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ID
File
Collection
Year
Title
Sender
Occupation
Recipient
ID:3860
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1749
Title:[?] [Smith?], London, to John Hanbury, [Location?].
Sender:unknown
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Hanbury, John
ID:3577
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1755
Title:Andrew Lewis, Jackson's River, Virginia, to Brother Thomas Lewis, Staunton.
Sender:Major Andrew Lewis
Occupation:army officer
Recipient:Lewis, Thomas
ID:5249
File:6
Collection:Letterbook of Greg & Cunningham, 1756-1757 [T. Truxes]
Year:1756
Title:Cunningham, Waddell to Porter & Mierop, 1756
Sender:Cunningham, Waddell
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:Porter & Mierop
ID:2205
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1765
Title:John Rea, SC, U.S.A. to Matthew Rea, Drumbo, Co. Antrim.
Sender:Rea, John
Occupation:businessman
Recipient:Rea, Matthew
ID:1289
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1772
Title:Hester Habersham, Georgia, to H. Lawrence, Coleraine
Sender:Habersham, Hester
Occupation:middle-class housewife
Recipient:Lawrence, Helen
ID:522
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1783
Title:Letter by Capt P Dillon Concerning the Passage to America.
Sender:Captain Peter Dillon
Occupation:ship captain
Recipient:unknown
ID:3908
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1793
Title:[?], New York, to [?], Londonderry
Sender:unknown
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:4895
File:6
Collection:John Forsythe Letters
Year:1806
Title:Brouster (n.Forsythe), Sally to Forsythe, John Jr (schoolmaster), 1806
Sender:Brouster (n.Forsythe), Sally
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Forsythe, John Jr (schoolmaster)
ID:773
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1811
Title:Mary Cumming, Petersburg, [Va?] to Margaret Craig, Lisburn.
Sender:Cumming (n. Craig), Mary
Occupation:middle class housewife
Recipient:Craig, Margaret
ID:5951
File:6
Collection:The Transatlantic Letters of an Irish Quaker Family_1818-1877 [B. Jackson]
Year:1819
Title:Nicholson, Thomas to O'Brien, William, 1819
Sender:Nicholson, Thomas
Occupation:merchant
Recipient:O'Brien, William
ID:3418
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1821
Title:Robert Wray, Peterscreek, Quebec, To His Family, Coleraine
Sender:Wray, Robert
Occupation:teacher?
Recipient:unknown
ID:4724
File:6
Collection:Revisiting Our Forest Home, The immigrant letters of Frances Stewart [J. L. Aoki]
Year:1822
Title:Stewart, Frances to , 1822
Sender:Stewart, Frances
Occupation:emigrant
Recipient:unknown
ID:3855
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1832
Title:J & C McLees, NY, to James McLees, Ballymoney
Sender:McLees, John
Occupation:farmer?
Recipient:McLees, James
ID:4548
File:6
Collection:Authentic Letters from Upper Canada [Rev. Thomas Radcliff]
Year:1832
Title:From Thomas W. Magrath, Esq., Upper Canada,
Sender:Magrath, Thomas Wm
Occupation:superintendent for settlers
Recipient:Rev. Thomas Radcliff
ID:5595
File:6
Collection:MacArthur Letters
Year:1832
Title:MacArthur, William to MacArthur, John, Andrew & Robert, 1832
Sender:MacArthur, William
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:MacArthur, John, Andrew & Robert
ID:4870
File:6
Collection:Dear Uncle. Immigrant Letters to Antrim from the USA (1843-1852) [R.H. Roy]
Year:184-
Title:Kerr, John to Grahams?, 184-
Sender:Kerr, John
Occupation:schoolmaster
Recipient:Grahams?
ID:1945
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1841
Title:Henry Neill, Kentucky to James Neill, Co. Down
Sender:Neill, Henry
Occupation:works in the mercantile business
Recipient:Neill, James
ID:5651
File:6
Collection:The Prendergast Letters. Correspondence from Famine-era Ireland (1840-50) [S. Barber]
Year:1842
Title:6. From James Prendcrgast to his son Thomas
Sender:Prendergast, James
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Prendergast, Thomas
ID:2531
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1842
Title:R. W. Smith [Smyth?], Philadelphia, to W. Smyth [Smith?], Moycraig, Co. Antrim.
