Dear Brother John: Kitty Armstrong’s Letters from New York to John Francis Armstrong
In April of 1887, when Kitty was twenty-six, she and her younger sister, Annie, left Ireland for New York in defiance of the family in Sligo. These are transcriptions of two letters that Kitty wrote to John Francis after she and Annie had arrived in New York and made contact with their cousin, Kate Leonard.
Runaway Sisters: The Story Behind the Photo of Annie and Kitty Armstrong and Their Brother John F. Armstrong
Over the generations, Annie and Kitty have been jokingly referred to as the “Runaway Sisters” because of their determination to defy their family in County Sligo and see America for themselves.