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Letter to James Pearse from R. Forder, publisher, 28 Stonecutter Street, London, regarding an order for books from Pearse.

Letter to John Ribton Garstin from A. Fuller expressing his hope that Garstin will vote for Alexander Edward Miller at the forthcoming Trinity College by-election.

Letter to Lena May Murphy, Cork, from Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. (23 Nov. 1918). It reads: ‘I must thank you very sincerely for your great kindness to my dead father in his last illness. All at home are never done telling everybody of you and your wonderful goodness’. This letter was sent by [Maire] Murphy, 35 Mercier Park, Curragh Road, Cork, to Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. (13 Nov. 1991), explaining that Lena May Murphy was her late aunt. With a copy photograph of Lena May Murphy, and notes by Fr. Nessan re Lena May who worked as a nurse caring for elderly patients.

Card to Margaret Mary Pearse from an individual in Cork expressing their delight on hearing that St. Enda’s School is re-opening. The signature is indecipherable.

Letter to Margaret Mary Pearse from a Jesuit priest at St. Francis Xavier Church, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, inviting her to the Father Theobald Mathew celebrations in the Mansion House. The letter concludes with ‘God bless our new Senator’.

A letter to Margaret Mary Pearse from Delia Larkin forwarding a payment for tuition fees to St. Enda’s School. The tuition fees are seemingly for her nephew Jim Larkin Jnr (or ‘Young Jim’ as he came to be known) who, at this time, lived with her in her residence on Gardiner Place.

Letter from the Royal Insurance Office, to Margaret Pearse, Sandymount Avenue, Sandymount, Dublin, re a policy of life insurance on her late husband (James Pearse) and the amount paid to the National Bank Ltd. on his death. With two manuscript enclosures seemingly re James Pearse’s debts and his account with the National Bank (4 March 1902).

Letter to Patrick Pearse from A. Brendan Ford, editor, ‘New York Freeman’s Journal and Catholic Register’, 13 Barclay Street, New York. Ford suggests that Pearse has ‘one of the highest gifts from the Gods – the trick of swaying hearts with your words’. The letter appears be incomplete.

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.

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.