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George Beresford O'Reilly, New York, to his father, Myles John O'Reilly, 2 April 1853
Luaigh an doiciméad seo Amharcóir IIIF
Bailiúchán O'Reilly Letters
Title George Beresford O'Reilly, New York, to his father, Myles John O'Reilly, 2 April 1853
Description Very discouraged; want to go to Australia to join his brother. All the other clerks at Goodhue & Co. are native Americans, with large family fortunes at their backs, without need of salary increase or promotion. They were merely gaining experience before they set up for themselves. But of himself, he wrote, "A person without capital, however, will have little or no chance of rising above clerk." Thus, he had borrowed money, and had booked passage for Australia, which "affords a better chance for a pennyless young man." [The O'Reillys were landed gentry living at Heath House, county Laois. George Beresford O'Reilly ( b.16 January 1829) married Harrietta, daughter of H. Adams of Sante Fé de Bogota, U.S. Columbia, in 1867. His brother Myles O'Reilly lived at Heath House (as the O'Reilly heir). (Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol II. page 1207) According to Myles, his father's income suffered greatly because of the Famine and through an arrangement with creditors and ill health he resided in Italy and France with his two daughters for the latter years of his life while Myles remained in Ireland to manage the estate. Myles John O'Reilly's address is given in George's letter to his sister of 19 October 1852].
Date 02/04/1853
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Cineál Acmhainne Text
Archival Record Id p155/63/21
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 3pp
Topic O'Reilly Letters
Geographic New York City,New York (state),United States,Abbeville,Arrondissement of Abbeville,Somme (department),Hauts-de-France (region),France
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen fifties
Genre Transcript
Note Title by University of Galway. Description and transcript by Professor Kerby Miller.
Creator / Author Name George Beresford O'Reilly