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P/P155/67/48
Title
Gass family letter transcripts
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- 1868-1872 (Creation)
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5pp
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Kerby A. Miller created transcripts of the Gass letters from photocopies provided by PRONI. The original manuscripts are held by PRONI [reference number D1396].
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Transcripts of two letters, one written in 1868 by John Gass to his brother, and another written in 1872 by his niece Annie Gass to a friend. Both letters were sent to Markethill, County Armagh. John Gass was from near Milltown, County Armagh and emigrated in 1828, settling in Attica, Indiana, where he would eventually become mayor and a successful businessman. Annie Gass emigrated sometime around 1873 and joined John in Indiana.
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The reference copies of these letters, and Kerby A. Miller's compiled research on the Gass family, are located in P155/50/3.