Shells is superlative... also a practical Entymologist...could you get him a peep at Mr. Clear's cabinets and those of the institution...' (Royal Cork Institution).
2. MS. note from Ball to Dowden "If not better engaged will you drink 'tay' with Mrs. B and yours very truly...".
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U140/L/011
Date:
17 Mar 1856
Level : item Title:
Letter from Lord Bantry
Extent: 1p plus envelope Scope and Content:
MS. letter from [Richard White] [2nd] Lord Bantry, Bantry House, to Richard Dowden, Encloses £1 donation for the Industrious Blind charity. Being in mourning, he would not wish to patronise a musical promenade at present.
Ref.
U140/L/012
Date:
nd [c1860]
Level : item Title:
Card from Dr. and Mrs. Barter
Extent: 1 item Scope and Content:
Invitation card from Dr. and Mrs. Barter, St.Anne's Hill, for a 'Dejeuner', for the opening of the Turkish Baths, and presentation of plate to the Doctor by the tenantry of the Cloghroe Estates, with dancing.
Ref.
U140/L/013
Date:
3 May 1860
Level : item Title:
Letter from Francis Beamish
Extent: 3pp Scope and Content:
MS. letter from Francis B. Beamish MP, London (b1812-d1868), to 'My dear Sir', Richard Dowden. He acknowledges letters and report from the Blind Asylum. He does not think that a measure will pass this year effecting 'our poor Blind', due to so many objections to the Poor Relief Bill, etc.
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U140/L/014
Date:
1855, 1859
Level : series Title:
Letters from Lady Beecher
Extent: 3 items Scope and Content: 1. 28 Jan 1855 MS. note; Lady Beecher encloses £1 for her ticket for the promenade for the Blind Asylum. (2pp plus envelope)
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