Document, ms. under printed head. Letter, A. McCarthy, Town Clerk, Cork, 12th Sept. 1886, to Town Clerk, stating that 4th Oct. acceptable but awaiting confirmation by Gladstone. Single sheet folded in half, with head printed so fold at right. Purple head, an oval with a sailing ship between two towers at centre and "Town Clerk's Office/ Cork" around, with faint purple lines below. Watermark partial; a crowned post-horn.