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- 1842-1962 (Creation)
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5pp
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Doris G. Bias of Jackson, Mississippi, great-granddaughter of Charles Bell, donated the Charles Bell letters to E.R.R. Green on 6 September 1962. Green later provided copies to his collaborator, Kerby A. Miller.
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[These letters contain outdated attitudes or language that does not reflect the current views or positions of the University of Galway Library. Reader discretion is advised.]
Documents pertaining to the family of Charles Bell, a native of County Antrim who emigrated to the United States before 1842 and ultimately settled in Ethel, Mississippi, as compiled in 1962 by his great-granddaughter, Doris G. Bias, in Jackson, Mississippi and submitted to the Antrim Registrar of Births and Deaths and E.R.R. Green. Bias compiled the documents in an effort to find relatives in Antrim. Included are Bias’ introductory letter of 9 September 1962 containing family information and asking for assistance in finding relatives, biographical notes on Charles Bell and his siblings, and transcripts of two letters sent to Charles in the United States by his mother Elizabeth in Antrim.