Browsing Masters Theses by Subject "Saint John (N.B.) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century"

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Poor, 'ignorant children': 'a great resource' : the Saint John Emigrant Orphan Asylum admittance ledger in context

Murphy, Peter, 1963- (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1997)

Between 1815 and 1867, more than 150 000 Irish immigrants passed through the port of Saint John, New Brunswick. Initially and as long as the economy flourished, the Irish were received with open arms. However, as the century ...

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