Series 2 - Mrs. Nolan letter

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P/P155/35/2

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Mrs. Nolan letter

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  • 1850-1994 (Creation)

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82pp

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Kerby A. Miler created his transcript from the original manuscript held in PRONI [reference number T2054].

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Materials pertaining to an 1850 letter written by a Mrs. Nolan in Clara, County Kilkenny, to her son Patrick in Providence, Rhode Island. The series includes: multiple versions of the letter transcript: Bruce D. Boling's land valuation notes pertaining to the Nolans in Clara; the summary of a 1994 interview with Mrs. Nolan's great-great-grandson Warren Barber which reveals that the Nolans were prosperous Catholics who had been evicted off their land around the time of the Great Famine and provides details on Patrick and Julia Nolan's emigration to Rhode Island where they farmed and had nine children; and photocopies of published histories of Providence County.

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