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This section contains a small of collection of letters to Patrick Pearse. Many of the letters relate to Pearse’s fundraising trip to the United States from March to June 1914. The purpose of the visit was to raise funds for St. Enda’s School in Dublin and many of the letters are from potential donors and Irish Americans sympathetic to Pearse’s cultural nationalism and his efforts to promote the revival of the Irish language. Other letters relate to the routine management of St. Enda’s and to Pearse’s involvement with the Irish Volunteers.

Letter to Patrick Pearse from Harry C. Phibbs, 551 West 149th Street, New York, referring to Pearse’s attendance at the Bunker Hill Club.

Letter to Patrick Pearse from [Seumas Ó Muirgheasa], 202 43rd Street, New York, re arrangements for a meeting.

A postcard to Patrick Pearse from [S.] Sheehan, Gresham Hotel, Dublin, re directions to ‘get to the College’.

Postcard to Patrick Pearse from J. O’Mahony, Bishop Street, Newcastlewest, County Limerick, seeking a prospectus for St. Enda’s School.

Letter to Patrick Pearse from Maurice Kinsella, 71 Heytesbury Street, Dublin, seeking a copy of the prospectus for ‘your University Hostel’.