Series 20 - O'Neill family letters

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P/P155/63/20

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O'Neill family letters

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  • 1855-1889 (Creation)

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The National Library of Ireland provided photocopies of the O'Neill letters to Kerby A. Miller, from which he created his transcripts. The original manuscripts are held in the National Library of Ireland [call numbers MS 18327 and MS 18327C].

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Transcripts and reproductions of ten letters sent to Dora and James O'Neill of Portarlington, Queen's (Laois) County between 1855 and 1889. Some of the letters pertain to her son John, who fought in the Army of the Potomac for the United States during the American Civil War and died in a Confederate prison camp in Georgia; the majority of the letters provide news from American relatives.

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