Series 4 - 'Irish Exile' and John Cronin letters

30pp

Kerby A. Miller created his transcript of the 'Irish Exile' letter from the original letter held in the National Library of Ireland [MS 13073-13092]. The letter was originally published in John Devoy et al. (1948), Devoy's Post Bag, 1871-1928 (Dublin: C.J. Fallon).

Research compiled by Kerby A. Miller and his collaborators pertaining to two letters written from Irish emigrants in America to Irish nationalist Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa that were published in John Devoy et al. (1948). Devoy's Post Bag, 1871-1928. The two letters, written in 1876 and 1880, contain proposal for launching attacks on Britain. The series includes multiple photocopies of the letters as published in Devoy's Post Bag heavily annotated and corrected by Miller. Only the 'Irish Exile' letter is completely retranscribed by Miller. Also included are records regarding Miller's attempts to pin down the identities of the authors to no avail.

Additional information regarding letters written by Fenians can be found in P155/67/39 and in Collection POL15 (Fenian Republican Brotherhood Collection). Other letters written to O’Donovan Rossa are found in P155/48/4. O’Donovan Rossa’s memoir and Kerby A. Miller’s further research notes are found in P155/18/7.