Series 7 - James Wright letters

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P/P155/72/7

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James Wright letters

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  • 1805-1996 (Creation)

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Copies of the Wright letters were provided to Dorothy Neblett Perkins by Alice Wright Algood of Columbus, Tennessee from which Perkins created her transcripts in 1991. The original letters remained in Algood's possession. Perkins provided Kerby A. Miller with the transcripts and associated family information via letter of 21 June 1996.

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Document compiled 27 January 1991 by Dorothy Neblett Perkins regarding her great-great-grandfather James Wright who emigrated from Muff, County Donegal to the United States in 1805 and settled in Yorkville, South Carolina the following year, joining his brother Samuel. The document includes transcripts of three letters written to James between 1805 and 1810 by his brothers. Attached is Perkins' letter of donation.

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