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An envelope dated 26 Sept. 1856 with annotation on front ‘Father Mathew’s Hair’. The envelope also has notes re a cashbook account endorsed on front. The other items are felt-covered decorative pieces containing small (encased) portions of Fr. Mathew’s hair. The decorative pieces were probably created in the early twentieth century.

Author: Rev. Thomas Langan DD
Publisher: Dublin: 'Freeman’s Journal' Ltd.
Language: English
Full title: 'Life and times of Father Mathew / Apostle of Temperance'.

Author: W.J. Kearney
Publisher: Cork: Printed by W. Scraggs at the Patent Machine, Patrick Street
Language: English
Full title: 'Leisure hours at sea and ashore / containing “The Log”, “The Vision”, etc., etc. / dedicated by permission to the Very Rev. Theobald Mathew by W.L. Kearney'. Manuscript annotation on title page reads: ‘Mary Sullivan’.

Author: E. Peltier
Publisher: Paris: Librairie Charles Poussielgue, 15 Rue Cassette
Language: French
Series: Nouvelle Bibliothèque Franciscaine; VIII
Full title: 'L’apôtre de la tempérance, ou Vie du P. Théobald Mathieu, des Frères mineurs capucins de la province d’Irlande / par E. Peltier / d’apres les travaux de Lord Maguire'.
Annotation: Ink stamp on inside front cover reads: ‘Library OFM Cap., Church Street’.

Publisher: New York: The United States Catholic Historical Society
Language: English
Format: Journal; 'Historical Records and Studies', vi, part 1 (Feb. 1911) has an article titled: ‘The temperance movement and Father Theobald Mathew’s visit to the United States, 1840-1851’.
Ink stamp on title page reads: ‘Library OFM Cap., Church Street'.

Author: Maire Ni Ćillin
Publisher: Dublin: M.H. Gill and Son Ltd.
Language: English
The Irish Capuchin Archives holds both the 1913 and 1915 editions. Manuscript annotation on the 1913 edition reads: ‘Memory summons another picture of the Friars in the garb of brown … Maire Ni Ćillin’. One of the copies also has a manuscript dedication from the author to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. on the fly-leaf.

Date: [Place of publication not identified]; [publisher not identified], [189-?]
Author: Murray Alexander Mathew
Language: English
Ink stamp on title page reads: ‘Capuchin Franciscan Fathers, Church Street'. Includes the ancestry of Arnold Harris Mathew and Appendix: 'The ancestors and relatives of the 1st Earl of Landaff’s mother, Mary Matthews ... by the Rev. Murray A. Matthew … and ancestry of Fr. Theobald Mathew'.

An original total abstinence pledge card of Jonathon Murphy dated 4 Nov. 1839. The card is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. Manuscript annotations on the card indicate that the pledge was renewed on 31 Aug. 1860 and 17 Mar. 1864.

An original framed total abstinence pledge card of Timothy Shea dated 21 Sept. 1848. The certificate is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC.