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Thomas Kelly, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, to his cousin Michael Lewis Geary, Helena, Montana, 8 December 1866
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Collection Geary Letter
Title Thomas Kelly, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, to his cousin Michael Lewis Geary, Helena, Montana, 8 December 1866
Description Thomas Kelly writes to his cousin Michael Lewis Geary that he has only now received the latter's letter a year after it was penned. He gives news on his family and friends, noting many [from parishes in south county Clare] who emigrated to "this neighbourhood". He complains of the "navvies" who arrived from England in their thousands, leading to the general lowering of wages and suspensison of the railway works due to the lack of finance which he claimed was over-used to give employment to the "hundreds who were daily arriving".
Date 08/12/1866
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Resource Type Text
Archival Record Id p155/12/2
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 2pp
Topic Geary Letter
Geographic Toowoomba,Queensland,Australia,Helena,Lewis and Clark (county),Montana,United States
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen sixties
Genre Transcript
Note Transcript from private collection. Title and description by University of Galway.
Creator / Author Name Thomas Kelly