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Irish American
Life in Mid-19th Century Five Points
Primary and secondary sources on this Irish American immigrant community, covering the economic, social, political and religious life in an American slum.
Irish Immigration: Beyond the Potato Famine
Includes original newspaper article scans from the mid-nineteenth century.
Irish and German Immigration
Provides an overview, as well as primary source accounts. Links to other sites with primary sources is included.
Irish Immigration and the Know-Nothings
Overview with pictures and links of Irish immigration and life in 1850's Boston.
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