Richard Dowden Papers Descriptive List

Scope and Content: 1. 28 Aug 1848 Printed notice 'Proposed Peace Convention', from Joseph Sturge, Birmingham, Chairman of committee for conducting the arrangements of the intended peace convention. Refers to letter from Elihu Burritt, Paris. (2pp)

2. Aug 1848 Printed list of names of 'English Deputation to the Paris Convention'. Also, description of proposed convention by Elihiu Burritt, New Broad Street, London. (2pp)

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U140/J/02/19

Date:

1 Jun 1816

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Friendly Club Notice

Extent: 1p Scope and Content:

Printed notice of meeting of the Friendly Club, Cork, with list of 24 of those 'to be ballotted for', including Richard Dowden, Richard Boyle Townsend, etc. With hand-shake motif and slogan 'Concordia Res Parvae Crescunt'.

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U140/J/02/20

Date:

? 1830s - 1840s

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Irish Political Review

Extent: 1p Scope and Content:

Printed circular note from Michael Sellers soliciting subscriptions to the Irish Political Review, or Tears of Erin, with the tithe system explained, '...free from any low or sectarian prejudice, it merely comments upon the loss of trade occasioned by the Union, and local abuses, which now prey upon the vitals of the people of Ireland...'.

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U140/J/02/21

Date:

? 1820 - 1840

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Cork Trades Association Address

Extent: 1p Scope and Content:

Printed handbill or notice 'The Address of the Trades Association and His Excellency's Reply'. Address to Earl of Mulgrave, Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland. Expresses happiness on his visit to Cork. The object of the Association is to improve the physical and moral conditions of the destitute mass abounding in Cork city and county by extending the elective franchise, encouraging manufactures and industry, making legal provision for the poor, neutralising the effects of absentee landowners, and the cheap diffusion of knowledge. Refers to perjury and corruption, taxes effecting the press. With text of reply from Mulgrave welcoming the address. Printed by Higgins, Paul Street, Cork. (Oversized)

U140 Richard Dowden Papers Descriptive List