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- 1818-1992 (Creation)
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110pp
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Transcripts of the Richey family letters were created by Kerby A. Miller from letters held in PRONI (reference number D3561).
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Drafts of transcripts of 19 letters written by James Richey and later his brother Andrew, natives of Lisburn who emigrated to the United States in 1818 and 1829, respectively. The brothers settled in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, later moving to Clinton, Mississippi. They wrote letters home to their family giving their news, and on matters of religion and politics where they live, including on the slavery question.’
The series also includes portions of a draft of an essay on Scotch-Irish emigration to the United States written by Professor E.R.R. Green and featuring James Richey as a example.
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The reference copies of these letters, including full reproductions and transcripts, plus extensive research on the brothers and a 1912 letter from a Woulfe cousin, J. W Heffernan, to Patrick Woulfe (Maurice’s son?), are located in P155/45/1.