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Photocopied excerpts from Makemie, Francis (1971), The Life and Writings of Francis Makemie, Philadelphia: Presbyterian Historical Society, p. 249, feautring transcripts of eight of Makemie's letters. Makemie, a native of Ramelton, Co. Donegal, was a Presbyterian minister widely regarded as the founder of Presbyterianism in the United States. Makemie preached in Maryland, Virginia, and Barbados. Makemie also supported himself as a merchant and travelled among other Scots-Irish communities. Letter recipients include Increase Mather of Boston famed Puritan clergyman, and Robert Halsey of London, whom Makemie was assiting in selling a plantation.

Materials pertaining to Reverend Edmund Burke, an Irish priest who went to Canada in 1786, including transcripts and photostats of two letters sent from Quebec (1789) and Halifax (1810). Per Laois County Library, 10 January 1978: 'Photostats of some information and letters that we have of Rev. Edmund Burke born in Maryborough, Queen's County 1753 and also a small amount of information regarding Rev. E.B. Lawler nephew of the above mentioned Rev. Burke.'

Background research on Reverend Charles Woodmason, an Anglican clergyman remembered for his journal documenting life on the South Carolina frontier in the late 1760s, for his role as a leader of the South Carolina Regulator movement, and for his Loyalist stance during the American Revolution after which he returned to England. Kerby A. Miller ceased his research when he learned that Woodmason was not Irish.

Materials pertaining to Reverend Charles Inglis’ time in the American colonies between 1755 and 1787. Inglis (1734–1816) was an Irish-born Anglican clergyman from County Donegal who became the first Church of England bishop in North America when he was appointed Bishop of Nova Scotia in 1787.
After serving as a rector in Ireland, he emigrated to America in 1755, worked as a teacher and priest, and later became rector of Trinity Church, New York. During the American Revolution, Inglis was a strong Loyalist (Tory) who opposed American independence. In 1776 he published The True Interest of America Impartially Stated, a rebuttal to Thomas Paine's influential pamphlet Common Sense. His public support for the British Crown made him unpopular with revolutionaries, and he left New York for England when the British evacuated the city in 1783.
In 1787, King George III appointed Inglis as the first bishop of the newly created Diocese of Nova Scotia. As bishop, he worked to strengthen Anglicanism in British North America, supported missionary efforts, and helped establish King's College (now the University of King's College) in Nova Scotia to educate the colonial Anglican elite.
Inglis married twice and had four children with his second wife, including John Inglis, who later became the third Bishop of Nova Scotia. He died in Kingston, Nova Scotia, on 24 February 1816 and was buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Church, Halifax. His legacy rests on his role in establishing Anglican leadership in British North America and promoting Anglican education and loyalty to the British Crown.
The series includes:
-Kerby A. Miller’s notes on Lydekker, John Wolfe (1936), The Life and Letters of Charles Inglis: His Ministry in America and Consecration as First Colonial Bishop, from 1759 to 1787 (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge);
-photocopied excerpts from the book containing transcripts of 16 letters;
-copies portraits of Rev. Inglis;
-Miller’s notes on other books discussing Irish Anglican clergy in North America at the time of the American Revolution.

Copy of Lewis, R. M. (1956). 'The Manitoulin Letters of the Rev. Charles Crosbie Brough', Ontario History 48, no. 2, pp. 63-80. The article contains transcripts of seven letters written between 1838 and 1841 by Reverend Charles Crosbie Brough (1794-1873) pertaining to Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron.
Per Rundall M. Lewis: ‘Charles Crosbie Brough, the writer of the accompanying seven letters from and concerning Manitoulin Island, was born in 1794, in the County of Carlow, Ireland. A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, 1816, he was ordained a priest of the Church of England, probably in 1817. After nearly fifteen years in the ministry of the Church, he was advised by his doctor to turn to other employment; and he came to Canada to take up land and "go farming." On their arrival in York (now Toronto), in September 1832, the party from the Ann of Halifax separated and went their several ways… …The Broughs, together with Mr. Connor and Dr. Robinson, went to the Township of Oro, between the present towns of Barrie and Orillia… …When Lieutenant-Governor Sir George Arthur, in 1838, determined on forming an Establishment on Manitoulin Island for the civilizing and educating of the Indian Tribes who had settled there, he deemed it indispensable that a Clergyman of the Church of England should "form part of the Establishment," and he asked the Venerable John Strachan, Archdeacon of York, to recommend "a Gentleman best qualified and adapted to undertake the Mission."’
Following his time on Manitoulin Island, Brough was posted to St. John’s Church, Arva, Ontario, where he served until his death.

File contains information on the role of the returning officer, registrar, details of forms for use and an article of death and life of Canon Hayes.

Soft bound typescript of 29 stories relating to returning from the dead from the folklore collected by Dr Becker.

Copy of return to the Board of Works for the improvements carried out.

Receipts from the Accountant of the Public Works for Thomas O'Conor Donelan, replaying for the improvements of lands.

Return for the purpose of land purchase of part of the estate of John Wilson Lynch, giving the holdings of Roo Demense, Shanclogh and Leagh North and the yearly rent. A note at the end states that Michael McInerney would like to take over the holding of John McInerney who was buried the previous day, as well as Dermody's lands.