Richard Dowden Papers Descriptive List

Title:

Fragment of MS. letter or note

Extent: 2pp Scope and Content: Fragment of MS. letter or note, possibly by Richard Dowden.

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U140/B/005

Date:

?1830s - 1840s

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Fragment of MS. essay or note

Extent: 1p Scope and Content: Fragment of MS. essay or letter by [Richard Dowden], page '36' marked. Concerns land.

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U140/B/006

Date:

?1830s - 1840s

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MS. Notes by Richard Dowden

Extent: 2pp Scope and Content: MS. notes by Richard Dowden, with botanical references, possibly part of the 'Botany of the Bohereens' articles.

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U140/B/007

Date:

?1830s - 1850s

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Ms. Notes by [Richard Dowden]

Extent: 8pp Scope and Content: MS. notes by [Richard Dowden], with biological/zoological classification/taxonomy of various species of mammals.

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U140/B/008

Date:

1857

Level : series Title:

Essay by Richard Dowden on a 'Cash Land Trade'

Extent: 4 items Scope and Content:

1. 20 June 1857 MS. Volume with essay by Richard Dowden, 'Wanted a Cash Land Trade, Retail and Wholesale in Ireland', Part 1. Argues for a safe system if land-dealing and of land-possessing, " 'The Land we live in could it be made securely and easily teh land we live by?' ". Refers to legislation, land laws, trade, sales, absenteeism, emigration, United States. (62pp)

2. 1857 MS. volume, on the 'Cash Land Trade', Part 2. (31pp)

U140 Richard Dowden Papers Descriptive List

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