Series 13 - John Kearsey letters

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P/P155/69/13

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John Kearsey letters

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  • 1842-1978 (Creation)

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John Kiersey of Kilmacthomas, County Waterford donated the Kearsey letters to Kerby A. Miller in January 1978.

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Typed transcripts of the John Kearsey [alternatively Kiersey] letters, two letters written by John Kearsey to his father, who may be in Knockaderry, County Limerick according to the content of one letter. The first letter is written by Kearsey from Liverpool in 1842 during his stopover while emigrating to America, and the second is written from New York in 1843 before Kearsey heads to St. Louis, Missouri. Also included is a letter from the donor.

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