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P/P155/73/17
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John Joyce letter
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- 24/03/1785 (Creation)
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Transcript excerpted from Joyce, John (1915). 'Virginia in 178.' Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 23, pp. 407-414. The original manuscript is held in the Virginia Museum of History & Culture [call number Mss2 J8533 a 1].
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[This letter contains outdated attitudes or language that does not reflect the current views or positions of the University of Galway Library. Reader discretion is advised.] Letter from John Joyce, evidently working as a tutor to the family of Thomas Lomax in Caroline County, to his uncle Robert Dickson in County Down. Joyce provides a detailed summation of life and economy in Virginia.
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Further correspondence involving the Dickson family is located in the Arthur Dobbs letters and papers [P155/72/3].