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P/P155/31/10
Title
Michael and Mary Rush letter
Date(s)
- 1846-2003 (Creation)
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Archival history
Kerby A. Miller created this transcript from a previous transcript published in British Parliamentary Papers (June, 1847), Further Papers Relative to Emigration to the British Provinces in North America 824 (vol. xxix), pp. 70-77.
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Materials pertaining to the Michael and Mary Rush letter. This series consists primarily of typescript versions of the Rush letter, sent from Michael and Mary Rush in Ardnaglass, Dromard, County Sligo to their parents in Carillon, Quebec, Canada in 1846. This letter outlines the conditions of Michael and Mary Rush in Sligo as the region descends into the Famine.
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Research on Thomas Barrett and 19th century Irish immigration to Quebec is located in P155/36/4.