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Letter to Walsh from H. H. Elyord [?], Customs Fund, Custom House, London, informing him that as he is no longer under the Commissioners of Custom and Excise, his insurance policy (number 7441) may be surrendered for a cash payment of £149 10 shillings.

Letter to Walsh from Watt stating that Mr. Holder-Williams authorises him to offer £1000 ‘on publication in advance’ for the British and colonial rights of his next novel, with royalties of 25% on each edition selling at 7 shillings and 6 pence and 4 pence per copy of each colonial edition.

Letter from 3rd Viscount Doneraile to his agent William Hill relating to allowances to be made to the late Colonel St Leger’s family.

Letter to Walsh from Edward R. Cross (chairman and managing director), Cross-Courtney Limited (advertising, printing, publishing), 1 Brazenose Street, Manchester. States his admiration of Walsh’s works and asks if he would consider involvement in the production of a film on the Lake District of England. The proposal arises following his appointment as a ‘consultant to the Cumberland Area for the Cumberland Development Council’. He has been in contact with Mark Ostrer, head of the Gaumont British Film Company, and has mentioned Walsh as the ‘one man in the world who could do the scenario justice’. He could either adapt one of his stories or else write a completely new one. Cross can arrange a meeting between Walsh and Ostrer and Walsh and Mr. St. Clare Grondona, the government’s Cumberland Commissioner who is also aware of the plan.

Letter to Walsh from Cross acknowledging his reply and accepting that Walsh’s workload prevents him from immediate involvement with the film. States that he will give Ostrer copies of some of Walsh’s books so he can become familiar with his work. Cross will arrange ‘a round table conference in London if possible, at which your agent might be present, your goodself and Mr. Mark Ostrer’. Cross is producing a book of views of the Lake District, some of which could be helpful in selecting scenes for filming. Among the area’s historical associations are those with George Washington and Paul Jones (American naval hero). He asks Walsh to consider his terms for the project and hopes that he will visit his home in Buxton soon.

Letter from Bernard P. Mahony, Annefield, Maryborough, Queen’s County to an unidentified recipient enclosing a plan and estimate of a proposed addition to Annefield House by Alexander Metcalfe, contractor, Maryborough. The file also contains a second plan on tracing paper prepared by Thomas A. Walsh of Kilmallock, county Limerick.