Series 31 - Richard Dowden Richard letters

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P/P155/70/31

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Richard Dowden Richard letters

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  • 1848-1849 (Creation)

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Reproductions of the Richard Dowden Richard letters were provided to Kerby A. Miller by the Cork Archives Council in 1978. The original manuscripts are held by the Cork City and County Archives Service [reference number U140/L] and are accessed through them.

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Abstracts and photocopies of four letters concerning an emigration scheme promoted by George Flower and the farmers of his area in Illinois, who desperately needed men and women for farm labourers and servants. The letters are written to Richard Dowden Richard, a prominent businessman who became mayor of Cork in 1845. As Kerby A. Miller notes regarding the final letter, 'The arrangements seem to be falling through because of delays, or indecision, or resistance to the scheme in Cork.'

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