Código de referência
IE CA FM RES/9/2/5
Título
Framed Letter of Father Mathew
Data(s)
- 19 May 1847 (Produção)
Nível de descrição
Item
Dimensão e suporte
3 pp; 24.5 cm x 19.5 cm; Manuscript
Nome do produtor
(1615-2023)
Entidade detentora
História do arquivo
Fonte imediata de aquisição ou transferência
Âmbito e conteúdo
Letter of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to Mr. Martin referring to the latter’s emigration to the United States. The letter reads ‘Gratification at the prospect of you securing an honourable independence for yourself and your dear young family in the great and glorious Republic. Your education, talents, application to business and virtuous religious habits would ensure prosperity to you everywhere, except in our own impoverished, afflicted country. Here all classes are on the very verge of ruin, and in adopting the resolution of emigrating you are acting prudently’.