Letter from William Clarke Hignett, Manchester, relating to inheritance duty and the proposed amendments to a related bill. The letter contains extensive notes on the pedigree of the Clarke family.
Rice, Thomas Spring, 1st Baron Monteagle of BrandonLetter from William Carroll, Secretary of the Limerick and Foynes Railway Company, informing Spring Rice of his unanimous election as director of the company.
Rice, Thomas Spring, 1st Baron Monteagle of BrandonLetter from William Bennett, Bishop of Cloyne (1746-1820) in London to the Reverend Samuel Monsell in Fermoy. The letter relates to the Board of First Fruits deeds, which Bennett encourages Monsell to sign. He also assures Monsell that ‘I will not call upon you to build a Glebe House’.
Monsell family of Tervoe, county Limerick, Barons EmlyLetter from W. P. Kirwan, Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland Company Offices, Broad Stone Station, Dublin to Samuel Moore, The Rocks, Crossdoney, [county Cavan]. Kirwan informs Moore that the company directors ‘have declined giving Mr Tatlow a formal deed of Indemnity in your case, which for many reasons appeared to them injudicious.’ Kirwan goes on to advise Moore that ‘If you think you are still safe in relying on the Company… it may still be in time to have your petition forwarded to London for the 8th Inst.’
Moore family of Moynehall, county CavanLetter from W. P. Kirwan, Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland Company Offices, Broad Stone Station, Dublin to Samuel Moore, The Rocks, Crossdoney, [county Cavan], agreeing on behalf of the company ‘to save and indemnify you off & from and against all and all manner of costs incident to the prosecution in the House of Lords of the Petition in the above project [Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Bill 1855] signed by you, the true intent and meaning being that all costs of such proceeding are to be borne and defrayed by the said Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland Company’.
Moore family of Moynehall, county CavanLetter from W. Barrington, Limerick Estates Office, Barrington Street, Limerick to Messrs. Rooper & Whately, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London enclosing continuation accounts showing an estimate of estate payments to be made by 1 May 1908; and a list of items for which cash must be raised. Also Earl of Limerick’s accounts to 1 May 1908; and from 1 May to 29 September 1908.
Pery family, Earls of LimerickLetter from Vivien Mercier, 42-40 Bowne Street, Flushing 55, New York, in which he discusses Mrs. George Roberts who allegedly owned a copy of Lonely Antagonists by Maurice Joy, one of the second series of Tower Press Booklets, suppressed in 1998. He also states that Roberts was not responsible for the printer’s destruction of the Dubliners sheets which her husband had agreed to sell to Joyce.
McGrath, Edward Patrick (1929-1994), journalist and consultantLetter from Victoria Life Assurance Company, 18 King William Street, London to J. A. Nesbitt, Dublin, notifying him of the Committee’s decision to agree to allow the loan of £4,500 to Samuel Moore at 5 per cent interest for seven years.
Moore family of Moynehall, county CavanLetter from US Ambassador Matthew McCloskey, American Embassy, Dublin, attaching P3/3/3/1/1 and P3/3/3/1/3 and complimenting Condell on the great welcome accorded to the President in Limerick.
Condell, Frances née Eades (1916-1986), first female Mayor of LimerickLetter from Úna Stack, 167 Strand Road, Merrion, Dublin [to Madge Daly?] relating to the funds being sent to Republican families, regretting that that there are no funds for new cases.
Daly Family of Limerick City