Easier-to-Read Images of JF Armstrong’s July 8th, 1883 Letter to John Devoy
January 19, 2017The images below are of the letter John F. Armstrong (1845-1893) wrote on July 8, 1883 to John Devoy (1842-1928), while Devoy was imprisoned on Blackwell’s Island (now Roosevelt Island) in New York.
The building pictured on page one was the Masonic Temple at 744 Broad Street in Augusta, Georgia. Daly & Armstrong, the dry goods store JF co-owned with James Daly, was located on the ground floor until the building was destroyed in a fire in February of 1887.
Please note that the images of the letter at jfarmstrong.com were published courtesy of the National Library of Ireland. The original letter is part of the Devoy Collection at the NLI in Dublin.
More information about John Devoy, JF, and the letter may be found here in previous post.
Jf’s Letter to John Devoy Divided into Five Parts
The first three images below comprise the top, middle, and bottom portions of page one.
The next two images are the top and bottom portions of page two.
References
Armstrong, John F. (1883, July 8). [Letter from John H. Armstrong to John Devoy regarding a recent bereavement]. John Devoy Papers. National Library of Ireland, Dublin.
**Note that the name “John H. Armstrong” listed in the National Library of Ireland’s online catalog should be “John F. Armstrong”, as shown on the accompanying envelope.