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01/25/1847 |
News confirming the Irish Famine reaches Boston. |
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02/18/1847 |
Irish Famine Relief Committee is established. |
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03/28/1847 |
USS Jamestown sails from the Charlestown Navy Yard for Ireland. |
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04/15/1847 |
Nestoria arrives in Boston. |
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05/29/1847 |
Quarantine hospital opens off Deer Island. |
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1847 |
Anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant demonstration is held. |
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1847 |
Long Wharf Immigration Station is established. |
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1847 |
Two ships from Ireland are turned away from the Port of Boston. |
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1848 |
Increase in immigration from Germany to Boston and other American cities begins |
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08/31/1850 |
Irish newspaper correspondent describes Irish immigrants in Boston. |
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