Correspondence, A - Cornthwaite (except Patrick A. Collins)., 02/19/1878-12/31/1913

This folder contains the correspondence sent to Thomas F. Meehan for the letters A-Cornthwaite, 18 items:@ @ Belmont, August (1853-1924) (banker and financier) -- ALS -- to TFM, 10/21/n.d. Response to TFM's inquiry about the lawsuit brought against Belmont by the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood (the Fenian fund) in efforts to recover the money that had been deposited in his bank in 1865.@ @ Belmont, Perry (1851-1947) (lawyer, diplomat, Congressman) -- ALS -- to James Redpath (1833-1891) (American journalist who became an advocate of the Fenian Movement), 5/17/1882. Re. invitation to serve on the arrangement committee for Mr. Kelly's [Capt. Thomas J. of the Fenian movement(?)] lecture. @ @ Billings, J[ohn]. S[haw]. (1839-1913) (surgeon, librarian and director of the New York Public Library) -- TLS -- to TFM, 6/5/1908. Re. TFM's offer to donate a complete set of the "Irish American" (1849-1870), the paper founded by TFM's grandfather, Patrick Lynch (d. 1857), and edited by his father, Patrick J. Meehan (1831-1906). [Handwritten note by TFM at bottom noting that 50 volumes were sent to the library.]@ @ Boucicault, Dion (1820(?)-1890) (Irish actor and playwright) -- ANS -- to TFM, 11/8/n.d. Requesting the loan of the Oct. 29th edition of the "Dublin Morning Paper" from TFM.@ @ Brown, Stephen J., SJ (bibliographer(?), Clongones-Wood College, Sallins, County Kildare, Ireland) -- ALS -- to TFM, 6/24/1910. Thank you for the titles sent and request to elicit opinion for sales of forthcoming anthology of Irish fiction.@ @ Campbell, T[homas]. J., SJ (provincial, Maryland-New York Province) -- ALS -- to TFM, 9/14/1891. Response to an unidentified event. [Handwritten note by TFM on back of letter indicating that the event Campbell was referring to were the controversial comments made by Bishop Laughlin at a diocesan retreat accusing the Jesuits and ? of taking away the diocese's best students.]@ @ Campbell, T[homas]. J., SJ, (provincial, Maryland-New York Province) -- ALS -- to TFM, 9/24/1891. Additional comments on the recent controversy between the New York Jesuits and Bishop Laughlin.@ @ Carrney, Thomas G. (secretary to Cardinal Farley of New York) -- TNS -- to TFM, 12/31/1913. Request for TFM to send another copy of his recent history of "New York's Negro Catholics."@ @ Cassidy, Peter, SJ (professor of rhetoric, St. Francis Xavier College) -- ALS -- to TFM, 12/2/1892. Re. comments Cassidy intends to make at an upcoming dinner given by the St. Francis Xavier College Alumni Association honoring James A. McFaul, recently appointed Bishop of Trenton.@ @ PRN Invitation to attend a reception given by The Catholic Club of New York for the recent elevation of Archbishop John M. Farley to cardinal, 1/25/1912.@ @ Clarke, George (1840-c.1906) (actor) -- ALS -- to TFM, 2/19/1878. Response to TFM's critique of a role Clarke was currently playing.@ @ Cockran, W[illiam]. Bourke (1854-1923) (Democratic Congressman from New York) -- TNS -- to TFM, 11/23/1896. Response to TFM's request to speak.@ @ Collins, L.E., RSH (Sacred Heart Convent, Manhattanville, New York) -- ALS -- to TFM, 11/30/1900. Thank you for article sent on recent events in Puerto Rico. [behavior of U.S. troops during Spanish American War(?)].@ @ Colton, Charles H. (Bishop of Buffalo) (1848-1915) -- ALS -- to TFM, 4/2/1901. Thank you for recent mention in an article written by TFM.@ @ Connery, Thomas B. (of the New York Herald) -- ALS -- to TFM, 11/25/1879. Re. invitation to attend the St. Francis Xavier College's Alumni Association's first annual dinner.@ @ TAC(??) (editor, Baltimore's diocesan newspaper "The Mirror") -- ALS -- to TFM, 11/15/1891. Re. the recent sale of the newspaper, his opinion of James Cardinal Gibbons, and his desire to find a job in New York.@ #16 Cornthwaite, Robert(?) (Bishop of Leeds, England) -- ALS -- to TFM, 10/20/1885. Thank you for letter and paper recently sent and request for information on a Rev. William Kenny. #17 Cornthwaite, Robert(?) (Bishop of Leeds, England) -- ALS -- to TFM, 1/30/1886. Thank you for information sent on Rev. William Kenny. [Handwritten note by TFM attached to letter detailing the circumstances of Cornthwaite's request.] [Cornthwaite's preceding letter of 1/10/1886 has been attached to the back of this letter.] #18 Cornthwaite, Robert(?) (Bishop of Leeds, England) -- ALS -- to TFM, 1/10/1886. [attached to letter of 1/30/1886] Request for information on Fr. William Kenny, an Irish relative who recently died, leaving an inheritance to Cornthwaite which he has been unable to claim.