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DC Record
Title
Letter from Mary Garvey, Irish immigrant, to her mother, October 24, 1850
Subject
Irish Americans
Subject
Immigrants
Subject
Women
Subject
Working class
Subject
Community life
Subject
Emigration and immigration
Subject
Family
Subject
Work
Description
Mary Garvey, an Irish immigrant, was the servant of Rescarrick Moore Smith, a Hightstown businessman and New Jersey State Treasurer. This letter was dictated to and transcribed by Smith's daughter, Mary Elizabeth. In this letter to her mother in Ireland, Garvey asks after various family members and friends. She asks her mother many time to consider leaving the "poor state of Ireland" to emigrate to America. She also discusses her work duties, wages, and social life.
Contributor
Garvey, Mary (author)
Contributor
Smith, Mary Elizabeth (transcriber)
Date
1850
Type
Text
Type
correspondence
Format
image/tiff (tiff)
Identifier
http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.3/SPCOL.Article.606
Identifier
rutgers-lib:3434
Language
English
Relation
RU Special Collections
Relation
SPCOL
Coverage
New Jersey
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MODS Record
Title
Letter from Mary Garvey, Irish immigrant, to her mother, October 24, 1850
Name Part (family)
Garvey
Name Part (given)
Mary
Role Term
author
Name Part (family)
Smith
Name Part (given)
Mary Elizabeth
Role Term
transcriber
Type Of Resource
Text
Genre (Art and Architecture Thesaurus)
correspondence
Genre (Art and Architecture Thesaurus)
letters
Date Created (exact)
1850
Language Term
English
Abstract
Mary Garvey, an Irish immigrant, was the servant of Rescarrick Moore Smith, a Hightstown businessman and New Jersey State Treasurer. This letter was dictated to and transcribed by Smith's daughter, Mary Elizabeth. In this letter to her mother in Ireland, Garvey asks after various family members and friends. She asks her mother many time to consider leaving the "poor state of Ireland" to emigrate to America. She also discusses her work duties, wages, and social life.
Topic
Irish Americans
Topic
Immigrants
Topic
Women
Topic
Working class
Topic
Community life
Topic
Emigration and immigration
Topic
Family
Topic
Work
Geographic
New Jersey
Geographic
New Jersey--Hightstown
Title
RU Special Collections
Identifier (local)
SPCOL
Identifier (hdl)
http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.3/SPCOL.Article.606
Physical Location (Rutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives marcorg)
NjRV

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Rights Holder Contact Designation
Rutgers University Libraries
Rights Holder Contact Address
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Rights Holder Contact Phone (business)
732-932-7006
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