Series 48 - Patrick Lavin letter

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P/P155/70/48

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Patrick Lavin letter

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  • 08/11/1855 (Creation)

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Kerby A. Miller created this abstract from a letter provided to him by his collaborator, E.R.R. Green, who collected the letter circa the 1960s.

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Abstract of a letter from Patrick Lavin in Connecticut, to his son (in-law?) and daughter in Ireland, 8 November 1855. Per Kerby A. Miller: 'The writer seems to be a Famine emigrant, who left some of his children behind when he and his wife (still living) and other children went to America... ...Poor man, servant or unskilled laborer; sent home $15 in last letter, but received no answer.'

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