Daniel MacCarthy Glas Collection- Descriptive List

Descriptive list of the Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) Collection

depicts [?Henry] standing outdoors next to a brick building. He appears to be in a white military uniform and wears a pillbox hat. An inscription on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Wet him and place him on clean marble and all the wrinkles will smooth out."

Reference:

PR70/F/5/5

Date:

10 April 1865-28 April 1865

Title:

Receipts of second of exchange for 434 5/6 and 50 8/5 rupees to Colonel William

Gosling. Level: Extent: Part of:

file

2 receipts PR70/F/5

Scope and Content: The transfers likely relate to the erection of a headstone for Daniel MacCarthy's son, Henry Popham MacCarthy, who died in Madras, India on 5 February 1865 [see letters PR70/97-110].

Reference:

PR70/F/5/6

Date:

1865-1865

Title: Level:

Photograph of Henry Popham MacCarthy's grave in Madras, India.

Item

Extent: Part of:

1 photograph

PR70/F/5

Scope and Content: The headstone consists of a large black stone cross and the following inscription: "In memory of [Henry] Popham T MacCarthy Captain Royal Artillery who died at Madras 5th February 1865, aged 28 years and 9 months. This monument [?is] raised by his brother soldiers." A metal railing surrounds the grave plot. The name of the photographer is printed on the reverse: "J West photographer Madras".

Reference:

PR70/F/5/7

Date:

1865-1865

Title: Level:

Memorial card for [Henry] Popham MacCarthy.

file

Extent: Part of:

5 cards

PR70/F/5

Scope and Content: Five copies of the memorial card with the following text: "Of your Chairty pray for the Repose of the Soul of Popham MacCarthy, Captain, Royal Artillery, Who Died the 5th of February, 1865, Aged 28 years, Fortified with all the Rites of the Holy Church. Pater. -Ave. R.I.P."

Reference:

PR70/F/5/8

Date:

18 April 1868

Title: Level:

Copy birth certificate of Henry Popham MacCarthy.

Item

Extent: Part of:

1p

PR70/F/5

Scope and Content: Typescript and handwritten certificate in Italian, certifying that Henry's birth was recorded in 1836 in Florence, Italy.

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