Identity area
Reference code
P/P155/70/39
Title
Anonymous emigrant's letter from San Francisco by Spanish-American War veteran, 1899
Date(s)
- 26/01/1899 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
3pp
Context area
Archival history
The fragment was collected in the mid-20th century by Dr. Arnold Schrier, later collaborator of Kerby A. Miller.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Photocopy of an incomplete letter from a Spanish-American war veteran to his parents in Ireland. Professor Kerby Miller includes in his notes from Dr. Arnold Schrier that the writer had traveled around the world several times and had fought in Cuba against Spain.