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 Eleanor Rogers Cox, 655 Broadway, New York. The letter refers to an invitation to Pearse speak at a meeting of the Poetry Society of America.
Letter to Patrick Pearse from Michael O’Connor, Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, New York, regarding a donation from the Sarsfield Club of Long Island.
Letter to Patrick Pearse from Dr Gertrude B. Kelly, 507 Madison Avenue, New York. 17 Apr. 1914. The letter refers to Pearse’s efforts to fundraise for St. Enda’s School in the United States.
Letter to Patrick Pearse from Anna Frances Levins, New York, regarding arranging a meeting of Pearse with the American Daughters of Ireland at the Waldorf-Astoria.
