Proofs of Maurice Lenihan's History of Limerick. Ledger containing printed pages and newspaper cuttings stuck in, heavily added to in Lenihan's handwriting. 76 pages of Lenihan material: 1. printed p.1 stuck on blue, additions not all as finally printed. 2. Ms on blue 3. printed p.2 on blue, ms on white on blue 4. printed page on middle of white ms 5. part of printed p.3 on blue above and below ms on white crossed out 6. printed on blue above and below ms on blue 7. printed p.5 on blue 8. printed on blue 9. Newspaper cutting with text of p.6 footnote on white with ms on blue 10-16. ms on white, two with news cuttings. 17-28 news cuttings on blue annotated 29. news cutting on blue, ms on white, footnote (p.27 of final version) stuck along edge 30-34 ms on white (to p.34 of final) 35. ms on white with in pencil: last supd. June 14; note to printer: to follow what has been forwarded; news cutting on blue 36. news cutting on blue 37. do plus ms on folded letter paper in neat writing 38-39. do plus 8pp glued in neat writing, note on Prendergast ending in pencil: last supd June .. 40-45. do, one upside down 46-49. ms snippets 50-51 ms incl 8pp note on constables of Limerick on letter paper embossed Limerick Artillery around city arms, plus 2 glued in sheets plus one glued bottom p.51 torn in two plus another fragment. 53-54 layered ms incl frag pinned on plus 3 glued in. Next two blank. 55. ms plus one folded. 56. ms and news cuttings 57-58 do plus 8pp on O'Grady bound in 59-60. ms plus news cuttings, 60 loose 61. blank 62. news cuttings plus two loose cuttings 63-64 do 65. ms on white 66-70 ms on blue with loose ms on white after to with in pencil: end of chap XIII. Next a blank leaf. 71-72 leaf with ms folded over from 71 to 72, plus a loose fragment numbered in pencil 5. 73. ms on blue plus 6pp do bound in plus loose, small letter from .. Todd at Maynooth College to Lenihan, 8 June 1864, Dr Russell has sent for the Black Book and it has been returned, (its contents), sorry to hear of Dr Ryan's death: top and bottom of letter crossed out, the centre for inclusion in text, the letter stuck on a fragment headed note on Bishops Black Book. 74-77. ms on white, layered and folded. The text ends at printed version p.96, line 33, the last word: flight. Ledger with thick card covers, quarter leather, spine cracked, leather cornerpieces present only at front top. The ledger leaves, of newspaper quality paper, are numbered top r. front to 308, many missing. The index pages are better quality, feint ruled, cut to expose two letters stuck on r. side, forming alphabet down r. Index pages watermark: Afon Wien / 1855 (Vienna), on first two, rest with JPT below shield divided diagonally lower l to top r., prince of Wales feathers above. Extensive wear to cover surfaces
Contents index pages: William Abraham; J & G Boyd; M W Bennis & Sons; Buffs Regiment, Thomas Burton; John Bernal; W Bourk(e); Dovcas or Dorcas Society; W Dias; P. Coleman; Custom House form; J Curten; Sup Curten; Caledonian card; Circulars; M Fitt & Sons forms; Jas D Goggin; Col Sergt Grimes?; Hartigan; Rev B Jacob; W Jacob, grocer; Merrick Brothers; Rev W Maxwell; London & Limerick SteamShip forms; Limerick Union; Limerick & Foynes Railway; John Neiland; Protestant Orphan Society list clothing; H J Sparling; Thurles Union; Theatre Royal; Trinity Church; James A B Weir? School; Waterford & Limerick Railway; John Walsh.