History, Literature & Collectibles 17 october 2015

1843 Reports of Meetings for Repeal from Newspapers

Including meetings of the Repeal Missions. March - April 1843. A bound collection of original press clippings stuck

into 202pp. from various newspapers of that time including The Freeman’s Journal, Limerick Reporter, Belfast Vindi-

cator, Sligo Champion, the Pilot, Newry Examiner, The Tipperary Free Press & others. Reports include comment on

demonstrations & meetings at Fedamore & Cahirconlish, Co. Limerick; Trim, Co. Meath; Ballymote, Co. Sligo; Meeting

in Newtownbarry, Rathkeale Public Dinner to the Liberator; Repeal of the Union Carrick on Suir; Great Repeal Meeting

at Kilcullen, Co. Kildare; Drumcree meeting, Westmeath, & more. A contemporary snapshot of reports on the Repeal

movement led by the Liberator, Daniel O’Connell from the newspapers over the period of a month in 1843.

Estimate €150-€200 £110-£150

Isaac Butt autograph letter

An undated one-page letter in blue ink to an unknown

recipient regarding finances, signed Isaac Butt”. Framed

with a photographic portrait of Butt.”

Estimate €150-€250 £110-£180

1842. A manuscript account book for the sail-

ing ship Racer, a Dublin registered and owned

transatlantic schooner.

The ship was built at Yarmouth in 1834, owned by

Charles Sibthorpe of Dublin. Pp 88 manuscript details

of the accounts of the ship on a voyage from Liverpool

to Vera Cruz, Havana, and back via Ostend and Teign-

mouth. In 1843 the ship was recorded as lost by Lloyd’s

7_ x 6in. (19.69 x 15.24cm)

Estimate €100-€150 £70-£110