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Patrick Callaghan, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, to sister Maggie, Fallow, Kilmacthomas, Waterford, 17 August 1883
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Bailiúchán Callaghan/ O'Callaghan Letters
Bailiúchán Callaghan/ O'Callaghan Letters
Title Patrick Callaghan, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, to sister Maggie, Fallow, Kilmacthomas, Waterford, 17 August 1883
Description Patrick advises his brother Owen to join the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) in America and details the benefits of doing so. Makes many remarks that indicate his extreme Irish nationalist views; e.g., his desire for revenge against England, and his eulogy of Patrick O'Donnell, who killed the informer, James Carey, en route to South Africa. Notes that Irish immigrants suffer in America from low wages and high rental costs, and says he wants to form a kind of "family commune" with brother Owen and sister Bridget in some American city, once his term of enlistment in the U.S. Army is over. Also, he promises to send remittances home that will pay the apprenticeship fees for his younger brothers, because it is unwise for them to not have skilled trades (unlike himself and Owen, who are unskilled labourers).
Date 17/08/1883
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Cineál Acmhainne Text
Archival Record Id p155/1/1/1
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 5pp
Topic Callaghan/ O'Callaghan Letters
Geographic Unorganized Territory of Fort Snelling,Minnesota,United States,Fallagh (townland),Kilmacthomas,Waterford (county),Ireland
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen eighties
Genre Transcript,Reproduction
Note Transcript, title and description by Professor Kerby Miller. Colloquial place name 'Fallow' is captured as contemporary 'Fallagh (townland)' in location metadata fields. Surname 'Callaghan' sometimes appears as 'O'Callaghan' across letters in this series.
Creator / Author Name Patrick Callaghan/ O'Callaghan