William Barry, White Plains, New York, to his parents, Co. Cork, September 2, 1866. (Arnold Schrier Collection. According to information received by Schrier, William Barry returned to Ireland with arms for the Fenian rising of March, 1867, was smuggled back in a boat from Cobh to Queenstown, but arrived sometime after the rising. He subse- quently married and settled down in Co. Cork and died young, leaving a widow and five children.) "My Dear Parents I received your welcomed letter about ten days ago which gave me great pleasure and comfort to know that you are all in good health and so in which this leaves me in at present thanks to God. I also received the two News Papers you sent to me for which I feel very much obliged. there was great news and I felt very happy in reading them. I hope you will not r neglect sending the same two to me in a fornight according to promise. I am in the same place and have five months of my time served and two more to serve. I likes the place well and I think I will settle again. I can do as I like they are very nice people and likes me well the weather is not too warm now just the same as in Ireland there is two real hot months in the year here that is from June 1st to August 1st I received your letter by post from New York from John Carthurs I also received a few more from himself and his brother David they have promised to come to see me some Sunday and that is why I delayed writing. this John Curthurs told me in his note that James Buckly was sun struck and is gone hom he had bad luck out here I see. John and David Carthurs desires to be remembered to all my family at home any /means "and" says that they are both well contented here Dear Father I would send my money home to you to keep for me but it would cost too much to do so now and I would have to buy Gold which is 148 just now as all the money in sirculation here is paper money no gold or silver curency so that to get one dollar in gold which is 100 Cents you would have to buy 148 cents in Paper money though it is with paper money everything is bought and sold here I am nearly out of the shirts I brought from home I bought one after landing and that is ? ? new well I bought the makings of two Shirts last night and for making and all they will cost me 4 dollars and 4 cents and will not be the best sort after - so everything is very dear here I gave 28 cents for a tight pair of cotton socks but it is expecte/d that Gold and clothes will soon farr Besides what clothes and so on I have bought or will buy I am sure in about five weeks more I will be able to put 65 dollars in the Bank now for money here the man I am with is very rich there is no fear of him he would pay me every day or week or month if I like so he says he will give me a present too for he likes me well there is all kinds of Berries he has four large orchards so I can eat plenty of fruit without any cost and the best of Board for nothing and nothing to do on Sunday. I am very glad you to give up the house and shop as I did not dream of going home for two years more if I do not go home before