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Copy correspondence between two generations of Perkinson and Monaghan family members, all connected with Croghan, near Birr, Co Offaly and the Irish Hills area of the state of Michigan, USA. Following the devastation of the Great Famine, John Monaghan emigrated firstly to Suffolk and then to Michigan, where he received letters from his sister, Mary and her husband William Perkinosn, pleading for assistance to also enable their family emigrate to America. The correspondence describes the effect of famine and emigration on the Croghan area. Their son William, who emigrated to Lancashire, also writes to his cousin in Michigan of the second generation with much the same request.
Letter from Frederic William Cronhelm at Halifax, Yorkshire, England, to his brother Henry Clarke Cronhelm and his new wife Elizabeth, congratulating them on their marriage.
Letter from Louisa Dona Crosbie at 14 Charles Street, City Road, London, to her brother Edward William Crosbie in Liverpool, scolding him for not delivering her letter to her friend in Liverpool, and demanding that he do so immediately.
Letter from Mr Cooper at Queen Street, London, to Mr and Mrs Cronhelm at 1 Bath Building, Bath Street, City Road, London, requesting that they visit that day. Instructions on the exterior state that if they are not home, the letter is to be delivered to Miss Cronhelm at 21 Bingdon Road, and the is to visit instead.
Receipt for materials purchase from J Rayner Linen & Wollen Draper, Silk Mercer, Hatter, and Hosier by Mister Cronhelm in Halifax on 8 May 1827. The bill was settled on 24 Oct 1827.
Series of Hullmandel lithographs of a view of the Thames, together with a printed 'Plan of the River Thames from Westminster Bridge to Blackfriers Bridge, showing the line of [the] new quay, as proposed by Colonel Trench, MP...'.
Letter from Frederic William at Crow Wood, Cronhelm to Mrs Kent in response to her sympathy letter regarding the recent death of his wife, Elizabeth Cronhelm.
Letter from William Cronhelm (1814-1885) at 13 Bank Street, Leeds, to Henry Crosbie (b. 1813) at the residence of James Adam at 32 Red Cross Street, Liverpool.
Photograph of young Madelaine Johnston wearing a large white gown, seated on a sofa. Printed by Moses Bowness, Photographer, in Ambleside, Lake District, England.