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- 1844-1995 (Creation)
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71pp
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Archival history
Reproductions of the O'Neil memoir were provided to Kerby A. Miller by the Virginia Historical Society. The original manuscript is now held by the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.
Reproductions of the Ker family letters and a transcript of the O'Neil memoir were provided to Miller by Merna Forster, who obtained them from the Archives of Ontario from the Ker Family Papers [reference number MU 3274].
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Materials pertaining to Kerby A. Miller's research on the Irish diaspora in Quebec, including: correspondence with Parks Canada regarding immigration through Grosse Île, Quebec (now part of the Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site) where nearly 500,000 Irish emigrants passed through to Canada between 1832 and 1992; correspondence with heritage repositories in Quebec; materials provided by historian Merna Forster including photocopies of letters sent by members of the Ker family during the 1840s; and the voyage journal of Patrick O'Neil, who sailed with from London to Grosse Île in 1847. [Archivist note: Professor Kerby A. Miller queries whether the author is an Irish emigrant].