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Robert Brown, Strabane, County Tyrone, to his sister Margaret Brown Hill and her husband James Hill, Buffalo Township, Pennyslvania, 6 December 1846
Luaigh an doiciméad seo Amharcóir IIIF
Bailiúchán Robert Brown Letters
Title Robert Brown, Strabane, County Tyrone, to his sister Margaret Brown Hill and her husband James Hill, Buffalo Township, Pennyslvania, 6 December 1846
Description The author apologies for his delay in writing, extends sympathies to his sister on her loss of a young son, relates how their mother died and discusses her will. He informs her times are very bad in Ireland with no potatoes and the poor very badly off. The crop was looking to be the best ever in July until attacked by blight disease resulting in almost all rotting in the ground. As a result, half the food in the country was now Indian meal and American flour ("verry bad food"). He laments that if the few potatoes they were able to harvest don't grow next year "we will have the poorest country in the world". [Buffalo township now divided into North and South divisions, which makes the Hill's exact location uncertain}
Date 06/12/1846
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Cineál Acmhainne Text
Archival Record Id p155/74/11
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 3pp
Topic Robert Brown Letters
Geographic Strabane,Tyrone (county),Ireland,North Buffalo Township,Armstrong (county),Pennsylvania,United States
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen forties
Genre Transcript
Note Transcript text by letter donor. Title and description by University of Galway.
Creator / Author Name Robert Brown