Series 4 - Dominick Lynch and Peter Healy letters

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P/P155/75/4

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Dominick Lynch and Peter Healy letters

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  • 1785-1968 (Creation)

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Two late 18th century letter transcripts excerpted from MacLysaght, Edward, ed. (1944) (1968), Analecta Hibernica No. 14: Report on Documents Relating to the Wardenship of Galway. London: Wm. Dawson & Sons, pp. 54-55. Dominick Lynch's letter to Rev. Augustine Kirwan is a petition for assistance from Galwegians in having a Catholic Church erected in New York (the future St. Peter's Church); Peter Healy's letter to Rev. Francis Blake discusses the emergence of the newborn city of Washington, which has been designated to become the new capital of the United States.

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