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ID
File
Collection
Year
Title
Sender
Occupation
Recipient
ID:3674
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1684
Title:Letters of Francis Makemie
Sender:Makemie, Francis
Occupation:clergyman
Recipient:Rev. Increase Mather
ID:6601
File:1
Collection:Irish Immigrants in the Land of Canaan. Letters and memoirs from colonial and revolutionary America (1675-1815) [K.A. Miller et al.]
Year:1700
Title:Wansborough, James to Sheperd, Ann & Thomas, 1700
Sender:Wansborough, James
Occupation:tenant, farmer
Recipient:Sheperd, Ann & Thomas
ID:3072
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1736
Title:Copies of Emigrant Letters Collected by ERR Green
Sender:Stewart, John
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Governor of Pennsylvania
ID:1019
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1749
Title:[William Faris, Cape Fear?] to [Arthur Dobbs, Carrickfergus?]
Sender:Faris, William
Occupation:plantation owner
Recipient:Dobbs, Arthur
ID:2361
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1751
Title:P Collenson, London, to Arthur Dobbs, Carrickfergus.
Sender:Rowan, M
Occupation:businessman
Recipient:S.S.
ID:5244
File:1
Collection:Letterbook of Greg & Cunningham, 1756-1757 [T. Truxes]
Year:1756
Title:Cunningham, Waddell to Dunlope, George, 1756
Sender:Cunningham, Waddell
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Dunlope, George
ID:3862
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1761
Title:Extract of a Letter from Philadelphia
Sender:unknown
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:1936
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1771
Title:Samuel Neale, Philadelphia, USA to T.Greer, Dungannon, Co,Tyrone.
Sender:Neale, Samuel
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Greer, Thomas
ID:2010
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1781
Title:Jno. Oakman, Liverpool to "Dear Uncle"
Sender:Oakman, John
Occupation:businessman
Recipient:
ID:4890
File:1
Collection:John Forsythe Letters
Year:1783
Title:Forsythe, John Sr to Forsythe, John Jr, 1783
Sender:Forsythe, John Sr
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Forsythe, John Jr
ID:3440
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1791
Title:Hamilton Young, New York, To "Dear Matty", Ireland.
Sender:Young, Hamilton
Occupation:goods trader
Recipient:Young, Martha
ID:4810
File:1
Collection:A Letter from an Irish emigrant [T.L.Birch]
Year:1798
Title:Birch, Thomas Ledlie to , 1798
Sender:Birch, Thomas Ledlie
Occupation:presbyterian minister
Recipient:unknown
ID:5590
File:1
Collection:MacArthur Letters
Year:1798
Title:MacArthur, John Sr to MacArthur, Robert, 1798
Sender:MacArthur, John Sr
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:MacArthur, Robert
ID:3516
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1801
Title:Thomas Young, [Waccamaw?] to Thomas Chapman, S. Carolina.
Sender:Young, Thomas
Occupation:attorney?
Recipient:Chapman, Thomas
ID:601
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1805
Title:John Chambers, New York to Robert Simms, Belfast.
Sender:Chambers, John
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Simms, Robert
ID:4719
File:1
Collection:Revisiting Our Forest Home, The immigrant letters of Frances Stewart [J. L. Aoki]
Year:1810
Title:Stewart, Frances to Beaufort, Harriet, 1810
Sender:Stewart, Frances
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Beaufort, Harriet
ID:5946
File:1
Collection:The Transatlantic Letters of an Irish Quaker Family_1818-1877 [B. Jackson]
Year:1818
Title:Pike, Margaret to O'Brien (n. Greeves), Anne, 1818
Sender:Pike, Margaret
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:O'Brien (n. Greeves), Anne
ID:4543
File:1
Collection:Authentic Letters from Upper Canada [Rev. Thomas Radcliff]
Year:1831
Title:From Thomas William Magrath, Esq., Upper Canada, to the Rev. Thomas Radcliff, Ireland.
