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Dear brother it is most dreadful the state the potatoes are in in ... they are all tainted [poisoned] in the ground ... it is
the opinion of every one there will be no potatoes ... in very short we are greatly afraid there will be a famine this
year if the Lord does not do something for the people ...

1845; Historical Society of Pennsylvania

This letter was most likely written by someone from what location?

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Germany

Southern U.S.

O Ireland

Poland

letter dated November 24,

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O Ireland

Reason: The 1845 potato blight and resulting famine began in Ireland—references to potatoes rotting in the ground and fear of famine point to the Irish Potato Famine.