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- 1846-1990 (Creation)
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163pp
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Research pertaining to Thomas Barrett, the recipient of an 1846 letter from his daughter and son-in-law in County Sligo. The series includes: 19th-century land valuation records obtained from Sligo County Council; correspondence between Kerby A. Miller and Quebecois historians regarding the Irish in Quebec; copies of irish-Quebecois publications; photocopied records of the Thomas Barrett family in Quebec; and a copy of the article '"Don't Let Us Die with the Hunger": An Immigrant Family In Ireland and Canada during the Era of the Great Famine' by Kerby A. Miller and Bruce D. Boling written about the letter sent by Michael and Mary Rush.
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The Rush letter transcript, along with further research on the Rushes, Thomas Barrett, and 19th century Irish emigration to Quebec, are located in P155/31/10.