Letters from Richard Dowden to Daniel O'Connell
TitleLetters from Richard Dowden to Daniel O'Connell
ReferenceU140/L/1/3
Date
3 and 11 Aug 1844
Production date 1844 - 1844
Scope and Content1. 3 Aug 1844 MS. letter from Richard Dowden, Rathlee, Sundays Well, Cork, to 'My Dear Sir', Daniel O'Connell MP, requesting 3 autographs for '...a very pretty girl who is good and Irish in her heart and mode of feeling...', and '...young lady disciples'. Also compliments O'Connell's character and cause. Notes that 'our friend the Mayor is very sensitive and the Revd. Mr. Sullivan forgets sometimes that obedience to the church does not in every notion go into civil things...', etc. (4pp)
2. 11 Aug 1844 MS. letter from Richard Dowden to Daniel O'Connell MP. Thanks him for the autographs. Refers to repeal campaign, O'Connell's imprisonment, which '...has done twenty years work in leading us to full... nationality', the desirability of legislative independence, mentions example of Canada, etc. (6pp)
2. 11 Aug 1844 MS. letter from Richard Dowden to Daniel O'Connell MP. Thanks him for the autographs. Refers to repeal campaign, O'Connell's imprisonment, which '...has done twenty years work in leading us to full... nationality', the desirability of legislative independence, mentions example of Canada, etc. (6pp)
Extent4pp
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