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Title
Date(s)
- 1863-1991 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
96pp
Context area
Archival history
The original manuscripts of the Letson Letters are held in PRONI [reference number D3673]. Transcripts were given by PRONI to Kerby A. Miller.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Materials pertaining to 14 letters written by brothers Edmund and William Letson to their parents in Glenavy, County Antrim between 1863 and 1872. Edmund Letson emigrated to the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec in 1863 before settling in New Orleans circa 1867, where he attended medical school and became a pharmacist. The series includes: biographical notes and research on Edmund Letson and his family; PRONI's transcripts of the Letson letters with heavy corrections and annotations by Kerby A. Miller; correspondence between Miller and other researchers; correspondence between Miller and the Historic New Orleans Foundation; and photocopied excepts of published histories of New Orleans.