Richard Dowden Papers Descriptive List

L:

Correspondence ?1818 – 1860

(144 items/series)

Ref.

U140/L

Date:

[?1818 - 1860]

Level : sub-fonds Title:

Correspondence Extent: 144 items/series (total of c245 individual items) Scope and Content: Various series of outgoing and incoming correspondence of Richard Dowden.

Outgoing Correspondence (c350pp)

Ref.

U140/L/001

Date:

1818 - 1860

Level : series Title:

Outgoing Correspondence from Richard Dowden

Extent: 3 sub-series Scope and Content: Outgoing correspondence from Richard Dowden to a variety of people.

Ref.

U140/L/001/01

Date:

c1818 - 1837

Level : item Title:

MS. Letterbook of Richard Dowden

Extent: c150pp Scope and Content:

MS. volume, copy outgoing letter book of Richard Dowden. Recipients include Richard Notter, John Bennett, Dr. A Callanan, Feargus O'Connor MP, Mrs Newman, Kinsale, the Managers of the Royal Cork Institution, Rev. Dr. Hincks, Herbert Baldwin MP, the Recorder of Cork, James Ludlow Stawell, Secretary of the Cork Mechanics Institute, the King (petition of the citizens of Cork), Neville Parker, the Mayor and Common Council of Cork City, WJ Curry, Lady Harriett Bernard, Mrs. Quain, Rev. Father Mathew, Editor of Blackwoods magazine, Lord Althorpe, Redmond O'Driscoll, Secretary of protestant declaration for promoting Catholic Emancipation, editor of Southern Reporter, UK anti- slavery publication, Rev. Mr. England, parish priest of Bandon, Sherriffs of the city of Cork re prisoners, public address re. deaf and dumb school, Edward Weeks Bennett, editor of Constitution newspaper, Denham Franklin, Thomas Deane, Charles Beamish, Sir Anthony Perrier, Martin Doyle. Subjects include politics, various charitable and philanthropic causes, conditions for prisoners, addresses to public, letters to newspapers, religious congregations, and some letters by Dowden as treasurer of the Presbyterian congregation.

Ref.

U140/L/001/02

Date:

1825 - 1860

Level : item

U140 Richard Dowden Papers Descriptive List

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