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P/P155/64/30
Title
John Keenan letter
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- 1888 (Creation)
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8pp
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Dr. Arnold Schrier collected the letter from a private donor and shared the letter with his collaborator Kerby A. Miller, who created the transcript. Schrier later donated the original manuscript to Miller.
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Kerby A. Miller's typed transcript of a letter (originally collected by Arnold Schrier) sent from John Keenan in Boston, Massachusetts to his uncle in Ballyshannon, County Donegal in 1888. Kerby A. Miller notes that Keenan's uncle was a farmer in Ballyshannon and the letter was 'dictated by the mother and written by the son.' Also contains Miller's research notes.
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An additional transcript with Arnold Schrier's comments is located in P155/70/40. The original manuscript collected by Schrier is in P155/114/1.