A drawing of St. Augustine’s Church in Dungarvan in County Waterford. The illustration is titled ‘Augustinian Church / Dungarvan’.
A drawing of the ruins of Raholp Church in County Down. The illustration is dated and initialled by Peter Frederick Anson. This small pre-Norman church is associated with Bishop Tassach and is known locally as St. Tassach’s. Early sources suggest that Tassach administered the last sacraments to Saint Patrick.
A drawing of St. David’s Church in Pantasaph in North Wales. The illustration’s title notes that Pantasaph is the ‘novitiate of the English Province of the Friars Minor Capuchin’. The illustration is dated and signed by Peter Frederick Anson.
A drawing of the façade of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini (Our Lady of the Conception of the Capuchins) near Piazza Barberini in Rome. The illustration is initialled by Peter Frederick Anson.
A drawing of the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua, Italy. The illustration is initialled by Peter Frederick Anson.
A letter from Liam T. MacCosgair (William T. Cosgrave), Roinn an Uachtaráin, Sráid Mhuirbthean Uach, Baile Átha Cliath, to Douglas Hyde thanking him for the copy of ‘Dánta Dé’.
A letter from Thomas Moore to a Mr Rogers apologising for not having breakfast and tea with him. He also refers to his ‘usual duty … at the grave of our poor [daughter] Barbara’.
A letter from Thomas Moore to John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury. Moore states that Lord John Russell is ‘in most excellent health and spirits’. Moore also thanks Lord Shrewsbury for his kindness in allowing him use of his library
A letter from Thomas Moore, Sloperton cottage, Devizes, Wiltshire. The correspondent is not stated but Moore apologizes for the delay in replying and refers to the ‘illness of my poor little girl’. He later writes ‘I told you before, and in a way that, I rather feared you did not like, how much disposed I am to keep the names of women sacred even from the voice of fame …’.
A letter from Rev. Henry Edward Manning to [Rev.] Milliken.