Series 1 - Grimshaw shipping letters

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P/P155/37/1

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Grimshaw shipping letters

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  • 1864-1866 (Creation)

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23pp

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Copies of the Grimshaw shipping letters were provided to Kerby A. Miller by the National Library of Ireland, from which he created his transcripts. The original letters are held in the National Library of Ireland [call number MS 15784].

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Transcripts and reproductions of three letters written from Ireland to C. Grimshaw, a shipping firm and passage broker in Liverpool, 1864-1865. The three authors intended to saily with Grimshaw to the United States; two of the authors had to defer their tickets due to health issues for either themselves or their family.

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