Series 5 - Mrs. P. McNally letter

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P/P155/53/5

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Mrs. P. McNally letter

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  • 1933-1990 (Creation)

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110pp

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Kerby A. Miller created the transcript from a letter shared with him by collaborator E.R.R. Green, who collected the letter. The original letter is held in PRONI as part of the E.R.R. Green Ulster Emigrants' Letters collection [reference number D2721/1].

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Materials pertaining to a letter written by Mrs. P. McNally, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to her cousin John (in County Armagh?), 10 December 1933. The letter describes conditions in the United States during the height of the Great Depression. The author places great faith in both Franklin Roosevelt and Éamon de Valera. The series includes: multiple transcripts of the letter; Kerby A. Miller and Beth Ruffin McIntyre's correspondence with the Berkshire County Historical Society and Berkshire County Family History Association attempting to find information on McNally; and excerpts from published histories of Pittsfield.

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