Richard Dowden Papers Descriptive List

MS. note from J.M. Martin [or ?FM Martin], Adelaide Terrace, Cork, to 'My Dear Sir', Richard Dowden, Esq. 'The enclosed will meet the Expense I have to pay'.

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U140/L/073

Date:

1856

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Letters from James Martineau

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1. 21 Oct 1856 MS. letter from James Martineau, 9 Bedford Place, Hampstead Road, London, to 'My dear Sir', Richard Dowden. Thanks him for his answers to his enquiries. He enquires about the Cork College for his son, Russell, who dedicates himself to a professorial life and seeks a public position. Russell is considering going to Sydney, New South Wales, and Martineau is keen not to lose him. Enquires re. possible position in Cork. Refers to Prof. Lewis' precarious position with the Cork College and that 'non conformists are not without our privations still', etc. (4pp)

2. nd [c1856] As above, Blessington Street, to Dowden, Royal Hotel, College Green, Dublin. Concerns upcoming meeting of the Committee of the Unitarian Society. (1p)

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U140/L/074

Date:

1845 - 1851

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Letters from Fr. Theobald Mathew

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1. 15 Apr 1845 MS. letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew (Father Mathew) to 'Dear Mr. Dowden', recommending the bearer, James Connell, a member of Mathew's Juvenile Band, and teetotaller, asking Dowden to grant his 'very laudable petition'. Signed 'Your affectionate Friend'. (2pp) 2. 3 Aug 1848 As above. He is relieved that Mr. Cahill is with him in London, '...the bubble has burst, and all the newspaper rumours have dissolved into air...it was a strange delusion to imagine that the most powerful Government in the world could be overthrown by such falsities...the Teetotallers everywhere remained faithful.... If the People of Ireland were, as in former days, slaves to drunken habits, our greenest Fields would have been deluged with blood...', etc. (2pp)

3. 25 Jul 1849 As above, from Boston, USA. He has been well received in the U.S. Mentions pension granted by British government, which he hopes Dowden will defend, etc. (2pp)

4. 27 Aug 1849 As above, from Boston. Regards his reply to an address to the Temperance Society in New York, subject to remarks in the press. The person publishing remarks made use of expressions which Mathew did not utter, and he did not correct it for various reasons, including that Party feeling is running high in the Irish in America. Refers to 'Garrisson's treatment... independent of the injury of the Temperance Cause... from my advocacy of Anti- Slavery in the States...'. He did not imagine that he could labour as he has done, but his health 'continues good'; etc. (3pp)

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