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Daniel Rowntree, City Hotel, Washington,D.C., to his brother, Laurence Rowntree, Dublin, 23 March 1852
Luaigh an doiciméad seo Amharcóir IIIF
Bailiúchán Rowntree/ Roantree Letters
Title Daniel Rowntree, City Hotel, Washington,D.C., to his brother, Laurence Rowntree, Dublin, 23 March 1852
Description Daniel apologized for not having written sooner; it was not illness, but delay in securing money to send to his brother in Dublin. He enclosed a draft for $20, and explained that he was giving away all of his money to make his relatives in Ireland and in the US comfortable (eg., to enable his sister, Anne, to send her children to school). He asked that his brother make sure that his father and mother's graves were kept up. "...All you people in Ireland are deceived on at least deceive yourselves in your opinion of this Country. I am not going to enter into any particulars. all that I will say is that persons coming here will find as much hardships and difficulty as ever they experienced home. there are some fare well, but that rare case. for myself I am now in a fair way bettering myself, but I will tell you what none of my people here knows, that I have suffered more than I thought I could endure, in a strange Country far from a friend, necessitated to go on public works from four o'clock of a summer morning until eight at night enduring the hardships of a burning sun, then by sickness losing what I dearly earned for my short time in this country. I have experienced a great deal, which may serve me the remainder of my days."
Date 23/03/1852
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Cineál Acmhainne Text
Archival Record Id p155/38/4, p155/114/2
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 7pp
Topic Rowntree/ Roantree Letters
Geographic Washington D.C.,United States,Dublin (city),Dublin (county),Ireland
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen fifties
Genre Transcript,Reproduction,Manuscript
Note Title, description and transcript text by Professor Kerby Miller. Manuscript given to Professor Kerby Miller by Professor Arnold Schrier from a private collection.
Creator / Author Name Daniel Rowntree/ Roantree