3. 1857 MS. volume with 'Notes on a Cash Land Trade' for Ireland with notes from a report of the Encumbered Estates Commission of Enquiry, constrained emigration. (30pp)
4. 1857 MS. volume with essay 'A Cash Land Trade...in Ireland', marked 'British Association Copy'. (30pp)
Ref.
U140/B/009
Date:
Oct 1860
Level : item Title:
MS. volume, essay by Richard Dowden
Extent: 20pp Scope and Content:
MS. Volume with essay by Richard Dowden on 'Absolute Qualification better than Competitive Superiority, mere patronage, Evil of'. Regards the evils of competitive exams and patronage. Also newsclippings re. agricultural education in Ireland.
Ref.
U140/B/010
Date:
?[1861]
Level : sub-series Title:
MS. Essay or Lecture by Richard Dowden on Horse Racing
Extent: 2 items Scope and Content: 1. MS. essay, lecture or speech by Richard Dowden concerning horse racing, 'Horse Racing Morally and Economically Examined'. Some in draft form. (May be a draft of 2.) (c100pp)
2. MS. essay 'Horse Racing Its Morals and its Usefulness Examined', mentions gambling 'the chief inducement', and 'Intense Excitement without good purpose'. Overall a negative assessment of the sport, but also general observations on various aspects such as 'The Greek Method of Training horses for the Course', economic considerations etc. (c100pp)
U140 Richard Dowden Papers Descriptive List
©Cork City and County Archives 2019
7
Powered by FlippingBook