Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from John Kelly, 67, Griffith Avenue. He has examined the Latin version of the ‘Acts’, and suggests certain corrections are necessary.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Oscar Traynor informing him of the appointment of Frs. Kelleher, Kavanagh, Kelly and McCarthy as Army Chaplains for the duration of the Emergency.

Owing to the vacancy of the Holy See, there will be a delay in granting faculties etc. sought for by L.; thanks L. fer his generous gift of money; it is not true, as some of the bishops state, that Dr. Blake left the Irish College solvent; tbe latter's papers are in complete disorder; Dr. Kelly intends returning to Ireland at Easter; the Roman climate does not suit him; hopes that Catholic Emancipation will prove a blessing to all and that it will be complete.

Includes; lease John Dowman to Matthew Jamieson (15 May 1806); Common Search (16 November 1875); Negative search for Acts (16 November 1896); Declaration of Sister Ambrose Kelleher 8 December 1896); lease, Hannah Hurley, Margaret Murphy, Hannah Hartnet, Mary Daly to Annie Buckley (25 April 1962); Counterpart lease, Hannah Hurley, Mary Murphy, Hannah Hartnet, Mary Daly to Michael Barry and Joseph Holt (15 July 1961); lease 27 Nicholas Street to Mary Kelly (30 April 1962); lease 28 Nicholas Street to Mary Cogan (30 April 1962); lease to Michael Kirby (10 May 1962); lease to Thomas Kavanagh (28 January 1963); Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests (4 May 1982); Contract for sale to Kathleen Cogan (26 November 1981).

Includes; transcript of conversation between Sister Thaddea Kelly and "Speaker [probably a representative of the Sacred Congregation for Religious]" discussing the potential benefits of federation and amalgamation, number of Presentation Sisters in Ireland at that time, potential for number of Presentation provinces in Ireland.

Includes; article about the burial arrangements of some of the former residents of "Miss Nano Nagle's Asylum [Almshouse]" (written by Sister Sheila Kelly).

Typed letter to Seamus O’Kelly, Coolock, from C. Desmond Greaves, Editor, Irish Democrat, London. Greaves is writing a short pamphlet on the ‘Life of Liam Mellows’ and concludes that he formed his socialist views in Mountjoy. As O’Kelly is writing the definitive biography of Mellows from a nationalist point of view it was suggested to Greaves by Eamon Martin that he contact him. Asks if O’Kelly would read over his manuscript.

• 2 June 1943 Correspondence relating to a dispensation of the fast for Edward Kelly who was unwell.

Letter from Fr. Laurence Kelly to Dr. O’Connell seeking permission to say Mass in a private house in the parish. 1 item

Letter from John Kelly to +McQuaid informing him that he has received the typescript of a pamphlet entitled ‘Some Problems of Parents’ by Dom Matthew Dillon, O.S.B., and he intends to grant the diocesan licence.