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- 1791-1989 (Creation)
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11pp
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Roger Haydon, Editor at Cornell University Press, donated his transcripts of the McHench-Johnston-Tuohy Letters to Kerby A. Miller via letter of 21 February 1989.
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Typed transcripts of four letters given to Kerby A. Miller by Roger Haydon.
Includes: a letter from John McHench to his son, James Hench, a carpenter in 'Albony' [most likely Albany, New York] in 1791; from Catherine Johnston in Drogheda, County Louth to her son Thomas Johnston in New Hampshire in 1835; from John Touhy in Palmyra, New York to his brother, Jeremiah Touhy, in Nenagh, County Tipperary, 1851; and from James Touhy in Buffalo, New York to his father, Jeremiah Touhy in Killaloe, County Clare. A letter from the donor is also included.
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Note
An additional transcript of the Johnston letter can be found in P155/69/24.