Maria O'Brien, Madison, Wisconsin, to her cousin, Richard Lalor, Tinakill, Queen's County, 27 July 1861
Description
Mostly family news. She describes the US Civil War's disruptive effects on the American economy. Much of the letter concerns a legal dispute over inheritance in Ireland.
Date
1861/07/27
Date Issued
27/03/2023
Resource Type
Text
Archival Record Id
p155/1/2
Publisher
University of Galway
Extent
4pp
Topic
Lalor Letters
Geographic
Madison (city),Dane (county) Wisconsin,United States,Tinnakill (townland),Laois (county),Ireland
Temporal
Nineteenth century,Eighteen sixties
Genre
Transcript,Reproduction
Note
Title, description and transcript text by Professor Kerby Miller.