Series 21 - David Cooke letters

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P/P155/60/21

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David Cooke letters

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  • 1824-1830 (Creation)

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Transcripts of the Cooke letters were provided to Kerby A. Miller by PRONI. The original manuscripts are held in the David Cooke Letters, PRONI [reference number T3592].

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Typed transcripts of five letters written by David Cooke in Cappagh, County Tyrone to his children in New Alexandra, Pennsylvania between 1824 and 1830. The letters detail the Cooke family's conditions in Ireland at the time, news about relations and friends back home, the idea of another of the Cooke sons emigrating to join William and Joseph, David Cooke's own thoughts on selling up the family farm and potentially joining his sons and daughter in America if they can help he and his wife get settled, concerns about leaving Ireland for a new country, the prospect of Catholic emancipation in Ireland, various political concerns, and the persistent desire to see his sons and daughter again.

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