Paul Mary Pakenham: Death - Letter from his sister Louisa Pakenham to Vincent Grotti. Thanks him for letter dated 22 Feb. giving news of Paul Mary's illness and encloses a letter for him with instructions that it be destroyed if he has died. NB. As the enclosure mentioned has not survived and as Paul Mary died on 1 March it may be that this letter did not arrive before his death, in which case Louisa's wishes would have been carried out. Alternatively, as he was not conscious, according to Laurence Carr - 2/2/6/1, her wishes may have still been carried out, as he was unable to receive her letter.
Paul Mary Pakenham: Life - Typewritten version (two copies) of "An Acount of the Life, Conversion and Holy Death of the Hon. and Rev. Chas. Reginald Pakenham etc., " (see 2/2/7/2 for full details).
Paul Mary Pakenham: Rector of Mount Argus : Letter written by Paul Mary, from Mrs. Dolan's house at 31 Mount Pleasant, Rathmines, to Osmond Maguire, St. Anne's, Sutton, requesting him to send on the chest containing the Mass kit that used to be at St. Wilfred's. He hopes to say Mass in Mount Argus "tomorrow", 15th August. (See 2/2/5/1 for details of the discovery of this letter) N.B. THIS ITEM IS LOCATED IN THE MUSEUM. THE DETAILS ABOVE ARE NOTIONAL FOR COMPUTERISATION PURPOSES.
Paul Mary Pakenham - The Passionist: "Recollections of Fr. Paul Mary Pakenham". Looks as though it was written down from Bro. Laurence Carr's account, as a result of Joseph Smith's queries to Patrick Fagan, Rector, Merrickvale (see 2/2/4/5). Typescript, done by Brian Mulcahy C.P., is at 2/2/4/12.
Paul Mary Pakenham - Family Background: Letter from Herbert Chitty, Secretary Winchester College, to Fr. Joseph Smith. He will deal with Joseph's enquiry (see 2/2/1/1), which has been forwarded to him by the Headmaster, when he returns from holiday in Guernsey
Paul Mary Pakenham - The Passionist: letter from Joseph Smith to Patrick Fagan, Rector at Merrickvale, Sydney, which sets forth a series of questions concerning Fr. Paul Mary he would like put to Laurence Carr. As Laurence was a contemporary of, and lived with, Paul Mary in Mount Argus, his answers would assist Joseph in writing his biography of Paul Mary. (See 2/2/4/7 for Laurence's answers or 2/2/4/12 for typescript.)
Paul Mary Pakenham - The Passionist: letter from Patrick Fagan conveying answers from Laurence Carr to further queries from Joseph Smith. Paul Mary was not of a hard disposition - not a martinet: disposed of all his goods before entering - came "as a pauper": fervent during celebration of Mass and charitable to the people. On verso p.3 there are short notes in Joseph's handwriting re Paul Mary's mortifications, his drill-walking of novices and his talent for sketching.
Paul Mary Pakenham - The Passionist: a note by Joseph Smith, on the back of an envelope, of two incidents re Fr. Paul Mary related by Laurence Carr (a) his concealing of his abstemiousness and (b) a visit by Duke of Wellington during which he told him to "stick to his colours".
Paul Mary Pakenham - Family Background: Letter from Herbert Chitty, Secretary Winchester College, in reply to previous correspondence from Joseph (see particularly 2/2/1/4 and 2/2/1/3). Chitty has followed up previous enquiries regarding the question of C.R. P's ( Paul Mary's) having been a pupil at Winchester, particularly the possibility that Thomas Alexander Pakenham whose name appears on the Commoner's register might have been mistaken for Charles Reginald. Chitty satisfied that this could not have happened as Thomas Alexander's name appears on the MS address book of those attending the annual Wyckehamist (name given to those who had been pupils) dinner from 1860/1890. He also states that the "Italian 'life' of C.R.P., that Joseph had mentioned is in the "regions of romance" as neither Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar nor the Earl of March was an alumnus of Winchester College. Copy of this "Italian Life!" is located at 2/2/7/29.
Paul Mary Pakenham - Family Background: Copy extract of a letter from Fr. Joseph Smith, in Carmarthan, to Fr. Austin Tierney in which he answers an enquiry re a statement in his 1915 biography of Fr. Paul Mary, that P.M's birthplace at 10 Ruthland (now Parnell) Square "now serves as the premises of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland and similar institutions of Irish Protestant bigotory". Query had been raised by a "Gill's reader" in connection with the reissue of "the life" (which took place in 1930). The Orange Lodge situation had been verified when Joseph was writing the "life". In an extract from a later letter also on this sheet, he promised to correct this point "about the "Orange Lodge", which he did as follows: "the house later served as the premises of the Grand Orange Lodge etc.". He also wondered what the house is used for now.
