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 an individual with an address at the Public Service Commission, Albany, New York. The signature is indecipherable. The letter declines an offer to act as a treasurer for Pearse’s St. Enda’s School fund.
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 Margaret Pearse from Sara Coughlan, ‘Ard-na-Ri’, South Ridge Road, Durban, South Africa. She asks for a copy of a prospectus for St. Enda’s School and expresses her hopes that her children will ‘become fluent speakers of Irish, and grow up with a truly Irish spirit’.
Letter to Margaret Pearse from D.P. Martin congratulating her on her recent election victory. The address and date portion of the letter have been torn away. Martin added ‘That business of wrecking your lovely place at Ranelagh was a frightful shame that was talked about all over England by the Labour party and condemned in no half-hearted fashion’.
A letter to Margaret Pearse from Anna H. Fraher, 4 Bridge Street, Tralee, County Kerry. The letter refers to the impending plans to emigrate to the United States on board the SS ‘Imperator’.
Letter to Margaret Pearse from A.H. Lindop, district superintendent, British Homes Assurance Corporation, 17a Dawson Street, Dublin, re the payment of a subscription.