task. In addition to the usual interesting features of the paper, I will endeavour from time to time, during my journey through the different countries of Ireland, to give such descriptions of familiar scenes and remarkable localities as will, I doubt not, recommend themselves to the reader, if for nothing else, at least for the recollections of "Home" which they must naturally excite, for which purpose they will be as nearly "daguerreotypes" as my ability will permit. With the facilities for establishing permanent correspondence and obtaining the earliest information afforded by being actually at the fountain head, I do not doubt that the Irish American will at once take the lead of its class in this New World, and leave its rivals in the field of Irish journalism far in the background in point of interest, utility, and literary power. Wishing all friends on this side [of?] the ocean uninterrupted happiness and prosperity, and bespeaking their good wishes on my journey, and kind recommendations to those in "the Green Isle," I now take leave of them, hoping soon to meet them again in that interchange of sentiment of which the electric tie that unites our native land to this mighty continent affords at once the type and instrument. WILLIAM L. COLE. New York, August 17, 1858. |
