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- 1818-[1990] (Creation)
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19pp
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Transcript excerpted from Doyle, John (1912-1913). 'Letter of John Doyle,' Journal of the American Irish Historical Society 19, pp. 197-204.
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Materials pertaining to a letter of 25 January 1818 written by John T. Doyle in New York to his wife Fanny in Kilkenny which was published in Journal of the American Irish Historical Society in 1912. Doyle, a Kilkenny native, was the son of United Irishman Edmond Doyle. The letter showcases the difficulties emigrants had to face during the early 19th century.
The series includes: an excerpt of Meehan, Thomas J. (1917), ‘John Doyle, Publisher’, United States Catholic Historical Society Historical Records and Studies 10 discussing the letter, brief notes composed for Kerby A. Miller on Doyle; and copies of the 1912 Journal of the American Irish Historical Society containing the letter transcript.