(1 LETTER I. From JOHN (?) CREEDON in PLEASANT VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A. to his sister Mrs. Catherine Sheehan and her husband Mr. Patrick Sheehan. At the time of writing (December 30 I883) the Sheehan family was probably resident at Burnfort, Mallow, Co. Cork. Pleasant Valley, December 30 I883. My dear BrotherOin-law and sister, I am going to let ye know that I received yer kind and welcome letter on the twenty sixth of December and it gave us great pleasure to here that ye are all in good health - and also we were very proud for t he Christmas preasant you send to Willie and we all felt so thankful about the preasant that Aunty Kate send to Willie and he is going to send her a (The next part of this letter is missing Willie is probably a young son of the writer) My dear Brother-in-law and sister I mean to inform ye and let ye know that I amg oing tto let ye know my wife's name and where she is from. Her name is Margaret Nolan from the County Galway. She is a first ? help cousin to my sister Mary's husband and she is a very good head (?!) to my mother. She never an angery word tto her but always in good friends. I mean to let you know that I will never be so long again without writing to yeard I will now think about the bread I eat in the old country and (part of letter missing) soon again and all the little boys thinks as much of him as if he was the President of the United States and when the (y) all come home from work go out after supper and little Willie is great company to his Father and Mother and also to his Grandmother after the (y) go out (Part of letter missing) Sister Kate your mother is not forgetting you a nd about the times ye had at home. My dear sister I mean to let you know that my mother is going to get married to a man in Pleasant Valley and we don't know his riches. He is worth thousands of dollars but we cannot make the match without your consent and you will write tt o us as soon as you get this letter and let us know what is your oppenion about it. As for my cousin Ellie Hogan - she vanted to know in the last letter was this a good plave for the like of her. She may put confidence in me and I will prove to her as good as a brother. This is a good place for the like of her. There is good wages for girls. There is from IO shillings to I2s per week and according to how S he will be liked her wages will be raised a nd if she wants to come out in the spring