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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 …’.

Framed letter of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC, Cork, to Ms [recipient not given] referring to the shortage of food in the city. The letter reads ‘It would afford me pleasure to forward a supply of food but I deeply regret to say that my stock of Indian meal is exhausted. I soon disposed of the three hundred barrels I had for the relief of the destitute. Almost the entire support of the poor strangers who crowd our city is thrown upon me. Eighteen hundred weight of Indian meal is daily cooked in my boilers. Next week, I must have double the quantity as the other public kitchens will be closed’.

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’.

Fragmentary notes seemingly compiled by James Joseph O’Kelly (1842-1916). One of the notes opens with ‘The glad news of the release of the prisoners had hardly reached here …’. Other notes contain addresses ‘Mr. Martin Lynch, Kilmore Lock, Ballinasloe, County Galway’ and ‘Mr William Duffield, Society Street, Ballinasloe, County Galway’ with references to them being notified of the ‘departure of goods’.

The Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone, Cape Town and the adjacent school of St. Raphael’s. With annotations on the reverse by the depositor, James P. Rigney (a nephew of Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap.), who visited Cape Town and met with Fr. Wilfrid Aherne OFM Cap.