Identity area
Reference code
P/P155/60/35
Title
Stewart Bates letter
Date(s)
- 01/07/1863 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
10pp
Context area
Archival history
The letter was collected by Dr. Arnold Schrier, collaborator of Kerby A. Miller, who provided Miller with this copy.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Materials pertaining to a letter written from Stewart Bates in Chicago, Illinois to his uncle in County Derry in 1863. This letter was originally collected by Arnold Schrier, a collaborator of Kerby A. Miller. Schrier's research suggests the Bates family were small farmers and Ulster Presbyterians in Derry, and Miller notes: 'The "Uncle" was also a Bates. The recipients were small farmers of Scottish Plantation stock living in County Tyrone.'
The series contains: Kerby A. Miller's typed transcripts of the letter; a photocopy of the original; and Schrier and Miller's research notes.