Identity area
Reference code
P/P155/61/26
Title
T.P. Slattery letter
Date(s)
- 1847-1978 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
16pp
Context area
Archival history
Miss Nell Martin of Donnybrook, Dublin, grandniece of the author, donated a photocopy of the letter to Kerby A. Miller via letter of 12 January 1978, from which Kerby A. Miller created his transcripts. Her brother Thomas was in possession of the original letter at the time of donation.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Materials pertaining to a letter written by Dr T. Patrick Slattery, now settled in Kentucky after some time in Lower Canada, to his parents in Ireland sending personal updates after a long silence. Slattery became a teacher and then a medical doctor in Kentucky. The series includes Kerby A. Miller's transcripts of the letter, his brief notes on the letter, a photocopy of the original letter, and correpsondence from the donor.