Series 19 - J.J. Connolly diary

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P/P155/66/19

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J.J. Connolly diary

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  • 1900-1978 (Creation)

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28pp

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This photocopy of the diary was provided to Professor Kerby A. Miller by the author's daughter in 1978.

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Photocopy of the diary of James J. Connolly, who emigrated from Cloonacool, County Sligo to the United States in the 1890s, aged 17, and enlisted in the Marines for 3 years before working in gold mines in California, Colorado, and Alaska. This diary specifically documents Connolly's travels while in the Marines around the Eastern Seaboard of the United and the Caribbean before concluding with some of his own poetry. Attached is a forwarding letter to Kerby A. Miller sent by donor Lenora Dolan.

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