Series 30 - John Kempsey letter

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P/P155/69/30

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John Kempsey letter

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  • 1851 (Creation)

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Transcripts of the letter were created by Arnold Schrier from the original letter published in the Nation newspaper, 24 May 1851 and given to Kerby A. Miller.

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Typed transcript of a letter written by John Kempsey in San Francisco, California to Charles Gavan Duffy, Esq. in 1851 and published in The Nation, 24 May 1851. Noted on the transcript: 'Letter from California to the Tenant League; gives stirring picture of social equality in U.S.' Also included is a typed excerpt from an Irish Folklore Commission entry from Séamus Ó Conchubhair (MS 1408, p. 39-43) telling a Famine emigration tale out of Ventry, County Kerry.

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