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Date(s)
- 1842-1978 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
88pp
Context area
Archival history
Margaret MacArthur donated the Lindsay letters to Kerby A. Miller per letter of 4 February 1978 and confirmed her transfer of the letters on 23 February 1978.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The John Lindsay letters are a set of eight letters sent between members of the Lindsay and McCullough families in America and Cumber Claudy, Ballyartan, County Derry in 1842-1850 including: from Ross Adams in Trinidad to Hugh McCullough, Ballyartan, County Derry in 1842; John P. Lindsay in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania to Hugh McCullough, newly his father-in-law, in Ballyartan, County Derry in 1845, also includes a short letter from Matilda McCullough Lindsay at the end addressed to her father; from Matilda Lindsay in Port Clinton to her brother, William McCullough, in Ballyartan in 1847; John P. Lindsay in Port Clinton to William McCullough, his brother-in-law in Ballyartan in 1847; John McCullough in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to his brother, William McCullough in Ballyartan in 1847; John P. Lindsay, having recently moved to Hamburg, Pennsylvania, to William McCullough in Ballyartan in 1848; John P. Lindsay in Hamburg to William McCullough in Ballyartan in 1849; and Matilda Lindsay to her father, Hugh McCullough, in Ballyartan in 1850.
The series contains typed transcripts and photocopies of the letters and of the donor letter.