The Irish Emigrant Society Is Founded in New York

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The Irish Emigrant Society is founded in New York

Emigrant aid society, founded in New York, 1841, through the instrumentality of Bishop Hughes, and resulted in the establishment of the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank.

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