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- 1863-2007 (Creation)
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35pp
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Archival history
This reproduction was provided to Kerby A. Miller by Susannah U. Bruce, Associate Professor of History, Sam Houston State University, via letter of 13 December 1997. The original manuscript is held in PRONI [reference number D3531/G/6].
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Materials pertaining to letter from Christopher Byrne (1833-1918), a native of Magheracloone, Co. Monaghan, to his oldest brother, famed traditional harper Patrick Byrne (Pádraig Dall Ó Beirn). Christopher had emigrated to America in November 1852 and enlisted in the Minnesota Infantry in August 1862. At the time of the letter in 1863, he was stationed in Vernon Center fighting Indians 200 miles west during the American Civil War.
The series includes writings and correspondence by historian Susannah Bruce regarding Christopher Byrne and his letter, a reproduction of the letter, an 1898 biographical article on Byrne (who settled in South Dakota in 1881 and later retired to Idaho) featuring a description of his war service, and climatological information on Minnesota during 1863 for context.