Cote
IE CA FM RES/9/2/2
Titre
Framed Letter of Father Mathew
Date(s)
- c.1847 (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Pièce
Étendue matérielle et support
4 pp; 32 cm x 27.5 cm; Manuscript
Nom du producteur
(1615-2023)
Histoire archivistique
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Portée et contenu
Framed letter of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC, Imperial Hotel, Dublin, to Richard Dowden referring to the harsh sentence handed down to a sailor at a court martial in Cove (Cobh) Harbour. Fr. Mathew wrote ‘Strict discipline it is true, must be enforced in Her Majesty’s Fleet, but from the Report of the Trial, it is evident that the miserable culprit, was a habitual drunkard, and consequently a lunatic, and should be treated as such …’.
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Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
The frame is very worn with partial flaking of the covering. The inner mat and board is darkened with foxing evident. Very careful manual handling is required.