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Correspondence, Cox - F., 01/02/1880-05/23/1903

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 62922

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

This series contain the correspondence sent to and collected by Thomas F. Meehan between the years 1859-1920. The correspondence has been arranged chronologically.

Dates

  • 01/02/1880-05/23/1903

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Shelf Location

09/08/05

Container Summary

This folder contains the correspondence sent to TFM for the letters Cox - F, 14 items:@ @ Cox, S[amuel]. S[ullivan]. (1824-1889) (U.S. minister to Turkey, Congressman) -- ALS -- to TFM, 10/21/1882. Relates discouragement over undisclosed recent events and questions a recent proposal to disallow Congressmen(?) from establishing residence in the District of Columbia.@ @ Cox, S[amuel]. S[ullivan]. (U.S. minister to Turkey; Congressman) -- TLS -- to TFM, 10/29/1884. Personal matter regarding the misuse by Judge Tim Campbell of his relationship to Cox for his own personal gain, in particular, charging a third party a consultation fee for his discussion with Cox about the details of a contract with the Photo-Lithographic Company involving TFM's father-in-law.@ @ Cox, S[amuel]. S[ullivan]. (U.S. minister to Turkey, Congressman) -- ALS -- to TFM, 01/01/1886(?). Letter relating his unhappiness over his post in Constantinople and sadness over the deaths of U.S. Grant (1822-1885), George McClellan (1829-1885), and [Thomas Andrew(?)] Hendricks [(1819-1885) (Vice President under Cleveland, U.S. Senator)], and TFM's wife's [Mary O'Rourke Meehan] father [Patrick O'Rourke].@ @ Dana, C[harles]. A. (1819-1897) (owner and editor, New York "Sun") -- ALS -- to TFM, 2/20/1888. Response to TFM's suggestion that the paper hire Ann Gill(?).@ @ Dana, C[harles]. A. (1819-1897) (owner and editor, New York "Sun") -- ALS -- to TFM 7/23/1889. Response to TFM's complaint about the poor copyediting of his column that appeared in the previous edition of the paper.@ @ Dana, C[harles]. A. (1819-1897) (owner and editor, New York "Sun") -- ALS -- to Edward L. Carey (Chair, Committee of Arrangement for the Irish Civic Societies' St. Patrick's Day Celebration), 3/15/1890. Decline of invitation to participate in a St. Patrick's Day celebration.@ @ Emmet, Thomas Addis (1828-1919) (surgeon, descendant of Irish nationalist Robert Emmet) -- ALS -- to TFM, 5/23/1903. Response to request for information on Dominick Lynch (1787-1837). [Handwritten note by TFM on back of card detailing nature of request and background on Emmet's family.@ @ Davitt, Michael (1846-1906) (leader of the Fenian movement, founder of the Irish Land and Industrial League) -- ALS -- to TFM, 6/2/1880. Request to publish enclosed literature for organizing a chapter of the Irish Land League in America.@ @ Davitt, Michael (1846-1906) (leader of the Fenian movement, founder of the Irish Land and Industrial League) -- ALS -- to TFM, 8/12/1882. Informing TFM that W.A.M. Sullivan has been contracted to tour and lecture on the Irish Land League in the U.S. in the fall of 1882.@ @ Egan, Patrick (1841-1919) (associated with the Fenian movement and the Irish Land and Industrial League) -- ALS -- to TFM, 12/8/1882. Response to TFM's request about a donation made by a Mr. Ford.@ @ Farley, John M. (1842-1918) (Abp. of New York) -- ALS -- to TFM, 2/8/1900. Related to TFM's research on John Cardinal McCloskey (?). ["The First American Cardinal," "Catholic World," vol. 90 (1909), 809-815.(?)] @ @ PRN Invitation from Archbishop John M. Farley (1842-1918) to attend a reception marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the pontificate of Pope Leo XIII, 3/3/1903.@ @ Foord, John (editor, Harper's Magazine) -- ANS -- to TFM, 7/9/1890. Response to TFM's observation(?) that his publication had overlooked the contributions of or issues concerning the Irish. [Handwritten note by TFM on bottom: "John Foord was one of the most prominent editors of the era in N.Y.]@ @

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

COX, SAMUEL SULLIVAN - CORRESP. FROM: Autographed Letter

CAMPBELL, TIM - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHIC COMPANY - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

GRANT, U.S. - DEATH OF - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

MCCLELLAN, GEORGE - DEATH OF - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

HENDRICKS, THOMAS ANDREW - DEATH OF - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

O'ROURKE, PATRICK - DEATH OF - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

MEEHAN, MARY O'ROURKE - DEATH OF FATHER - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

DANA, CHARLES A. - CORRESP. FROM: Other Types

NEW YORK "SUN" - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

CAREY, EDWARD L. - CORRESP. FROM: Autographed Letter

ST. PATRICK'S DAY - OBESERVANCE OF - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

IRISH CIVIC SOCIETIES - ST. PATRICK'S DAY - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

EMMET, THOMAS ADDIS - CORRESP. FROM: Autographed Letter

EMMET, ROBERT - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

LYNCH, DOMINICK - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

DAVITT, MICHAEL - CORRESP. FROM: Autographed Letter

IRISH LAND AND INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

FENIAN MOVEMENT - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

FORD, MR. - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

SULLIVAN, W.A.M. - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

EGAN, PATRICK - CORRESP. FROM: Autographed Letter

FARLEY, JOHN CARDINAL - CORRESP. FROM: Autographed Letter

MCCLOSKEY, JOHN CARDINAL - TFM'S HISTORY OF - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

POPE LEO XIII - 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF PONTIFICATE - CORRESP. RE: Printed Item

FOORD, JOHN - CORRESP. FROM: Other Types

HARPER'S MAGAZINE - CORRESP. RE: Other Types

MEEHAN, THOMAS F. - CORRESP. FROM MISC. INDIVIDUALS "COX - F": Autographed Letter

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