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- 1819-1825 (Creation)
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9pp
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The letter was copied by Kerby A. Miller from a copy held in PRONI (T1449).
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Transcript of a letter written by Irish emigrant John B. Phillips in Winnsboro, South Carolina to his brother James in Lisburn, County Antrim, 12 March 1819. The letter was written by John B. shortly after arriving in South Carolina and notes the religious diversity of the Winnsboro area. Their father, also named John, was a prominent Loyalist militia leader in South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War who later returned to Ireland. Also present is an abstract of an 1825 letter written by Phillips from Michigan.
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The reference copy of the letters, including photocopies of the original letters, and Kerby A. Miller's research on the Phillips family are located in P155/3/5.