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An Irishman Encourages His Countrymen to "Go South"
The vast majority of nineteenth-century Irish emigrants to the United States settled in cities in the Northeast. A smaller percentage headed for the western territories. Some Irishmen were encouraged to go South instead. After the Civil War, [...]
Tags: Irish Immigration
Item Type: Book (excerpt)
Historical Era: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)
An English-Chinese Phrase Book
This phrase book was published in 1875 and distributed at Wells Fargo bank offices throughout the West, in cities and towns where Chinese immigrants lived and worked. Modeled on the traditional Chinese method of memorizing and reciting "sets" of [...]
Tags: Chinese Immigration
Item Type: Book (excerpt)
Historical Era: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)