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This notice appeared in the New York Times on Monday, June 2, 1884; it describes both the life and funeral of Peter J Faye.

This page is from the City of New York's 1855 census book and shows the name of Peter J. Faye, a customer of the EISB.

A page from the 1850 census showing Peter J. Faye's name and occupation. His occupation, here, is listed as "servant."

rendering of a steerage compartment from The Illustrated London News, 1851; caption reads, " Emigration Vessel--Between Decks."

steerage compartment of passenger ship

From Harpers Weekly, this image depicts a tenement house fire on 45th Street in New York on March 28, 1860.

Kate and Sandy Sullivan, emigrants from the Lansdowne estate in County Kerry, Ireland, converted a tenement apartment at 35 Baxter Street, just north of Worth, into a 'boarding house.' Like all Famine emigrants, the Sullivans knew that running their…

scanned image of a deposit ledger for Mary Mulvey from the EISB

scanned image of a Test Book from the Emigrant Savings Book