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(?) Lawless, Callystown, County Louth, to his brother, John Lawless, Patch Grove Post Office, Wisconsin Territory, 30 July 1846
Luaigh an doiciméad seo Amharcóir IIIF
Bailiúchán Lawless Letter
Title (?) Lawless, Callystown, County Louth, to his brother, John Lawless, Patch Grove Post Office, Wisconsin Territory, 30 July 1846
Description John Lawless's brother writes to him from Ireland that their father has died, after being bed-ridden for eighteen months. He laments that the potato crop has failed again as in the previous year, but now more agressively and he cannot see them having any potatoes to harvest in November. This is compounded by a poor corn crop due to bad weather and he is thus considering emigrating to America next winter or spring, but is hampered financially by Jenny (his wife?) indicating she will immediately follow with the children. He details the market prices of wheat and corn etc. but not potatoes as "it is on Indian corn that the poor Irish live on".
Date 30/07/1846
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Cineál Acmhainne Text
Archival Record Id p155/69/17
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 1p
Topic Lawless Letter
Geographic Callystown (townland),Louth (county),Ireland,Patch Grove (town),Grant (county),Wisconsin,United States
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen forties
Genre Transcript
Note Title and transcript text by PRONI. Description by University of Galway.
Creator / Author Name Lawless