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- 1777-1883 (Creation)
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10pp
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Archival history
Marion Casey created the transcripts from letters held in the O'Conor Don Papers, Clonalis House, Castlerea, County Roscommon, and provided the transcript to Kerby A. Miller. Kerby A. Miller acknowledges permission from the Trustees of the Estate of O'Conor Don to consult and to quote from the O'Conor Papers, and the Catalog to the O'Conor Papers prepared by Gareth W. Dunleavy and Janet E. Dunleavy.
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Abstracts and excerpts of letters held in the O'Conor Don papers pertaining to Irish emigration to the United States. Many of the letters are written by or to members of the extended O'Conor/O'Connor family, including several O'Conor Dons.. Notable authors include Thomas O'Connor, a United Irishman who emigrated to New York City and became a prominent journalist, and Charles O'Conor, perhaps the most prominent American lawyer of the mid-20th century and supporter of the Confederate States of America.