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Copy correspondence between two generations of Perkinson and Monaghan family members, all connected with Croghan, near Birr, Co Offaly and the Irish Hills area of the state of Michigan, USA. Following the devastation of the Great Famine, John Monaghan emigrated firstly to Suffolk and then to Michigan, where he received letters from his sister, Mary and her husband William Perkinosn, pleading for assistance to also enable their family emigrate to America. The correspondence describes the effect of famine and emigration on the Croghan area. Their son William, who emigrated to Lancashire, also writes to his cousin in Michigan of the second generation with much the same request.

Letter from Elias William Kerr in Dorchester, Dorset, England, to his brother-in-law William Lamb at 31 Grosvenor Place, Rathmines, County Dublin, regarding the death of his father, William Pattison Kerr.

Letter from Frances Cashel Hoey at 17 Capden Hill Road, Kensington, London, to her sister-in-law Maria Blanche Plunkett-Johnston at 54 Wellington Road, Ballsbridge, County Dublin.

Letter from H Kirkham, Honored Secretary of the "Orpheus" Relief Fund in Portsmouth, Hampshire, to Reverend Abraham Stritch Fuller at Saint Marks, Dublin, County Dublin. Enclosed is a bank draft for £42.11.0 for Mrs Moore, wife of the late John Moore, and their two children, Henry and John Moore.

Letter from Constance Lamb at Woodfield, Clara, County Offaly, to her husband Francis William Lamb at The University of Manchester, Manchester, England.

Letter from Constance Plunkett-Johnston at Rockfield, Moate, County Westmeath, to Francis William Lamb at 5 Lautti Terrace, Dorchester, Dorset, England.

Letter from Keith Lamb at Shortenills, Chalfont Saint Giles, to constance Lamb at 14 Victoria Road, Wilkington, Manchester.

Letter from Doctor EW Tapley of Roussel Laboratories Limited, 847 Harrow Road, London, England, to Doctor Francis William Lamb at Woodfield, Clara, County Offaly, Ireland. On the back side are biographical notes about George Minchin, written by Francis William Lamb.

Letter from Oliver St John Gogarty at 15 Ely Place, Dublin, to his friend Doctor Francis William Lamb at the University of Manchester, Manchester.

Letter from Oliver St John Gogarty at 11 Mansfield Street, Marylebone, London, to his friend Doctor Francis William Lamb.