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Family history document fragment provided to Kerby A. Miller by Isaac Edward Bell of Holywood, County Down pertaining to the intermarried Bell and Carroll families of Ulster, many of whom emigrated to America. The fragment contains genealogical information and portions of two emigrant letters written in 1884 and 1905. The series also includes Isaac Bell's letters to Miller which provide further information on the Bell family, particularly 1905 letter author William Bell of Dromore.
Per Bell: ‘As a lad of twelve years I well remember my Mother reading from the Belfast Telegraph the article which appeared on July 12, 1912, and expressing regret that she could not have met the American visitor referred to there. She was the daughter of Isaac Bell of Trumra House, visited by Attie Whinnery and her father, referred to in the letter of July 13, 1884, and the granddaughter of "the Isaac Bell of whom grandmother used often to speak" to whom reference is made also in the letter. I have valued the document because of the delightful description of that part of the country in which I was born and spent my boyhood years. It may be of some interest to you because of the links with the Carroll family and the Declaration of Independence. It was loaned to and, I think, copied by the Public Records Office with other of my family papers some time ago. The Quaker colony at Trummery was a small and closely knit community. "Marrying out" was frowned upon and those guilty of doing so were invariably disowned by The Society of Friends. Consequently there was a great deal of intermarrying - particularly among Quaker families. From the information given on the back of page 3 it will be seen there were at least three marriages between the Carroll and Bell families.’

Set of index cards describing some of the local features of the townland of Belleek, [Béal Leice]. Included are a note on the name, which can be explained by the natural bridge marked on the OS map. A note on Caladh Beag, Sloper cliffs, megalith, the Seanbhalla, Fó Chait, and Fó na bhFreangach. Rory Lavelle and James Conneelly, both of Clifden are credited with providing some of the local information.

File includes TS report by Etienne Rynne entitled "Polished Stone Axehead from Belleville Demesne, Co. Galway", with details and illustrations of the objects; copy of article by Etienne Rynne entitled "Adare, Athenry, and Isle of Man - Coincidence or a Late Neolithic Connection". Also correspondence between Rynne and Andy Halpin discussing research matters going before the RIA.

As there are no title deeds in the collection, it is not clear how the Wilsons came to possess their Belvoir estate, except for Ballycullen and Coolycasey. On 26 September 1712, Richard Wilson Junior was given a fee farm grant of these lands, 507 acres, by Henry O'Brien, Earl of Thomond [LE6/B/491]. By the time of Griffith's 'General Evaluation of rateable property in Ireland', 1856, David J Wilson held land in the following townlands: Ballycullen and Coolycasey, parish of Kilfinaghta, barony of Bunratty Lower; Ballyvorgal Bel, Belvoir and Belvoir Demesne, parish of Clonlea; Crag, Drumminakela and Snaty Wilson, parish of Kilseily, barony of Tulla Lower. In 1876 the estate was just over 3,000 acres with a rateable valuation of £1,056. Belvoir House was burnt down in 1881. John and Fanny Wilson made the remaining wing of Belvoir their permanent home in the 1890s. Many letters are addressed to John Wilson Lynch at Belvoir.

There were a number of mortgages secured on the Belvoir estate. The Presentation Nuns of Galway held a mortgage of £6,000 dated 14 May 1855, which they assigned to Hannah Fair and her sister Jane C Lambert on 24 July 1906. On 19 June 1862 a mortgage of £7,060 was registered against the estate following a judgement obtained in court by Patrick M Lynch. On 2 May 1862 David J Wilson mortgaged the lands of Belvoir in fee to Patrick M Lynch, for £6,000, subject to certain clauses of redemption. This mortgage was assigned to Arthur Ussher on 21 May 1877. The 2 mortgages held by the Fair family and the representatives of Arthur Ussher were paid off out of the proceeds of the sale of the estate in 1922.

3 aerial photographs of Benbane Head and adjacent promontories, County Antrim.

Sheets of notes written by Canon Hayes for a speech or article on St. Benedict and Benedictine communities.

Printed programme from Bespoke Theatre Company Productions staging of "Benefactors" by Michael Frayn and directed by Lynn Parker. Includes biographical note and image of Frayn; article entitled "Castles in the Air" by [John Good]; and also images and biographies of cast members.