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- 1875-1990 (Creation)
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33pp
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Kerby A. Miller created this transcript from a letter published in the Kilkenny Journal, 1 December 1875, that was collected by Miller's collaborator, Dr Arnold Schrier.
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Materials primarily related to a 12 January 1875 letter written by John Kirwan to the Kilkenny Journal. Alarmed at the large numbers of emigrants arriving into America, Kirwan, an official at Mutual Gaslight Co. in New York City, is writing via the Kilkenny Journal warning would-be emigrants against relocating to the city due to the endemic unemployment among Irish emigrants there. He claims that corruption in business and unemployment has seen many reduced to poverty and begging even after years of toil, ultimately wishing to return home to Ireland if they had the means.
The series includes: typed transcripts of the letter; a photocopy of the original letter; photocopied pages from History of the City of New York by Mary L. Booth (New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1880); census research; and Kerby A. Miller's research notes.