Sender:Magrath, Thomas Wm
Occupation:superintendent for settlers
Recipient:Rev. Thomas Radcliff
ID:3786
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1831
Title:W McClurg, West Salem Township, to David McClurg, Templemoyle.
Sender:McClorg, William
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:McClorg, David and Anne
ID:5646
File:1
Collection:The Prendergast Letters. Correspondence from Famine-era Ireland (1840-50) [S. Barber]
Year:1840
Title:1. A character reference for Thomas Prendergast written by his employer, John Agar
Sender:Agar, John
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Prendergast, Thomas
ID:6366
File:1
Collection:New Brunswick Letters
Year:1840
Title:Moore, David to Moore, Thomas, 1840
Sender:Moore, David
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Moore, Thomas
ID:2469
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1841
Title:Margaret Simpson, Alabama to [Madelina Wightman, Alabama?].
Sender:Simpson, Margaret
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Madelina
ID:4865
File:1
Collection:Dear Uncle. Immigrant Letters to Antrim from the USA (1843-1852) [R.H. Roy]
Year:1844
Title:Kerr, John to Graham, James and Kerr, David, 1844
Sender:Kerr, John
Occupation:schoolmaster
Recipient:Graham, James and Kerr, David
ID:1391
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1844
Title:Anna Heather, Upper Canada to Thos. Greeves, Dungannon
Sender:Heather, Anna
Occupation:employed
Recipient:Greeves, Thomas
ID:4026
File:1
Collection:Argentina - Murphy
Year:1844
Title:John James Murphy to Nicholas Murphy, 15 April 1844
Sender:Murphy, John James
Occupation:emigrant
Recipient:Murphy, Nicholas
ID:1957
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1845
Title:J. Nelson, Dublin to W.J. Campbell Allen, [?].
Sender:Nelson, J
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Campbell Allen, William J
ID:6309
File:1
Collection:Historical Society of Pennsylvania Letters
Year:1845
Title:Curtis, Hannah to Curtis, John, 1845
Sender:Curtis, Hannah
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Curtis, John
ID:155
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1846
Title:M. A. Beggs, Kingston, Canada, to a Guardian of Dungannon Union.
Sender:Beggs, M.A,
Occupation:manual labourer?
Recipient:unknown
ID:2517
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1847
Title:Jonathan Smith, New York, to Jas [James?] Smith, Moycraig.
Sender:Smith, Jonathan W
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Smith, James and Jane
ID:3940
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1848
Title:[?], Huntington, Canada to Joseph Brown, Saintfield, Co. Down.
Sender:unknown
Occupation:farmer (tenant)
Recipient:Brown, Joseph
ID:2090
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1849
Title:Thomas Patterson, Delaware to Hugh Donnan, County Down
Sender:Patterson, Thomas
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Donnan, Hugh
ID:1162
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1850
Title:Letter from Eleanor Gibson to Jane Johnson, 1850
Sender:Gibson, Eleanor
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Johnson, Jane
ID:6198
File:1
Collection:Ulster Migration to America. Letters from three Irish Families [R.A. Wells]
Year:1851
Title:Patrick Hanlon to Father
Sender:Hanlon, Patrick
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Hanlon, Michael Sr
ID:6312
File:1
Collection:Carlow-Coogan Letters
Year:1851
Title:Coogan, Matthew Sr to Coogan, Mary, 1851
Sender:Coogan, Matthew Sr
Occupation:carpenter/shoemaker
Recipient:Coogan, Mary
ID:2284
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1851
Title:George Ritchie, NY, to "My Dear Father & Mother", Londonderry.
Sender:Ritchie, George
Occupation:unemployed
Recipient:unknown
ID:4467
File:1
Collection:The Earth between them: Joseph Beale's letters home to Ireland from Victoria (1852-1853) [E.Beale]
Year:1852
Title:Beale, Joseph Sr to Beale, Margaret, 1852
Sender:Beale, Joseph Sr
Occupation:emigrant
Recipient:Beale, Margaret
ID:2455
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1852
Title:Sarah Shaw, Mississippi, U.S.A. to "Dear Richard."