Sender:Smith, Robert W
Occupation:runs a distillery business
Recipient:Smith, William
ID:3360
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1843
Title:W. Williamson, New York, To Hugh Williamson, Richhill
Sender:Williamson, William
Occupation:just arrived in the USA
Recipient:Williamson, Hugh
ID:2532
File:6(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1845
Title:R. Smith, Philadelphia to J. Smith, Co. Antrim
Sender:Smith, Robert W
Occupation:runs a distillery business
Recipient:Smith, James Sr
ID:3584
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1846
Title:John P. Lindsay, U. S. A. to Hugh McCullough, County Derry
Sender:Lindsay, John P.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:McCullough, Hugh
ID:428
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1847
Title:James Callwell, Carrickfergus to Mary Jane Callwell, Canada
Sender:Callwell, James
Occupation:student (in teacher training)
Recipient:Callwell, Mary
ID:863
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1848
Title:Bridget Doyle, Philadelphia to George Graham, Co. Londonderry.
Sender:Doyle, Bridget
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Graham, George
ID:3944
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1849
Title:The Presbyterian Church in America.
Sender:unknown
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:227
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1850
Title:James Boale, Hickory to David Carse, Co. Down
Sender:Boale, James
Occupation:mentions having worked as a clerk and a teacher
Recipient:Carse, David
ID:3357
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1851
Title:John Williamson, Cohoes, NY to Benjamin Williamson, Leeds.
Sender:Williamson, John
Occupation:looking for a job
Recipient:Williamson, Benjamin
ID:3818
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1852
Title:Robert McElderry, Virginia to Thomas McElderry, Ballymoney.
Sender:McElderry, Robert
Occupation:businessman (dry goods)
Recipient:McElderry, Thomas
ID:4472
File:6
Collection:The Earth between them: Joseph Beale's letters home to Ireland from Victoria (1852-1853) [E.Beale]
Year:1853
Title:Beale, Joseph Sr to Beale, Margaret, 1853
Sender:Beale, Joseph Sr
Occupation:store keeper
Recipient:Beale, Margaret
ID:1714
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1854
Title:A. McFeeters, New York to Joseph Searight, U.S.A
Sender:McFeeters, Andrew
Occupation:businessman
Recipient:Searight, Joseph
ID:1711
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1855
Title:C. A. McFarland, Philadelphia to "My Dear Mother".
Sender:McFarland, Catherine Ann
Occupation:house help
Recipient:unknown
ID:1012
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1856
Title:"Erin-Go-Bragh", Mississippi to the Editor.
Sender:Erin Go Bragh
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:the Editor of the Armagh Guardian
ID:4244
File:6
Collection:Oceans of Consolation [D. Fitzpatrick]
Year:1857
Title:Normile, Michael Jr to Normile, Michael Sr, 1857
Sender:Normile, Michael Jr
Occupation:storeman, carter
Recipient:Normile, Michael Sr
ID:1506
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1857
Title:Letter from William Hutton, Toronto, to John McCrea Junior, Strabane.
Sender:Hutton, William
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:McCrea, John
ID:3412
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1858
Title:Joseph Wood, Wisconsin, U.S.A., to "Dear Brother".
Sender:Wood, Joseph
Occupation:teacher
Recipient:unknown
ID:26
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1859
Title:W. J. Alexander, London, to Moty, Quebec
Sender:Alexander, William J.
Occupation:solicitor
Recipient:Moty, James
ID:1329
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1860
Title:W.J.B. Hamilton, Augusta, to James Stavely, Antrim
Sender:Hamilton, J.W.B.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:4487
File:6
Collection:The McIlrath Letters: A family history in letters from New Zealand to Ireland (1860-1915) [Bassett, McKee et al.]
Year:1861
Title:McIlrath, Hamilton to McIlrath family, 1861
Sender:McIlrath, Hamilton
Occupation:emigrant
Recipient:McIlrath family
ID:3050
File:6(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1861
Title:William Stavely, America to "My Dear James".
Sender:Stavely, William J.
Occupation:sales supervisor
Recipient:Stavely, James
ID:373
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1862
Title:Samuel Bruce Junior, Mingan, Quebec, to James Bruce, Belfast.
Sender:Bruce, Samuel Jr
Occupation:fisherman & hunter
Recipient:Bruce, James
ID:307
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1863
Title:Matthew Brooks, Philadelphia, to His Sister [Co Tyrone?].
