Copy of a typed letter to Mr Hill. Writing re the origin of the song ‘The Star Spangled Banner’. Writes that Mr Edward Kerr of Carrickreagh, Enniskill…

Copy of a typed letter to Mr Hill. Writing re the origin of the song ‘The Star Spangled Banner’. Writes that Mr Edward Kerr of Carrickreagh, Enniskill…

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Copy of a typed letter to Mr Hill. Writing re the origin of the song 'The Star Spangled Banner'. Writes that Mr Edward Kerr of Carrickreagh, Enniskillen, is a Justice of the Peace and holds an O.B.E. Sam has researched that the Irish harper and bard, Turlough O'Carolan wa composer of 'The Star Spangled Banner'. Sam now believes that Bandsman MacKeag of 8th Battalion, Royal Inniskillings, merely arranged the air for regimental purposes. Hopes to interview Mr Kerr on 9th September. Bandmaster of 168th U.S Infantry to interview Mr Kerr. Asks for ancestry of Stephen Collins Foster, composer of 'Swanne River'.

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