Series 9 - 'Kealing Hurly's Scrip Book: An Irish Immigrant in America, 1847-48'

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P/P155/65/9

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'Kealing Hurly's Scrip Book: An Irish Immigrant in America, 1847-48'

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  • 1847-1980 (Creation)

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9pp

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Photocopy of O'Connell, Lucille (1980), 'Kealing Hurly’s Scrip Book: An Irish Immigrant in America, 1847–48.' Éire-Ireland15, no. 2, pp. 105–112. The article contains a transcript of the emigration voyage of Keating Hurly, who left Galway in 1847. Per O'Connell: 'Kealing Hurly was literate and recorded his experiences and impressions - from his arrival and desperate search for work, in Boston, to life on board ship during the war with Mexico.'

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