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Reference code
P/P155/70/20
Title
Letters to Bishop John Purcell from Ireland about the Famine
Date(s)
- 1847-1854 (Creation)
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5pp
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Archival history
Kerby A. Miller created these transcripts from the original manuscripts held in the Purcell Papers [reference number II-4] and the Brownson Papers [reference number I-3-d], University of Notre Dame Archives.
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Scope and content
Transcribed extracts of seven letters written to John Purcell, Bishop of Cincinnati, regarding Irish emigration to the United States during the Great Famine. Four of the letters are written by Father William Purcell in County Wexford. Among the remaining authors is American intellectual Orestes Brownson. Subjects discussed include the causes of emigration and the conduct and piety of Irish emigrants in America.
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Note
Further letters pertaining to Orestes Browson are located in P155/66/41.