Identity area
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Date(s)
- 1848-1990 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
155pp
Context area
Archival history
Kerby A. Miller created his transcripts of the Donnan-Murphy Letters from the original manuscripts held in PRONI [reference number D2795/5].
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
The Donnan-Murphy letters are a group of 21 letters written between 1848-1849 and 1873-1875. The 1848-1849 set consists mainly of letters sent between John Donnan in Delaware County, Pennsylvania and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Donnan, in Saintfield, County Down. The 1873-1875 set consists of letters sent by William Murphy in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania to Hugh Donnan. The series consists of: biographical notes on William Murphy; Kerby A. Miller's transcripts and abstracts of the Donnan-Murphy letters; biographical notes and 19th century land vaulations records pertaining to John Donnan; correspondence between Miller and the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania; and photocopies of 1876 Allegheny County directory pages mentioning William Murphy.