Boston - July 3rd 1867

My Dear Father, Mother & Brothers,

I hope you will excuse me for not writing home before now. I had so much tossing about from post to pillar. I was for five weeks in Jersey city for work and I could stop there for a long time. I wrote to Boston to my uncles and aunt and they were most impatient until I came to Boston. I went to work to Uncle Michael and I could not stand him or his wife. I came up to Timothy Callaghan and he gave me work cheerfully and gave me more wages than I was worth. I suppose you know him he is Mick Callaghan’s son he takes very large contracts and employs a lot of men to work. I have nothing at all to say to him everything is done different in this country from home. Girls can do a great deal better than men. I left Mary after me in Brooklyn that is in New York she got a very good place and I am very glad she remained there. Johanna got a place outside Boston called Briton it is a country place. There are a great many of the friends there it was one Mrs. Walsh that got Johanna the place out there here own name is Mara from the Rock Road.

You gave me too much to do entirely in sending three of use into a country with doubth manes or money and every person was surprised how bare we were. Every person was very kind to us but Michael Mara that is my uncle but I deny him to be my uncle. My Uncle Gerry was every kind to me and Aunt Hannah is very she done a great deal for Johanna she dressed her out in great stile she is on the look out for a good place for Johanna. Mary is very well she writes very often once a week to one another. I am very thankful to Timothy Moynihan he gave me some tools that I wanted. I am vert thankful to Gerry Counihan he is very well and not forgetting Ned Counihan.

Let me know is there much doing any person having any sort of way at home it would be better for them to stop at home the old country is much better than this country. I hope ye will hold yere grip, if I could get any thing to do at wheelwrithing I would do a great deal better. I am at floor laying with John Lucid he is very well.

I would not advise any person to come to america I could make up asmuch as would take me home again if you like. Timothy Callaghan is going home 20th July. Tell Denis Keefe and his friends his health is not good.

Dear Mother you need fret nor be troubled about us it is now used to us. I cried and fretted a great deal when I landed at the Castle Gardens when I knew now one their and I had now place to go. Dan and Michael Moynihan of Gortroe behaved very well to us that is Michael the black smith. I am very sorry that I came to Boston but it cant be healpt. If Johnanna was in a good place I would go to some other place. Every person had great blame to you for sending Mary but she is lucky enough. I had a great deal to do on board the ship they were so sick and knowing no one they were sick all the time nearly I was very sick for the first week and from that out I got strong thank God.

I suppose you have Eugene to work Tim and Con are well hope Andrew will mind the work. My best respects to all the friends and well wishers. I would write long ago but for Mary writing so often she did not send that letter down to me she told me there was so much grief in it. You can direct to Mary and she will send it down to me. I remain your affectionate son.

Jeremiah Moynihan

P.S. We might be able to send you a little money in a few months but we were so bare for clothes.