Blank headed paper from The Gaelic Society, 624 Madison Avenue, Emmet Arcade, New York. The note provides the names of the Society’s patrons and prominent members. Manuscript annotations on the reverse provide a short list of names.
Postcard to Patrick Pearse from an individual in Ballymacahill Inver, County Donegal, seeking a copy of the prospectus for St. Enda’s School and ‘any pamphlets from your pen’. The signature is indecipherable.
Circular letter from the Dublin Brigade, Irish Volunteers, Headquarters, 2 Dawson Street, Dublin, re a meeting in Rathfarnham and the need to show ‘readiness to act on the staff of Commandant P.H. Pearse, G.O.C., Dublin Brigade, during the operations’.
Copy conveyance from William Jeffares to George James Paterson of premises on Cullenswood Avenue ‘now known as Oakley Road’. The original conveyance dates to 6 December 1895. The copy (c.1908) was prepared by French & French, solicitors, 7 Stephen’s Green North, Dublin.
Copy conveyance from Frederick Holland Mares, photographer, Grafton Street, Dublin, his wife Sarah, and Michael Burr to William Jeffares, Rochfield, Dundrum, County Dublin, of lands and premises on the west side of Cullenswood Avenue in Ranelagh, Dublin, in consideration of £600 and subject to a fee farm rent of £100 per annum. The original deed of conveyance is dated 8 December 1875. This copy is dated c.1908.
Some notes about education in the hand of Patrick Pearse. The notes are undated but were possibly prepared a talk on the subject. The notes conclude with Pearse's transcription of a widely-known poem on public schooling which reads: ‘Ram it in, cram it in Children’s heads are hollow. Jam it in, slam it in, Still there’s more to follow. Pack it in, smack it in, What are children made for? Push it in, crush it in, What are teachers paid for?’