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Letter from Dr Charles Russell to Dr John Henry Newman, Dundalk, County Louth concerning the Pope's proposal to make Dr Newman a Cardinal. Expresses his delight and hope that the proposal will be successful.
Letter from Edward Dowden to Dr Russell thanking him for referring Dr Newman's poem
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Letter from Edward Dowden, Winstead, Temple Road, Rathmines, County Dublin to Dr.Russell thanking him for referring Dr Newman's poem. Remarks 'I felt some resentment towards my memory when I found that so noble and characteristic a poem of that volume of 1868 could have entirely slipped away from me.'
Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913, literary critic, academic, and unionist
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Letter from Eugene O'Curry, 2 Portland Street North, Dublin to Rev. John Henry Newman, Rector of the Catholic University, Dublin regarding an offer of the Professorship of Archaeology at the University. Remarks ‘...I would gladly accept (it), if the term does not mean more than I could honestly undertake.’. Explains that he is working under a Royal Commission as a co-translator of the Brehon Laws and also with the Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society, to translate and edit an ancient Irish Law Tract, the Battle of Moylena.
O'Curry, Eugene, 1794-1862, Irish scholar
Letters from Alice Cope to Dr Charles Russell concerning her conversion to the Catholic faith
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A file of letters from Alice Cope (d.1929) to Dr Charles Russell concerning her conversion to the Catholic faith and her meetings with Dr Newman. Remarks how kind Dr Newman was to her.
Cope, Alice, d.1929