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Title: The Tiernan and other families Year: 1901 (1900s) Authors: Tiernan, Charles Bernard. [from old catalog] Subjects: Tiernan family (Luke Tiernan, 1757-1839) [from old catalog] Somerville family (John Somerville, d 1788) [from old catalog] Somerville, Rebecca (Tiernan), Mrs., 1795-1863. [from old catalog] Publisher: Baltimore, W. J. Gallery & co. Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Text Appearing Before Image: at you are writing to meupon business, or feel yourself inclined, you may usethe address I give you below to my Mothers house. Ihope, and expect, however, that your letters will be oc^casionally enriched by some of your Forest adventures,and that you will, from time to time, let me know howall my friends are in that quarter. *I shall be very anxious till I have the pleasure ofhearing from you, to know if this, and your ring, gotsafe to hand. I will, at all events, expect to hear byfirst Packet after this reaches you. I hope you will send me a list of all the deaths,births, and marriages, since I left you. My Mother joins in best wishes for your prosper- 298 SOMERVILLE. ity and happiness. And begging to be kindly remem-bered to all my acqnaintances, I remain, with the warmest regard,My Dear Sir, Your obliged and ever affectionate cousin, John MacDonald.My address is, LlEUTElSrANT JoHN MacDoNALD, At Mrs. MacDonalds, Gillies Land,North St. James Street,New Town, Edinburgh, North Britain.

Text Appearing After Image: C^^..-^^^^.^^ r^^^^i^iy^^t€!t^*ty CHARLES TIERNAN. 301 Charles Tiernan was born in his fathers house,now No. 21 East Baltimore Street, November 4,1797. He was named after St. Charles Borromeo, uponwhose day he was born, as is frequently the case inIrish Catholic families, and also after Mr. CharlesGhequiere, a prominent merchant and intimate friendof the family. C. B. Tiernan has a book called Beauties ofRobertson, being Passages From the Works of theHistorian of Charles V., of Scotland, and of America,which has written in it Charles Tiernan, Christmas, 1811, From His Godmother, Ghequiere. The Portrait of him, from which this picture istaken, was painted by Chester Harding in 1827, andwas specially bequeathed by him to Uis son. He was educated at St. Marys College, Baltimore,at that time one of the most prominent educationalinstitutions in this country. He was a schoolmate, and warm personal friend ofSamuel Eccleston, afterwards Archbishop of Baltimore,and he used frequently to say,

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