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- 1851-2003 (Creation)
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Copies of the Hennessy letters, including the Bridge Kanny/Canny letter, were donated by Victor Hennessy, great-grandson of Bryan Hennessy and owner of the originals, to Kerby A. Miller via post on 20 September 1990 for publishing. Copies were previously provided by the Hennessy family to Kevin Whelan of the National Library of Ireland in 1985, who forwarded these copies to Miller.
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Materials pertaining to the Bridget Kanny (Canny) letter, a letter sent from Bridget Kanny to her father near New Ross, County Wexford in 1874. The series includes: Kerby A. Miller's typed transcripts of the letter; a photocopy of the original; Miller's research notes; census research; Miller's correspondence with colleagues, the Oneida County Historical Society, and Hennessy family relatives; photocopies of secondary sources related to Utica and Oneida County, New York.
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The reference copy of this letter is located at P155/43/6/3. Further research can be found with the Hennessy family letters in P155/43/6.