Identity area
Reference code
P/P155/71/14
Title
Matteson family manuscripts
Date(s)
- 1848-1851 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
10 items
Context area
Archival history
The microfilm was provided to Kerby A. Miller by the New-York Historical Society (now part of the New York Historical), from which Miller created his abstracts and transcript.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Microfilm copy of the Matteson family papers documenting emigration from Ireland to the United States between 1848 and 1851, plus Kerby A. Miller's catalogue of the papers and his transcript of a 27 September 1848 letter from David Keane in Boston to Isaiah Matteson in Vermont. Many of the papers are notices from Tapscott's Emigration and Foreign Exchange Office regaring transatlantic voyage fares and confirming to Isaiah Matteson the emigration of various Irish emigrants for whom he paid passage.