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- 1821-1828 (Creation)
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11pp
Context area
Archival history
PRONI provided transcripts of the Black letters to Kerby A. Miller . The originals are held in PRONI [reference number T3633/1].
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Typed transcripts of letters sent between members of the Black family, primarily to their son and brother, Brice Black. The transcripts were provided by the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland and contain the following: a letter from James Black in Racavan, County Antrim to his son Brice Black, in Wheatfield, Pennsylvania in 1821 and 1827; from James and Margaret Black in Racavan to same in 1822 and 1824; from James Black the younger, in Racavan to Brice Black, his brother, in 1823 and 1830; from Nancy Logan, listed as being in 'Washington' to Brice Black in 1828; from Elizabeth Logan, also listed in 'Washington,' to Brice Black in 1828; from William Black in Racavan to his brother, Brice Black, in 1830; from Jenny Watt in Racavan to her brother, Brice Black, in 1835; and Adam Black in Racavan to his brother, Brice Black, in 1835. In the main, these letters contain requests for news from Brice Black in America and laments that he has not written in years, along with reports from home and discussions of selling up and following him to America.