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BOSTON SENDS HELP
Citizens of Boston, of all faiths, responded to the desperate plight of the starving Irish. On March 27, 1847, The U.S.S. Jamestown, commanded by Captain Robert Bennet Forbes, sailed from Boston Harbor with 800 tons of food, supplies and clothing. Fifteen days later it put into Cork Harbor, Ireland. "Deeply are we indebted to the good citizens of Massachusetts," Robert Hare of Cork told the ship's crew. "We will ever cherish their generous solicitude for Ireland in here hour of trial and suffering." |