Identity area
Reference code
P/P155/66/33
Title
Blackwell family letters
Date(s)
- 1803-1816 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
13pp
Context area
Archival history
Kerby A. Miller created his transcripts of the Blackwell family letters from the original manuscripts held in the Mayer Papers, Maryland Historical Society (now the Maryland Center for History and Culture) [reference number MS 1574].
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Transcripts of five letters sent between 1803 and 1816 by members to members of the Blackwell family. The first two letters in the series are from Leticia Arabella Robinson of Kilbeggan, County Westmeath, to her daughter Deborah Robinson Blackwell in Baltimore, Maryland. The final three letters are sent to Captain Francis Blackwell, also in Baltimore; two of these letters are from relatives in Belfast.