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Thomas Gunning, New York City, to Major Charles O'Hara, Collooney, County Sligo, 26 August 1831
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Collection Gunning Letters
Title Thomas Gunning, New York City, to Major Charles O'Hara, Collooney, County Sligo, 26 August 1831
Description Gunning's letters to Major O'Hara, who may be his former landlord, are friendly and not overly obsequious; he sends money to his relatives via O'Hara. In this relatively short letter, Gunning sends £3 to O'Hara for Scanlan, who has been taking care of his young son, whom he and his wife, Kitty, had left in County Sligo when they emigrated. Gunning also laments the death of his wife, near New Orleans, on 11 September 1830, on their return from Texas (see next letter). He has now returned to New York City, where he is working as a merchant's clerk for £3 a month "and found." He plans to pay for the passages of his son and for one of his brothers in May 1832.
Date 26//08/1831
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Resource Type Text
Archival Record Id p155/6/10
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 4pp
Topic Gunning Letters
Geographic New York City,New York (state),United States,Annaghmore (townland),Collooney,Sligo (county),Ireland
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen thirties
Genre Transcript,Reproduction
Note Title, description and transcript text by Professor Kerby Miller.
Creator / Author Name Thomas Gunning