My Dr. Father and Mother, Brothers and Sisters, I write these few lines to you hoping That tines may find you all in as good State of health as I am in at present thank God.
I received your welcome letter to me Dated 22nd of May which was A Credit to me for the Stile and Elligence of its Fluent Language but I must Say Rather Flattering.
[1][2] She explained that once in the United States, moving west was very expensive, though she did not know that those who did go rarely had an improved standard of living.
[4][5] She was born to Alexander "Sandy" McCarthy, a carpenter for the Crown Estate who lived in Boherboy, Ireland, and his wife, Neil.
[4] She left from Liverpool, England, on September 7, 1849, on the Columbus, and arrived in New York City, United States, on October 22 of that year.