Series 11 - Alex Aitken letter

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P/P155/61/11

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Alex Aitken letter

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  • 14/01/1886 (Creation)

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Kerby A. Miller created this transcript from a copy of the original letter held in PRONI [reference number D627/213b].

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Transcripts of a letter written by Alex Aitken at Rapid Creek, Iowa, where he had just purchased land, to William Patterson, Fivemiletown, County Tyrone, 14 January 1866. Aitken had first considered emigrating to Canada but found the land expensive and unappealing.

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