Series 50 - John Houston letters

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John Houston letters

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  • 1836-1841 (Creation)

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10pp

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PRONI provided transcripts of the John Houston letters to Kerby A. Miller. The original manuscripts are held by PRONI [reference number T2581].

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[This series contains outdated attitudes or language that does not reflect the current views or positions of the University of Galway Library. Reader discretion is advised.]
Typed transcripts of a selection of the John Houston letters, along with Kerby A. Miller's notes and annotations. Transcripts include three letters written by John Houston to his mother, Matilda Houston in Larne, County Antrim in 1836, with the first two having been written from New Orleans, Louisiana, and the third from Madison, Indiana.

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