Sender:Shaw, Sarah
Occupation:tutor
Recipient:Richard
ID:3351
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1853
Title:James Williamson, California, to Robert Williamson, Richhill
Sender:Williamson, James
Occupation:gold miner
Recipient:Williamson, Robert
ID:4239
File:1
Collection:Oceans of Consolation [D. Fitzpatrick]
Year:1854
Title:Normile, Michael Jr and Bridget to Normile, Michael Sr, 1854
Sender:Normile, Michael Jr and Bridget
Occupation:storeman, carter
Recipient:Normile, Michael Sr
ID:226
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1854
Title:Mrs S. [Blun?], Florence, Alabama to A. Weir, Belfast
Sender:Blun, Susan
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Weir, Arthur
ID:2355
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1855
Title:Richard Rothwell, Senior, Boston, to Rosa Rothwell, Ireland, 1855
Sender:Rothwell, Richard Sr.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Rothwell, Rosa
ID:1713
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1856
Title:A. McFeeters, New York to Joseph Searight, Philadelphia.
Sender:McFeeters, Andrew
Occupation:businessman
Recipient:Searight, Joseph
ID:3296
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1857
Title:Jane White, Goderich to Eleanor Wallace, Newtownards.
Sender:White, Jane
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Wallace, Eleanor
ID:3750
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1858
Title:James McCafferty, Lancaster, PA to "Dear Sir", Co. Londonderry.
Sender:McCafferty, James
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:prob. Rev. B. McAuley
ID:4563
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration and Canadian Settlement [C.J. Houston & W.J. Smyth]
Year:1858
Title:Carrothers, Nathaniel to Carrothers, William, 1858
Sender:Carrothers, Nathaniel
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Carrothers, William
ID:3298
File:1(3)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1859
Title:J. White, Goderich to E. Wallace, Newtownards.
Sender:White, Jane
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Wallace, Eleanor
ID:545
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1860
Title:Joseph Carrothers Canada to William Carrothers Lisbellaw
Sender:Carrothers, Joseph
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Carrothers, William
ID:4482
File:1
Collection:The McIlrath Letters: A family history in letters from New Zealand to Ireland (1860-1915) [Bassett, McKee et al.]
Year:1860
Title:McIlrath, James L to McIlrath family, 1860
Sender:McIlrath, James L
Occupation:emigrant
Recipient:McIlrath family
ID:3378
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1861
Title:Martha J. Wilson, Ontario to her aunts, [Co. Armagh?].
Sender:Wilson, Martha Jane
Occupation:farming household
Recipient:unknown
ID:3046
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1862
Title:W. Stavely, Pennsylvania, to J. Stavely, Belfast
Sender:Stavely, William J.
Occupation:sales supervisor
Recipient:Stavely, James
ID:3976
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1863
Title:Letter of Thanks by Belfast Printers to Public Appeal.
Sender:Passengers of the Neptune
Occupation:printers
Recipient:Relief Committee
ID:4161
File:1
Collection:Argentina - Pettit
Year:1864
Title:O'Neile, William F to Pettit, John, 1864
Sender:O'Neile, William F
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Pettit, John
ID:3297
File:1(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1864
Title:Jane White, Goderich to Eleanor McIlwrath, Newtownards.
Sender:White, Jane
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:McIlwrath (n. Wallace), Eleanor
ID:3977
File:1(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1865
Title:[?], Louisville to [William Wightman, Alabama?].
Sender:unknown
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Wightman, William
ID:1213
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1866
Title:John Gorman, Newgarden, Indiana to Philip Gorman.
Sender:Gorman, John
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Gorman, Philip
ID:2450
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1867
Title:Samuel Shaw, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., to His Mother, [Co. Down?]
