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Large and Important Collection of Quaker Letters, c.

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Large and Important Collection of Quaker Letters, c.
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Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
Large and Important Collection of Quaker Letters, c. 1770-1830An Archive of almost five hundred letters written between leading members of the Society of Friends in Ireland between about 1770 and 1830, arranged in five groups, according to correspondent. Detailed list available on request.Members of the Society of Friends or Quakers have played a leading part in Irish life since the mid-17th century - in business and manufacturing, in education, and in humanitarian relief. They have always had a strong sense of family and community and are excellent record-keepers, hence the existence of these letters. The correspondents include some of the leading Quakers of their time, in particular:·Richard Shackleton, schoolmaster and proprietor of the Quaker school at Ballitore.·Samuel Grubb, miller and corn merchant in Clonmel, and his wife Margaret (daughter of Richard Shackleton).·Their son Abraham Grubb, corn and butter merchant in Clonmel, and his wife Susanna.·Mary Leadbeater (also a daughter of Richard Shackleton), poet and diarist, who recorded the history of Ballitore (where she was postmistress) including accounts of the daily lives of the cottagers and of the horrors of the 1798 rebellion.·Her niece Elizabeth Leadbeater.·Robert and Thomas Fayle, who ran the Irish Linen & Blanket Warehouse in Thomas St., Dublin.The letters are replete with family news, and cover a wide range of other subjects, including health matters, the tediousness of travel, attendance at monthly meetings, schools, illnesses and deaths, robberies, literary and religious topics … Two letters from Margaret Grubb to Mary Leadbeater describe events in Ballitore in 1798.In all, this Archive forms a compassionate insight into the everyday lives of Quaker families at a time when they were making a significant impact on Irish life. (1)
Large and Important Collection of Quaker Letters, c. 1770-1830An Archive of almost five hundred letters written between leading members of the Society of Friends in Ireland between about 1770 and 1830, arranged in five groups, according to correspondent. Detailed list available on request.Members of the Society of Friends or Quakers have played a leading part in Irish life since the mid-17th century - in business and manufacturing, in education, and in humanitarian relief. They have always had a strong sense of family and community and are excellent record-keepers, hence the existence of these letters. The correspondents include some of the leading Quakers of their time, in particular:·Richard Shackleton, schoolmaster and proprietor of the Quaker school at Ballitore.·Samuel Grubb, miller and corn merchant in Clonmel, and his wife Margaret (daughter of Richard Shackleton).·Their son Abraham Grubb, corn and butter merchant in Clonmel, and his wife Susanna.·Mary Leadbeater (also a daughter of Richard Shackleton), poet and diarist, who recorded the history of Ballitore (where she was postmistress) including accounts of the daily lives of the cottagers and of the horrors of the 1798 rebellion.·Her niece Elizabeth Leadbeater.·Robert and Thomas Fayle, who ran the Irish Linen & Blanket Warehouse in Thomas St., Dublin.The letters are replete with family news, and cover a wide range of other subjects, including health matters, the tediousness of travel, attendance at monthly meetings, schools, illnesses and deaths, robberies, literary and religious topics … Two letters from Margaret Grubb to Mary Leadbeater describe events in Ballitore in 1798.In all, this Archive forms a compassionate insight into the everyday lives of Quaker families at a time when they were making a significant impact on Irish life. (1)

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The Talbot Hotel
Stillorgan Road
Stillorgan
Co. Dublin
.A94 V6K5
Ireland

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Abbreviations ;  Books.  

mls  Manuscript Letters signed

als  Autographed Letters signed

acs  Autographed Cards signed

pb  Paperback

a.e.g.  All edges gilt

t.e.g   Top edge gilt

w.a.f. With all faults  

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As a lot    With all faults

L.S.s  Library stamps

S.N.S.R.   Sold not subject to return

Publ.  Published

f.e.p.  Front end paper

mor   Morocco

n.d.  No date

n.p.  No place

d.j.  Dust jacket

L.P. Large paper

h.m.p.   Hand made paper

vell.    Vellum

hf.    Half

d.w.s.  Dust wrappers

I.M.C.  Irish M/ss Commission

A.M.S   Armorial motif on spine

cont.  Contemporary  

n.a.t.  Not affecting text

frontis  Frontispiece

engd. Engraved

cold.  Coloured

hd.  Hand

port.  Portrait

 

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