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Photocopies of letters written by William D'Arcy [see P155/1/2/2/20] & Mary D'Arcy [see P155/1/2/2/21] previously catalogued with the Lalor letters [P155/1/2]. William D'Arcy's wife, Mary, was Richard Lalor's niece and the daughter of his brother, John Lalor, who also remained in Ireland. William D'Arcy, previously a customs agent in Ireland, moved to Colorado where he managed various mining and rail companies. The D'Arcys were from Mountmellick, Queen's County (now Laois). More information on the family, as well as the complete set of Lalor family letters, is found is P155/1/2.

Materials pertaining to letters written by siblings Anne and William Cleburne from New Orleans and Ohio, respectively, to their mother in Ovens, County Cork in 1849 and 1850.
In her letter, Anne, newly arrived with her brothers in New Orleans, expresses both her fascination with the city and the ‘unnatural sight’ of the slave market. In his letter, William marvels at the degree of socioeconomic equality in the western United States compared to the East and South, and notes the southern aristocracy is based upon slavery. Both letters are also aesthetically notable for their use of cross-writing.
The series includes: excerpts from publications discussing Major General Patrick Cleburne, brother of William and Anne who was a major figure for the Confederate Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and the posthumous namesake of Cleburne County, Arkansas and Cleburne, Texas; multiple drafts of Kerby A. Miller and Beth Ruffin McIntyre’s transcripts of Anne and William’s letters; photocopied reproductions of the Cleburne letters; and photocopies of published histories of Ohio and Oregon where Anne and William ultimately settled.

Typescript of play "Will You Swap Knees With Me" by John McManus.

Will of the Rev. Sir Francis Lynch Blosse, Baronet, demising all his property in trust to his children, with annuities to his mother’s sisters.

Will of Sir Robuck Lynch, Baronet, commending his body to the burial place of his ancestors in St. Nicholas’ Church, Galway, and demising certain sums to his children. He demises his cattle and household stuff to his wife Ellen. He also stipulates that his father gave remainders of property lately lost due to the transplantation, and that these should not take precedence to jointures he has made on his own property in Mayo to his children.

Late seventeeth-century partial copy of the will of Sir Henry Lynch, Baronet. He commends his body to be buried in Our Lady’s Chapel in St. Nicholas’ Church in Galway. He gives over his lands on the Aran Islands and other properties as doweries for his daughters and gifts to other family members. Landed he purchased in Lidican go to his son Robuck, his son Morris receives land in Ballrobuck and other properties and he gives a bequest to establish the Guardians of the Poor Maidens of Galway. He provides other gifts and sums of money to his servants and relations. In a codicil he -provides the mortgage of £300 on the house of Sir Peter French to his son Morris as he has married his daughter Jennet, provided he compensates his brother Nicholas for it.

Late seventeeth-century copy of the will of Sir Henry Lynch, baronet, demising jointures out of his estate to his two younger sons Dominick and James Lynch, and demises certain gifts to his servant Maurice Power, and to the clergy in Galway and Brest.

Copy of the original will of Sir Henry Lynch of Castlecarra, County Mayo demising his property to his wife in the first instance, and then to his sons Robert Lynch Blosse and Peter Lynch.

Copy of the will of Robert J. Kirwan, Ard-na-Veagh, Sligo, county surveyor, demising all his property to his son Henry Roderick Kirwan, directing his life policy be used to repair Gardenfield, and demising the lands at Gardenfield along with Carnane and Meelick to his brother Edward.

Copy of the will of Peter Lynch of Moote, Co. Mayo. He bequeaths £500 to each of his twelve children. As well as other sums to friends, family and servants. Also £100 for the furnishing of the Church at Ball.