Series 28 - John Skerry letter

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P/P155/70/28

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John Skerry letter

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  • 1837-1974 (Creation)

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Terrence M. Punch of Halifax, Nova Scotia donated the transcript to Kerby A, Miller via letter of 12 March 1974.

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  1. Historian Terry Punch (Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland)’s transcript of an 1837 letter of John Skerry, Halifax, Nova Scotia, to his namesake nephew in Ballyhale, County Kilkenny giving him his news and family news from there;
  2. Letter from Punch to Kerby A. Miller detailing the history of the Norman-Irish Punch/Poyntz/Pounch family and how they emigrated to Nova Scotia. The letter also contains further information on John Skerry, author of the aforementioned letter donated by Punch.

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