Sender:Brooks, Matthew
Occupation:mentions having lost money to the economic crisis caused by
Recipient:Clark, Rebecca
ID:6317
File:6
Collection:Carlow-Coogan Letters
Year:1863
Title:Coogan, Michael (Brother Declan) to Coogan (n. Nolan), Catherine, 1863
Sender:Coogan, Michael (Brother Declan)
Occupation:monk/shoemaker
Recipient:Coogan (n. Nolan), Catherine
ID:4031
File:6
Collection:Argentina - Murphy
Year:1863
Title:John James Murphy to Martin Murphy, 13 November 1863
Sender:Murphy, John James
Occupation:emigrant
Recipient:Murphy, Martin
ID:1712
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1864
Title:Wm. McFarland, Virginia, to John McFarland, Philadelphia.
Sender:McFarland, Willian
Occupation:soldier
Recipient:McFarland, John
ID:4166
File:6
Collection:Argentina - Pettit
Year:1866
Title:Murphy, Fanny M to Pettit, John, 1866
Sender:Murphy, Fanny M
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Pettit, John
ID:380
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1866
Title:Harper C. Bryson, U.S.A. to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast.
Sender:Bryson, Harper C.
Occupation:businessman
Recipient:Campbell Allen, William J,
ID:3981
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1869
Title:An Irishman in California.
Sender:unknown
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:3117
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1870
Title:Joe [Thompson?], Cincinnati to His Brother, Co. Londonderry.
Sender:Thompson, Joseph
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:6203
File:6
Collection:Ulster Migration to America. Letters from three Irish Families [R.A. Wells]
Year:1871
Title:Edward Hanlon to Mary and Kate Hanlon (in Pittsburgh)
Sender:Hanlon, Edward
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Hanlon, Mary and Kate
ID:2248
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1872
Title:Memo of Will of William Redmond, New York.
Sender:Redmond, William
Occupation:businessman
Recipient:unknown
ID:2150
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1873
Title:William Porter, U.S.A. to Robert Porter, Ireland
Sender:Porter, William
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Porter, Robert L.
ID:3839
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1874
Title:John McGurk, Lonaconing, Maryland to "My Dear Father"
Sender:McGurk, John
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:3996
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1875
Title:[?], Georgia, To WJC Allen, Belfast
Sender:unknown
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Campbell Allen, William J.
ID:1331
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1876
Title:William Hamilton, Minnesota, to William Mann, Ireland.
Sender:Hamilton, William
Occupation:businessman?
Recipient:Mann, William
ID:1197
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1877
Title:G. O. Giltenan, U.S.A. to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast.
Sender:Giltenan, G.O.
Occupation:businessman
Recipient:Campbell Allen. William J.
ID:139
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1878
Title:J. S. Bean, Augusta to W. J. C. Allen, Belfast.
Sender:Bean, Joseph B.
Occupation:attorney
Recipient:Campbell Allen, William J.
ID:4193
File:6
Collection:The Reynolds Letters. An Irish Emigrant Family in Late Victorian Manchester [L.W. McBride]
Year:1879
Title:Reynolds, Mary to Reynolds, Laurence and Mary Ann, 1879
Sender:Reynolds, Mary
Occupation:head of household
Recipient:Reynolds, Laurence and Mary Ann
ID:6371
File:6
Collection:New Brunswick Letters
Year:1879
Title:Seymour, William to Seymour, Edward, 1879
Sender:Seymour, William
Occupation:policeman
Recipient:Seymour, Edward
ID:3049
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1879
Title:William J. Stavely, Philadelphia, USA, to his Mother
Sender:Stavely, William J.
Occupation:businessman
Recipient:unknown
ID:4356
File:6
Collection:Patrick McMahon Glynn: Letters to his family (1874-1927) [Gerald Glynn O'Collins]
Year:1880
Title:McMahon Glynn, Patrick to Glynn, Ellen, 1880
Sender:McMahon Glynn, Patrick
Occupation:barrister
Recipient:Glynn, Ellen
ID:20
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1880
Title:R. J. Alexander, California to [David Alexander, Co. Armagh?].
Sender:Alexander, Robert J.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Alexander, David?
ID:283
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1882
Title:C. K. Breeze, San Francisco to his niece, Martha.
Sender:Breeze, C.K.
Occupation:provision businessman
Recipient:Breeze, Martha
ID:3709
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1886
Title:Margaret Martin, Chicago, U.S.A., to Her Aunt, Portaferry, Co.Down
Sender:Martin, Margaret (Maggie)
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Mrs Shaw
ID:281
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1887
Title:Maggie Breen, [Belmore?] to Annie Weir.
Sender:Breen, Maggie
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Weir, Annie
ID:885
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1888
Title:Mary Duckett, Iowa to Annie Weir, [?]
Sender:Duckett, Mary
Occupation:mentions poultry, farmer?
