Emigration and immigration -- United States.
Subject
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Bunyan family correspondence
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064926110]
Identifier: 4334
Scope and content
Fourteen letters addressed to William Bunyan (Bunyie) in Edinburgh and elsewhere in Scotland and in Havana, N.Y., from his family in Scotland, 1825-1837; an apprenticeship agreement for William Bunyan, 1823; and six letters to Mary Fitzgerald, 1822-1883. Letters concern family matters and social and economic conditions in Scotland and England.
Dates:
1822-1883.
John Wilson letters
Collection — Manuscript box 6 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065240529]
Identifier: 863
Scope and content
Letters from Wilson in Lowell, Mass. to his father in Yorkshire, England, in which he describes his work in a carpet factory, encourages others to come to Lowell, and provides instructions. He describes his voyage to America and the cholera that broke out on board ship, and the aid given the immigrants by his employer, Mr. Milne.
Dates:
1849.