Letter from Adam Duffin to his daughter Dorothy Duffin, 7 November 1915 Letters 1916-1923 Adam Duffin

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This letter was sent by Adam Duffin (1841 – 1924) to his daughter, Dorothy Duffin (b. 1881). This letter is part of a rich correspondence between various members of the Duffin family, a large prosperous family living in Strandtown, Belfast. Several family members served in the war, including Major Terence Duffin, who served as a staff officer with 107 Brigade, and later with Royal Irish Rifles; Major Charles G Duffin MC, Royal Field Artillery; and their sisters Emma, Celia and Dorothy who served as Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADS) in Egypt and France, and with the YMCA.

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Duffin Papers, D2109/9/4/B/13 https://letters1916.ie/item/4176 English Adam Duffin 1915-11-07 Dunowen, Belfast, Ireland Dorothy Duffin Male 1924 Personal Relations Personal Relations

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 D2109/9/4/B DUNOWEN, BELFAST. Sunday 7th Nov. 1915 Dearest Dorothy Your announcement of the possibility, I may say probability of your marrying a man, so far totally unknown to us, while full of hope for your future happiness, still, you can understand, makes me a little anxious and I am glad that you have entered into no bonds irrevocable on either side, until you have time to consider, even if not coolly, to consider the future & to become pi more completely acquainted I am sure you must have found Mr Horsbrugh a clean, straight man and a gentleman, or you would not have listened to him, and so am confident that it will be all right but I do wish we could see and know him and learn something of his family, surroundings. I am enclosing a note to him sowhich will give him an opportunity of saying something of himself & his position, as I have no doubt he will wish to do. I wonder if he is connected with the Horsbrughs of Peebleshire, one of whom married Sir Andrew Porter. I was best man at his wedding, so many long years ago. I need hardly tell you, dearest child how very, very glad I shall be to see you united to a man who really loves and is worthy of your hand I shall miss you terribly at home, perhaps more than any of the others. I have always fancied that you had most apprehension of all the anxieties I have tried to keep to myself & had your silent sympathy. I am glad to tell you that they weigh less heavily on me now than they have done for years, & I am very happy in thinking how splendidly you have all come out & made us proud of you. Now, dear, you will be wise & I am sure you know that your happiness & such assurance of the future as is possible is the one thought of all of us at home. Your loving father Adam Duffin Dunowen, Belfast, Ireland Letter from Helen Duffin to Celia Duffin, 22 December 1915Letter from Terence Duffin to Maria Duffin, March 1916Letter from Celia Duffin to Maria Duffin, 15 March 1916Letter from Helen Duffin to Celia Duffin, 16 March 1916Letter from Dorothy to Maria Duffin, 25 March 1916Letter from Dorothy Duffin to her mother, Maria Duffin, 30 March 1916Letter from Maria Duffin to Celia Duffin, 13 February 1916Letter from Maria Duffin to Celia Duffin, 9 January 1916Letter from Maria Duffin to Celia Duffin, 27 February 1916Letter from Celia Duffin to Maria DuffinLetter from Maria Duffin to Celia Duffin, 19 March 1916Letter from Celia Duffin to Maria DuffinLetter from Emma Duffin to her mother, Maria Duffin, 5 March 1916Letter from Dorothy to Maria Duffin, 22 March 1916Letter from Dorothy Duffin to her mother, Maria Duffin, 31 July 1916Letter from Emma Duffin to her mother Maria Duffin, 27 March 1916Letter from Olive Duffin to her mother, Maria Duffin, November 1915Letter from Emma Duffin to her mother Maria Duffin, 22 November 1915Letter from Terence Duffin to his father Adam Duffin, 10 November 1915Letter from Terence Duffin to his mother Maria Duffin, 26 November 1915Letter from Olive Duffin to her mother Maria Duffin, November 1915Letter from Adam Duffin to his daughter Dorothy Duffin, 7 November 1915Letter from Dorothy Duffin to her mother Maria Duffin, 8 November 1915Letter from Celia Duffin to her mother Maria Duffin, November 1915 Dorothy Duffin Letter from Dorothy to Maria Duffin, 25 March 1916Letter from Dorothy (Dussie) Duffin to Auntie B, 27 March 1916Letter from Dorothy Duffin to her mother, Maria Duffin, 30 March 1916Letter from Dorothy to Maria Duffin, 22 March 1916Letter from Dorothy Duffin to her mother, Maria Duffin, 31 July 1916Letter from Terence Duffin to his sister, Dorothy Duffin, 12 November 1915Letter from Adam Duffin to his daughter Dorothy Duffin, 7 November 1915Letter from Dorothy Duffin to her mother Maria Duffin, 8 November 1915Letter from Dorothy Duffin to Ruth Duffin, 29 November 1915Letter from Dorothy Duffin to Maria Duffin, 28 November 1915 Adam Duffin Letter from Terence Duffin to his father Adam, 29 January 1916Letter from Terence Duffin to his father Adam Duffin, 10 November 1915Letter from Adam Duffin to his daughter Dorothy Duffin, 7 November 1915