Sender:Shaw, Samuel
Occupation:ship business?
Recipient:Mrs Catherine Shaw
ID:469
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1868
Title:R. Campbell, U.S.A. to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast.
Sender:Campbell, Robert
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Campbell Allen, William J.
ID:468
File:1(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1869
Title:R. Campbell, U.S.A. to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast.
Sender:Campbell, Robert
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Campbell Allen, William J.
ID:391
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1870
Title:James Buchanan, Philadelphia to Robert Buchanan, New York.
Sender:Buchanan, James
Occupation:unable to work due to sickness
Recipient:Buchanan, Robert
ID:3330
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1871
Title:John Wightman, Illinois, To Mary Anne Wightman, Holywood.
Sender:Wightman, John
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Wightman, Mary Anne
ID:1146
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1872
Title:Annie Gass, Attica, Indiana to Miss Mary Gass, Co Armagh.
Sender:Gass, Annie
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Gass, Mary
ID:1349
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1874
Title:Anna Hay, Peterborough to C. Kirkpatrick, Cullybackey
Sender:Hay, Anna
Occupation:housewife
Recipient:Kirkpatrick, Catherine
ID:4351
File:1
Collection:Patrick McMahon Glynn: Letters to his family (1874-1927) [Gerald Glynn O'Collins]
Year:1874
Title:McMahon Glynn, Patrick to Glynn, Ellen, 1874
Sender:McMahon Glynn, Patrick
Occupation:student
Recipient:Glynn, Ellen
ID:2211
File:1(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1875
Title:Roland [Redmond?], New York, to W. Young, Co.Antrim
Sender:Redmond, Roland
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Young, William
ID:921
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1876
Title:Ellen Dunlop, Peterborough, Canada, to Alex [Kirkpatrick?].
Sender:Dunlop, Ellen
Occupation:housewife
Recipient:Rev. Alexander Kirkpatrick
ID:313
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1877
Title:Fanny Broughton, Ontario, to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast.
Sender:Broughton, Fanny
Occupation:housewife (in a wealthy household)
Recipient:Campbell Allen, William J.
ID:4188
File:1
Collection:The Reynolds Letters. An Irish Emigrant Family in Late Victorian Manchester [L.W. McBride]
Year:1877
Title:Reynolds, Mary to Reynolds, Laurence and Mary Ann, 1877
Sender:Reynolds, Mary
Occupation:head of household
Recipient:Reynolds, Laurence and Mary Ann
ID:2432
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1878
Title:William W. Shanks, Chicago, U.S.A., to His Mother, [Co.Down?]
Sender:Shanks, William
Occupation:sailor
Recipient:Mrs Shaw
ID:2210
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1879
Title:Roland Redmond, N.Y [U.S.A.?] to William Young [Co Antrim?]
Sender:Redmond, Roland
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Young, William
ID:1745
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1886
Title:Tom McMullin, Edenclaw to "Dear Bella".
Sender:McMullin, Tom
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Weir, Isabella
ID:1994
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1887
Title:Bernard O'Hanlon, Ireland to Patrick Hanlon, Pennsylvania,U.S.A.
Sender:O'Hanlon, Bernard
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Hanlon, Patrick
ID:1418
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1888
Title:John Henry, Clay Center to Mrs John Henry, Coole, Co. Derry.
Sender:Henry, John
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Mrs John Henry
ID:162
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1889
Title:W. Bell, Grayling, Michigan to A. Weir
Sender:Bell, William
Occupation:day labourer
Recipient:Weir, Anne
ID:3261
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1890
Title:Willie J. Weir, California., to Annie Weir, Michigan.
Sender:Weir, William J.
