Richard Dowden Papers Descriptive List

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U140/A/008

Date:

c.? 1845

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MS. Notebook of Richard Dowden relating to Cork Corporation Business

Extent: c20pp Scope and Content:

MS. Notebook of Richard Dowden relating to Cork Corporation/ City Council business, including pipe water committee, Bettridge's Charity, gambling house, fire brigade, church pews, wide streets commission, bridge committee etc. Possibly around the time Dowden was Mayor of Cork in 1845.

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U140/A/009

Date:

12 May 1847

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MS. Notebook by Richard Dowden relating to Botany.

Extent: c90pp Scope and Content: MS. Notebook of Richard Dowden, 'Book 3 Native Botany', containing notes on various species of plants.

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U140/A/010

Date:

Jan 1855

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MS. Rough Notebook by Richard Dowden

Extent: 43pp Scope and Content:

MS. rough notebook or aide-memoir of [Richard Dowden], relating to various matters, including political economy, events in Cork, extension of Cork Borough boundary, Christmas, meanings of various words and phrases, quotations, railways, roads, observations etc.

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U140/A/011

Date:

?1820 - ?1840

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MS. Notebook

Extent: c50pp Scope and Content:

MS. notebook, unknown author, possibly given to Richard Dowden. Contains comments on a book, essay or publication relating to philosophy and phrenology. Possibly papers for Cork Literary and Scientific Society.

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U140/A/012

Date:

nd [?1820s - 1840s]

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MS. Notebook

Extent: 11pp Scope and Content:

U140 Richard Dowden Papers Descriptive List

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