William Lalor, Dunn, Wisconsin, to his brother, Richard Lalor, Tinakill, Queen's County, no date (received 20 Nov. 1872)
Description
Describes the photograph he's enclosed in this letter, enumerates the family members in the photo, and makes humorous remarks about his changed physical appearance. Describes the severe drought last summer that again resulted in poor harvests. Laments that his intelligent children were bereft of good educations and "enlightened society" in rural Wisconsin.
Date
20/11/1872
Date Issued
27/03/2023
Resource Type
Text
Archival Record Id
p155/1/2
Publisher
University of Galway
Extent
4pp
Topic
Lalor Letters
Geographic
Syene (historical),Fitchburg (city),Dane (county) Wisconsin,United States,Tinnakill (townland),Laois (county),Ireland
Temporal
Nineteenth century,Eighteen seventies
Genre
Transcript,Reproduction
Note
Title, description and transcript text by Professor Kerby Miller.