Series 7 - Hugh A. Graham letter

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P/P155/50/7

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Hugh A. Graham letter

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  • 1850-1990 (Creation)

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128pp

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Kerby A. Miller created his transcript of this letter from the original letter held in PRONI [reference number T2186/1].

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Materials pertaining to a letter written from Hugh A. Graham in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Walter Smyth in Belfast in 1892. Hugh Graham initially worked in the tea trade, eventually transitioning to the wholesale liquor trade, which he discusses in his letter.
The series contains: Kerby A. Miller's typed transcripts of the letter with notes and annotations; photocopied pages from secondary sources on Pittsburgh, including city directories, and on immigrants in Pennsylvania; census research; and Miller's research notes and correspondence with the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania.

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