February 1st 1879
Loughill
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Dear aunt Margret and Sister Mary I Take my pen in
hand to write yous thes few lines hoping the will reach
yous in good health as this leaves us all in at present
thanks be to god for his kind mercy to us all Dear aunt
Margret and sister mary we would have wrote to you before
this onely we expected a letter from yous before this
Dear aunt Margret and sister mary we want to let yous
know we have
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That we have got the prefer of 6 six acres of land
from Mr Thompson of Clonpin That is what Richard MdCr--ie
had next us and he has Dispossed him out of at the
January Cessions and he sent for my father and told him
that he would give it to him of he wuld be able to
advance him some money again the first of march the
Componcation is 30£ pounds and if it went up to sale it
would not be got
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at £100 one hundred pounds so Dear aunt margret we
have to send to yous send us the lone of 30 pounds at
this time and we pledge our selves to yous as shure as I
wite this letter this letter that we will send it back to
yous in a short time the times has tuned out so in this
Country as that there is no such thing as getting money
att all from any friend if yous send it to us we will
send it ti yous in 3 three Cheques _ that is 10 at each
time
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Dear aunt margret my fathers whole depending
dependance is in you my father would say something to his
brother (unreadable line) is not able to afford it Dear
aunt margret and sister mary the Rev father Cooney was
home last sumer and spent a Deal of money for Charity and
he has lodged a great Deal of money in the bank for his
two sisters and Brother he went back to america in
harvest and he Died in a few days after landing beyond
Dear sister mary if Frank Died we think the old woman
would Come to live with brother michael
