Series 17 - [Thomas] Lawless letter excerpt

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P/P155/69/17

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[Thomas] Lawless letter excerpt

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  • 1846 (Creation)

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Original manuscript held in PRONI (reference number T2345/2).

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A typed excerpt from the Thomas Lawless letter, the reference copy of which isfound in the Frank Langan letters [P155/64/19]. The letter is written by Thomas Lawless in Callystown, County Louth to his brother, John Lawless at the Patch Grove Post Office, Wisconsin Territory, 1846, and the excerpt discusses the Famine, dire circumstances related to farming in Ireland at the time, and Lawless's thoughts on potentially following his brother to America.

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