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Fincastle Mirror
Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia
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Emigrants from Europe, primarily Irish in wretched condition, continue arriving daily in Montreal via Quebec; three steam boats recently transported 780. British government agent in Ireland promotes emigration to Canada by covering freight and necessities, with thousands accepting.
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The Montreal papers say, that emigrants from Europe continued to arrive there daily, most of them Irishmen, and whose appearance bespoke "variety of wretchedness." Within a few days three steam boats had conveyed from Quebec to Montreal no less than seven hundred and eighty of these unfortunate beings.
We observe by the last English papers, that the British government had an agent in Ireland for the express purpose of persuading the inhabitants to emigrate to Canada. The payment of their freight and other necessaries, was held out as an inducement, which thousands, it is said, were accepting.
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Canada
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seven hundred and eighty emigrants conveyed from quebec to montreal within a few days; thousands in ireland accepting inducement to emigrate.
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Emigrants from Europe, mostly Irishmen appearing in variety of wretchedness, continued to arrive daily in Montreal. Three steam boats conveyed 780 from Quebec to Montreal in a few days. British government agent in Ireland persuades inhabitants to emigrate to Canada by paying freight and necessaries, with thousands accepting.