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- 1857-1978 (Creation)
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10pp
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Dr. E.R.R. Green, then of the University of Manchester, created his transcripts of the Nicholl letters based upon copies he received from R.A. Bonner of Irvinestown, the first cousin once removed of R.J. Nicholl, on 13 December 1963. Green was also sent photocopies of the letters from S.C. McMenamin, Deputy Keeper of the Records, PRONI, on 7 March 1966. He later shared his transcripts and documentation with his collaborator, Kerby A. Miller.
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Letters pertaining to the Nicholl/Nickle family, originally of Lettermakenny, County Donegal, who emigrated to Michigan. Richard J. Nicholl (1827-1899) witnessed the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and worked as a railway superintendent in Nebraska. Letters are written by Richard to his cousin Lucy in Michigan (1868), Samuel in Lettermakenny to his brother Andrew in Michigan (1857), and Frank in Michigan to his cousin R.A. Bonner in Irvinestown, County Fermanagh (1963). Also included is donor correspondence with E.R.R. Green and Kerby A. Miller.