Identity area
Reference code
P/P155/60/3
Title
Colhoun family letters
Date(s)
- 1795-1830 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
13pp
Context area
Archival history
PRONI provided transcripts of the Calhoun letters to Kerby A. Miller in the 1970s. The originals are held in PRONI [reference number T1466].
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The Colhoun family letters are three letters sent between members of the Colhoun family in Pennsylvania and County Derry. The first letter was sent from John Colhoun in Chambersburgh, Pennsylvania to Alexander Reed, most likely in Washington, Pennsylvania in 1795; the second was sent from Alexander Reed in Washington, Pennsylvania to John Colhoun in Chambersburgh, Pennsylvania in 1807; and the third, from William Colhoun in Washington County, Pennsylvania to his father in Derry in 1830.