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10.13: Primary Source Reading: Irish Immigration

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    Read at least one of the following links, about Irish Immigration to the U.S, and the attitudes and prejudices they faced:

    http://hsp.org/education/primary-sources/letter-hannah-curtis-to-brother-john-curtis-november-24-1845

    http://hsp.org/education/primary-sources/letter-william-dunne-to-his-nephew-john-curtis-april-25-1846

    http://hsp.org/education/primary-sources/letter-william-dunne-to-john-curtis-november-161846

    http://hsp.org/education/primary-sources/letter-hannah-curtis-to-john-curtis-april-2-1847

    http://hsp.org/education/primary-sources/letter-william-dunne-to-john-curtis-april-2-1851

    http://hsp.org/education/primary-sources/letter-john-and-jane-curtis-to-their-mother-bridget-dunne-curtis

    http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5798/

    http://hsp.org/sites/default/files/legacy_files/migrated/catholicherald.pdf

    http://hsp.org/sites/default/files/legacy_files/migrated/worksheetcurtisletters.pdf

    http://hsp.org/education/primary-sources/%E2%80%9Cwhat-irish-boys-can-do%E2%80%9D

    http://hsp.org/education/primary-sources/song-%E2%80%9Cpoor-pat-must-emigrate%E2%80%9D

    From:

    (http://hsp.org/education/unit-plans/irish-immigration/irish-immigrant-letters-home)

    (http://hsp.org/education/unit-plans/irish-immigration/irish-immigrant-ballads)


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