Digital Archive
George Dillon, Tamales, California, to his cousin, Richard Lalor, Tinakill, Queen's County, 7 June 1868
Cite this document IIIF Viewer
Collection Lalor Letters
Title George Dillon, Tamales, California, to his cousin, Richard Lalor, Tinakill, Queen's County, 7 June 1868
Description Dillon pens a very detailed and descriptive autobiographical letter, in response to Richard Lalor, whose letter was the first one that Dillon had ever received from Ireland. He reports that most of his neighbors in Marin County were Irish, but the nearest Catholic chapel was 27 miles distant, and California society was "very rough". Provides much information on prices and wages. States that his brothers in Tennessee had been "rebels," but he was proud to have supported the Union.
Date 07/06/1868
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Resource Type Text
Archival Record Id p155/1/2, p155/114/1
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 4pp
Topic Lalor Letters
Geographic Tomales,Marin (county),California,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.
Creator / Author Name George Dillon