Series 15 - James & Joseph McArthur letters

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P/P155/68/15

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James & Joseph McArthur letters

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  • 1769-1978 (Creation)

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C.W.P. MacArthur of Portnablagh, County Donegal donated copies of the McArthur letters to Professor E.R.R. Green and Dr. Kerby A. Miller via letter of 17 November 1978.

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Transcripts and reproductions of two letters sent in 1847 and 1858 by James and Joseph McArthur, respectively, both of Shenango, Pennsylvania, to relatives in Speenoge, County Donegal. Also includes is a photocopy of a 1769 lease agreement for a farm signed by an ancestor of the McArthur with the Earl of Donegal, and the letter donating the copies.

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