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- 1818-1830 (Creation)
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23pp
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Gerry Moran, collaborator of Kerby A. Miller, collected the Dumars family letters and provided reproductions to Miller.
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[This letter contains outdated attitudes or language that does not reflect the current views or positions of the University of Galway Library. Reader discretion is advised.]
Transcripts and three letters written to James Dumars in Erie County, Pennsylvania between 1818 and 1830. The letters are from his brother Alexander Dumars, a native of County Tyrone who emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1795 but wrote two of the letters from Tyrone on return visits. In addition to discussing family news, Alexander, a Freemason, also decries the activities of the Anti-Masonic Party which was especially strong in Pennsylvania at the time, and writes on the recent conflicts between Orangemen and Ribbonmen.