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- 1862-1988 (Creation)
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33pp
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These copies of the letters were created from copies held on microfilm in the O'Donovan Rossa Papers, Department of Archives and Manuscripts, Catholic University of America, Washington D.C. [Reel 1, Item 23]. The copies were given to Kerby A. Miller by the Department per their letter of 2 May 1988.
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Transcripts, reproductions, and abstracts of two letters written by Irish Fenians living in the United States who were forced out of work in Ireland during the 1860s. The letters were found in the O’Donovan Rossa Papers at the Catholic University of America. Also included is a letter from the university’s Department of Archives and Manuscripts forwarding the reproductions of the letters to Kerby A. Miller, and an excerpt from Devoy's Mail Bag (1948) featuring mini-biographies of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa and John Devoy.
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Additional information regarding this series can be found 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 research notes are found in P155/18/7.