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John T. Doyle, 136 Chambers Street, New York, to his wife Fanny Doyle, Kilkenny, Ireland, 25 January 1818
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Bailiúchán John Doyle Letter
Title John T. Doyle, 136 Chambers Street, New York, to his wife Fanny Doyle, Kilkenny, Ireland, 25 January 1818
Description The following letter was written by the father of the late John T. Doyle of Menlo Park, California, upon his arrival in the United States an emigrant from Ireland. The original letter was given by Miss Doyle, a granddaughter of John Doyle, to Richard C. O'Connor, Esq., of San Francisco, Vice-President-General of this Society. In sending to the Journal a copy of the San Francisco Monitor of February 8th, 19131 in which the letter was published, Mr O'Connor writes: "John Doyle was a native of Kilkenny, Ireland. He was the son of Edmond Doyle, who had joined the United Irishmen in 1798, whose home was wrecked, and whose family was scattered among various relatives. John Doyle leaves many descendants and relatives scattered through the Eastern States, and I have no doubt the letter will have much interest for them. It will also be interesting to the general public for the description it gives of the difficulties of the conditions which emigrants had to face in the early years of the last century as contrasted with the conditions which they have to face to-day". [John T. Doyle writes to his wife Fanny (who is living with his brother's family) of his love and longing for her and their children while detailing his rushed departure from Dublin six months previous to Philadelphia and his father. He ridicules his father's friends as ignorant of "affairs of Europe" and Ireland, while professing his knowledge of same. Doyle relates how he acquired work in New York as a painter and notes that while there is poverty in the city, it is not like that of the "real poverty" and distress in Ireland. He gives news of acquaintances and appeals that she should not forget his love for them].
Date 25/01/1818
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Cineál Acmhainne Text
Archival Record Id p155/59/33
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 5pp
Topic John Doyle Letter
Geographic New York City,New York (state),United States,Kilkenny (county),Ireland
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen tens
Genre Transcript
Note Title by University of Galway. Description and letter transcript from a published source. Citation for letter transcript from a published source: American Irish Historical Society. (1912-1913) Letter of John Doyle. Journal of the American Irish Historical Society, Vol. XIX, pp. 197-204.
Creator / Author Name John T. Doyle