A Guide to a John T. Reily Letter 1886 April 1 Reily, John 11114

A Guide to a John T. Reily Letter 1886 April 1

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Accession Number 11114

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

11114

Title

John T. Reily Letter 1886 April 1

Physical Characteristics

1 item

Language

English

Abstract

John T. Reily writes to C.C. Shriner concerning the writing and publishing of his book Conewago: A Collection of Catholic Local History . He asks Shriner to collect genealogical information for him.

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Preferred Citation

John T. Reily Letter to C.C. Shriner, 1886 April 1, Accession #11114, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Processing Information

This letter was found in Conewago: A Collection of Catholic Local History Gathered from the Fields of Catholic Missionary Labor Within Our Reach (F157.C75 R3) and was transferred from the Rare Books Division to the Manuscripts Division on November 30, 1993.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of a two page autograph letter, April 1, 1886, from John T. Reily, publisher of The Martinsburg Herald , to Mr. C.C. Shriner, concerning his book Conewago: A Collection of Catholic Local History for which he hopes to sell enough copies to recover his cash expenses. He explains how much of his time and effort went into collecting the material, setting the type, and running the copies off the press. Reily also mentions that another volume of the birth and death records at Conewago would be useful for genealogists, and asks Shriner to collect for him any genealogical information about Robert Owing's family, the Shriner family, and the Lilly family.