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James McHenry, Orwigsburg, Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania, to Thomas Moore, Baltimore, Maryland, 29 [October?] 1817
Luaigh an doiciméad seo Amharcóir IIIF
Bailiúchán McHenry-Moore Letters
Title James McHenry, Orwigsburg, Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania, to Thomas Moore, Baltimore, Maryland, 29 [October?] 1817
Description McHenry has returned from New York City, where he went several months earlier, to meet his wife and children from Ireland. Laments that many of his wife's china and other possessions, worth $150, had been broken or destroyed on the voyage. Reports that his wife dislikes Orwigsburg, and describes their plans to move to Pittsburgh or to Natchez, Mississippi, where a virtual colony of Irish immigrants from Lame have already settled. McHenry describes his plans to move to Natchez, Mississippi, and form a colony there of Irish immigrants from Lame. Inquires whether David Moore planned to remain in or near Baltimore or go West.
Date 29/10/1817
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Cineál Acmhainne Text
Archival Record Id p155/5/3/1
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 2pp
Topic McHenry-Moore Letters
Geographic Orwigsburg (borough),Schuylkill (county),Pennsylvania,United States,Baltimore,Maryland
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen tens
Genre Transcript
Note Title, transcript and description by Professor Kerby Miller.
Creator / Author Name James McHenry