In a message dated 1/26/2007 9:24:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: 22 Jan 1854: Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Said Mass for the miners, all from Mayo and Sligo, in a shanty church, wind whistling through it. Never felt such cold. Boy how interesting it is, being from the area. Thinking mines were not a big thing in Pottstown, stone quarrys but except for the Graphite mines in Chester Springs, I don't know of any. I must find out. How I love these snippets! Eliz