Series 37 - Francis Rankin letter

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P/P155/67/37

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Francis Rankin letter

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  • 1848-1945 (Creation)

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Kerby A. Miller created this transcript from a letter held in State Historical Society of Wisconsin [File 1848, May 8]. A transcript of the letter had been donated to the Society by the writer's grandson, Lee R. Whitney, in 1945.

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Transcript of an 1848 written by Dublin emigrant Francis Rankin in Pontiac, Michigan to his cousin, a fellow emigrant in Pontiac, describing his departure from Ireland and his plans for making a living in the United States. Rankin inquires whether it would be feasible for his wife to open a schoolhouse.

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