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Wills and Lydia Anstis, Bandon, County Cork, to Wills's brother-in-law, Robert Eedy, [St. Peters, Bay de Chaleur, New Brunswick], 29 July 1827
Luaigh an doiciméad seo Amharcóir IIIF
Bailiúchán Anstis-Eady-Huston Letters
Title Wills and Lydia Anstis, Bandon, County Cork, to Wills's brother-in-law, Robert Eedy, [St. Peters, Bay de Chaleur, New Brunswick], 29 July 1827
Description Anstis is as literate as Huston, but he seems to be much more impoverished, and all his letters balance misery and disappointment with evangelical faith and optimism. Anstis is an impoverished cotton weaver; apparently, in the past he had enjoyed some security by renting small amounts of land to graze a cow and raise potatoes, but in this letter, and in later ones, he seems to suffer repeated evictions and seizures of his few possessions. A detailed and dramatic letter, which reports both the general, deepening Irish distress and his own specific plight. Emigration seems rampant, and Anstis has hoped and planned to join his relatives in New Brunswick, but can 't afford the passage.
Date 29/07/1827
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Cineál Acmhainne Text
Archival Record Id p155/5/4/1
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 6pp
Topic Anstis-Eedy-Huston Letters
Geographic Bandon (town),Cork (county),Ireland,Chaleur Bay,Quebec,Canada
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen twenties
Genre Transcript,Reproduction
Note Title, transcript and description by Professor Kerby Miller.
Creator / Author Name Wills Anstis