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- 1832-1973 (Creation)
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22pp
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Archival history
Kerby A. Miller was provided with photocopies and transcripts of the John McMahon Letters by Mary Jo Pugh, Assistant Curator, Michigan Historical Collections at the University of Michigan, on 22 August 1973. Miller then created his own annotations of the transcripts to accurately reflect the original typography. The originals are now held in the John McMahon Papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan.
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Scope and content
Materials pertaining to a letter written by William McElroy in County Down to his nephew, Joseph McMahon, in Fairfield, Connecticut in 1832. The letter describes conditions in Ireland at the time, including a cholera outbreak. The series includes: photocopies of a typed transcript of the letter with annotations and edits; a photocopy of the original letter; Kerby A. Miller's correspondence with Michigan Historical Collections at University of Michigan; and Miller's research notes.