irish immigrants
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To my dearest mother in law Kelly,
We have finally made the decision to leave Ireland and move to the new colony of Canada. Paddy and I are fed up with the continuous droughts. We fear that if there was another drought we wouldn't be able to survive. Last year was incredibly hard for us and most of the people in Ireland. The potato famine was almost unbearable. Paddy was sick for days until I could get food into him. Also Ireland has become so overpopulated sometimes you feel like a mere ant. We thought that now was the best time to leave. With the industrial revolution and now with the invention of steam power, we decided to take the chance.
We heard about the colony of Canada in the newspaper...