Richard Dowden Papers Descriptive List

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

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