Series 36 - Mattie Griffith letter

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Mattie Griffith letter

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  • 1863 (Creation)

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Kerby A. Miller created this transcript from a letter held in the Mary Estlin Papers (Ms. 24. 120-7), Dr Williams's Library, London, now part of the John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester.

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[This series contains outdated attitudes or language that does not reflect the current views or positions of the University of Galway Library. Reader discretion is advised.]
Kerby A. Miller's typed excerpt from the Mattie Griffith letter written from Griffith in New York, New York to Mary Estlin in England in 1863. This excerpt describes the 19th century New York City Draft Riots. The abolitionist Mary Anne Estlin lived in Bristol and the letter is likely addressed there.

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