Occupation:shop assistant
Recipient:Weir, Annie
ID:4012
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1891
Title:From, Brooklyn, N.Y., to "Dear James" [no address]
Sender:unknown
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:James
ID:2849
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1892
Title:John J Smyth, [?] to James A Smyth, Ontario
Sender:Smyth, John James
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Smyth, James Alexander
ID:2684
File:1(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1893
Title:[?] [?], Ontario to “Dear Father and Mother”
Sender:Smyth, James Alexander
Occupation:farm labourer
Recipient:Smyth, John J. and wife
ID:940
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1894
Title:Earl of Ava to his Mother Marchioness of Dufferin & Ava
Sender:Archibald, Earl of Ava
Occupation:army officer
Recipient:Hariot, Marchioness of Dufferin & Ava
ID:2683
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1895
Title:James A Smyth, Ontario to Bella Smyth, Castledamph
Sender:Smyth, James Alexander
Occupation:school teacher
Recipient:Smyth, Bella M.
ID:1619
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1896
Title:George Kirkpatrick, Toronto, to Rev. Alex. Kirkpatrick, Co Antrim
Sender:Lit. Col. Sir George Airey
Occupation:army officer, barrister
Recipient:Rev Alexander Kirkpatrick
ID:2263
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1897
Title:John D Reid, New York to Thomas Reid, Armagh
Sender:Reid, John D.
Occupation:unemployed
Recipient:Reid, Thomas
ID:1163
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1898
Title:Mary Gibson, America to her Sister-in-law, Ireland
Sender:Gibson, Mary
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:1775
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1899
Title:Minor & Ashley, Solicitors, U.S.A. to J. Peel, Armagh.
Sender:Minor & Ashley
Occupation:solicitors
Recipient:Peel, Joshua
ID:723
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1900
Title:John Craig, [Canada?] to [?].
Sender:Craig, John
Occupation:farmer?
Recipient:unknown
ID:3114
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1901
Title:Joe [Thompson?], U.S.A. to Lilly and Tillie, [Co Londonderry?]
Sender:Thompson, Joseph
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Lilly and Tilly
ID:6238
File:1
Collection:Your Fondest Annie: Letters from Annie O'Donnel to James P.Phelan [A. O'Donnell]
Year:1901
Title:O'Donnell, Annie to Phelan, James, 1901
Sender:O'Donnell, Annie
Occupation:children's maid
Recipient:Phelan, James
ID:2628
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1904
Title:E. Smyth, Co. Tyrone to J. A. Smyth, Canada
Sender:Smyth, Eliza Catherine
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Smyth, James Alexander
ID:3067
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1905
Title:A. R. Stevenson, Windsor, to J. A. Smyth, Essex. Ontario
Sender:Stevenson, A.R.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Smyth, James A.
ID:2830
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1907
Title:J C Smyth, New York, USA to James A Smyth, Ontario
Sender:Smyth, John Charles
Occupation:carpenter
Recipient:Smyth, James Alexander
ID:2409
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1908
Title:Nora Scott, Baltimore, to a Member of Stewart Family, Co Down.
Sender:Scott, Nora
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Stewart
ID:1516
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1909
Title:Hilary I, Port-Hope to, J. A. Smyth, Essex
Sender:I., Hilary
Occupation:teacher?
Recipient:Smyth, James Alexander
ID:1147
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1910
Title:Mrs Edith Gass, California, to Mother-in-Law, Co. Armagh.
Sender:Gass, Edith
Occupation:ranch owner
Recipient:unknown
ID:916
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1911
Title:Robert J Duncan, Co Tyrone to “Dear Father”
Sender:Duncan, Robert J. and Alex
Occupation:farmers
Recipient:unknown
ID:2003
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1921
Title:unknown
Sender:O'Hara, F.C.T.
Occupation:deputy minister at the
Recipient:Graham, Ogilvy
ID:4023
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1933
Title:Letter of Regret for Death of Rev. McFadden, Pittsburg.
Sender:An Ulsterman
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:1424
File:1
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:unknown
Title:The Fenian Brotherhood Letter
Sender:Herbert, Henry Fitz
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown