Item 5 - Framed Letter of Father Mathew

Reference code

IE CA FM RES/9/2/5

Title

Framed Letter of Father Mathew

Date(s)

  • 19 May 1847 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

3 pp; 24.5 cm x 19.5 cm; Manuscript

Name of creator

Irish Capuchin Franciscans
(1615-2023)

Repository

Irish Capuchin Archives

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Scope and content

Letter of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to Mr. Martin referring to the latter’s emigration to the United States. The letter reads ‘Gratification at the prospect of you securing an honourable independence for yourself and your dear young family in the great and glorious Republic. Your education, talents, application to business and virtuous religious habits would ensure prosperity to you everywhere, except in our own impoverished, afflicted country. Here all classes are on the very verge of ruin, and in adopting the resolution of emigrating you are acting prudently’.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

    Script of material

      Language and script notes

      Physical characteristics and technical requirements

      Finding aids

      Existence and location of originals

      Existence and location of copies

      Related units of description

      Related descriptions

      Alternative identifier(s)

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Name access points

      Genre access points

      Description identifier

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      Status

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Accession area