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George D. Cahill papers
Collection
Abstract
The George D. Cahill papers consist of the personal papers of a Quincy, Mass. merchant active in Irish-American causes in the late nineteenth century. The collection contains correspondence, fliers, circulars, published speeches, and ephemera, as well as membership and financial records for Irish nationalist organizations including the Fenian Brotherhood, the Irish National Land League of the United States, and the Irish National League of America, among others. The papers date from 1845 to...
Restrictions on access
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1845-circa 1921; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1890
Patrick A. Collins papers
Collection
Abstract
These papers document the work of Irish immigrant Patrick A. Collins (1884-1905), a lawyer, politician, and activist for Irish independence, through his correspondence, certificates, photographs, manuscripts, and printed materials.
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Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1858-1947, undated; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1905
Invitation to Harry W. French from John Boyle O'Reilly and others, not after 1887 : manuscript
Collection — Shared box: 1012
Scope and Contents
Invitation to Harry W. French from five prominent Boston Irish Americans, written in ink on a single sheet of lined paper. Signed by John Boyle O'Reilly, Hugh O'Brien, Patrick A. Collins, T.J. Dacey, and Dominick Fay. Full text reads "Harry W. French Esq. Dear Sir, we cordially invite you to give your lectures on Ireland in this city, confident that your knowledge of the subject and splendid illustrations of it will interest and entertain all classes of our fellow citizens." Likely written...
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Open for research.
Dates:
between 1880-1887