Series 28 - M. McAuley letter

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P/P155/63/28

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M. McAuley letter

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  • 1878-1963 (Creation)

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Lt Col J.D. Nixon, great-grandson of the letter reciepient, provided E.R.R. Green, future collaborator of Kerby A. Miller, with a copy of the transcript of the letter per Nixon's letter of 5 August 1963. This transcript was deposited in PRONI [reference number D3561/A/25]. Green later provided the copy to Miller.

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Transcript of a letter from an Irish emigrant in Chicago describing his 1848 emigration to Ireland, published in the 25 April 1878 edition of the Impartial Reporter and Fermanagh Farmers' Journal newspaper in Enniskillen, along with letters of donation. The letter was written by the author upon reading of the death of his benefactor, Christopher Nixon, who assisted him during the Great Famine immediately prior to his emigration.

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