Recipient:Weir, Annie
ID:3263
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1889
Title:William J. Weir, Fresno, California, to Annie Weir, Birmingham
Sender:Weir, William J.
Occupation:farm labourer
Recipient:Weir, Annie
ID:3012
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1890
Title:William Smyth, Ontario to "Dear Brother"
Sender:Smyth, William
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Smyth, John J.
ID:3807
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1891
Title:Leydd McCrory [?], Brighton to Annie Weir, Michigan
Sender:McCrory, Leydd
Occupation:female
Recipient:Weir, Annie
ID:3237
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1892
Title:[?], [?], Edenclaw to Annie Weir, [?].
Sender:Weir, Rose
Occupation:farming household
Recipient:Weir, Annie
ID:3375
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1893
Title:Marion D Wilson, U.S.A. to Mrs J.H. Denham, Co Antrim.
Sender:Wilson, Marion Denham
Occupation:school student
Recipient:Denham, Maggie
ID:3200
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1895
Title:[Bell?] [?], Napa City to "Dear Sister, Mother and Bros."
Sender:Weir, Isabella (Bell)
Occupation:asylum attendant
Recipient:Weir, Annie
ID:2694
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1896
Title:J. A. Smyth, Ontario, to John J. Smyth, Co. Tyrone.
Sender:Smyth, James Alexander
Occupation:student
Recipient:Smyth, John J. and wife
ID:2695
File:6(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1897
Title:J A Smyth, Ontario, to Bella M Smyth, Castledamph
Sender:Smyth, James Alexander
Occupation:school teacher
Recipient:Smyth, Bella M.
ID:2696
File:6(3)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1898
Title:James Smyth, Ontario to John Smyth, [Castledamph?]
Sender:Smyth, James Alexander
Occupation:student
Recipient:Smyth, John C. and Mary
ID:1384
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1900
Title:William Hay, Liverpool to Dear Son
Sender:Hay, William
Occupation:police officer
Recipient:Hay, Thomas
ID:6243
File:6
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:935
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1901
Title:Mary Dwyer, Independence, Iowa, to "Rev. Father", Co. Armagh.
Sender:Dwyer, Mary
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:unknown
ID:3727
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1902
Title:Isaac H. Mathers, Halifax, N.S. to Edward Wyly, Banbridge
Sender:Mathers, Isaac H.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Wyly, Edward
ID:2915
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1903
Title:Mary Smyth, Ontario to James A Smyth, Ontario
Sender:Smyth, Mary
Occupation:student
Recipient:Smyth, James A.
ID:2833
File:6A
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1904
Title:J. C Smyth, Castledamph, to J. A Smyth, Ontario
Sender:Smyth, John Charles
Occupation:carpenter
Recipient:Smyth, James Alexander
ID:6707
File:6B
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1904
Title:J. C Smyth, Castledamph, to J. A Smyth, Ontario
Sender:Smyth, Eliza Catherine
Occupation:farmer
Recipient:Smyth, James Alexander
ID:2192
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1905
Title:Denis Rafferty, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to J Peel, Armagh
Sender:Rafferty, Denis
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Peel, Joshua
ID:1288
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1906
Title:Mr. P [O' Connor?] Ontario to Mr J A. Symth, Castledamph.
Sender:H.P.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Smyth, James Alexander
ID:2171
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1907
Title:Theophilus Potts, Mexico, to Meg Potts, Dromore.
Sender:Potts, Theo
Occupation:civil engineer
Recipient:Potts, Meg
ID:2193
File:6(2)
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1909
Title:Denis Rafferty, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to J Peel, Armagh
Sender:Rafferty, Denis
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Peel, Joshua
ID:1428
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1909
Title:[Mell?], [?] to James A Smyth, Ontario
Sender:Hicks, Sam (Mell)
Occupation:teacher
Recipient:Smyth, James Alexander
ID:304
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1910
Title:P. Brogan, Michigan, to Mrs John McKenna, Ireland.
Sender:Brogan, P.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:McKenna, B.
ID:3562
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1915
Title:H C Lawlor to Mr Kernoghan, Re Moore and Fleming Families
Sender:Lawlor, H.C.
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Mr Kernoghan
ID:1612
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1925
Title:Alice King, Canada, to J A Smyth, Canada
Sender:King, Alice
Occupation:deputy registrar at Queens University
Recipient:Smyth, James Alexander
ID:3726
File:6
Collection:Irish Emigration Database
Year:1933
Title:Mary [?], Glasgow, to "Dear Bob"
Sender:Mary
Occupation:unknown
Recipient:Bob