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Washington Ball Invitation at Mr. Cornelius Mcoy's Hotel
Washington Ball. Mr. I.A. Lapham
Is Invited to attend a Ball, at Mr. C. McCoy's Hotel, on next Tuesday evening.
Portsmouth, Feb. 17, 1831.
Man'grs:
Edw. Hamilton, John S. Thomas, A. Farquhar, H. Cooper, Stewart Irwin,
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Memorandum of Peter Carney
Mr. Peter Carney, was a native of Ireland; his parents were wealthy and respectable. He received from them a good common education. He early formed an attachment for a young lady of his neighborhood, who was a beautiful and highly accomplished girl, but lacking in point of wealth The love which they had for each other was probably the consequence of their intimacy from their youth and was deeply founded in their hearts. It was of that kind which separation could not cure. Mr. Carney's parents however were opposed to their marriage, and endeavored by all possible means to destroy his attachment for the girl, but all without the desired effect At length finding it impossible to destroy their attachment they determined to send Peter to America to prevent their marriage. Even this did not weaken their love, as was evident from the letters which he sent to his parents and to the girl which they continued to intercept.
They wrote to him that the object of his love was dead and that therefore he need not think of her more, hoping that they might gain their point by deceiving him. But he mistrusted their object and wrote back to them that he could enjoy life no more if what they said was true,-- that he would then give himself up entirely to[ dissipation?] and vice. This had the desired effect for he soon received information from his parents of the life and health of his beloved girl.
All of his letters being intercepted by his parents, and having no other opportunity of sending to her, he must have been, very glad of the opportunity of sending to her by a confidential friend who was going to her residence. By the agency of this friend he continued to send her fifty dollars with which she crossed the Atlantic Ocean and Across the Allegany Mountains to Louisville in Kentucky. Where they were united by their Catholic priest in " the holy bonds of wedlock"--
She was a tall but well proportioned woman with a light head of auburn coloured hair, features of the Irish cast but spoke the English language with much more correctness than is usual for the Irish
Story by I. A. Lapham [Jan] 1831
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I. A. Lapham Esq Portsmouth Ohio
Issac Lea 21 Feb. 31
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[Feb. 12. 1831]
Dear Sir,
Your letter of Dec 3 came duly to harm The box did not arrive until within a few days and I began to give up the idea of ever getting it. I write now principally to inform you of its safe arrival and to thank you for it. All the species were already in my collection. Some of them will [?] answer me to exchange particularly these which are most perfect. The [beaks?] of [?] were very perfect. My object in processing western shells now is to get such as are likely to be new for the purpose of describing and publishing them. I have already [received] 3 or 4 large boxes from the Ohio this season and I have several shipments from various localities which are coming by New Orleans.
