| ID | 2195 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Letters and papers of the Ussher family |
| Reference | Ms173 |
| Description | Letters and papers of the Ussher family of County Waterford, a prominent Quaker family. There is an index of correspondents. Includes letters from Elizabeth Ussher, 1795-1816 and no date; letters to Martha Ussher, 1810-1820 and no date; letters of Sarah Boate to Lucy Ussher, 1824-1828 and no date; miscellaneous papers including letter from the Yearly meeting of women friends in London to the Yearly Meeting of women friends in Ireland; address to the women of Ireland by a layman, no date but not before 1794, [probably1798) about preventing the spread of revolutionary ideas, as put forward by the Illuminati, the members of which bore classical Greek soubriquets, in Ireland; devotional piece about the death of Lucy ? Ussher, no date (not before 1810); extract of a letter from George Dillwyn, America about a dream of meeting with Elizabeth and female friends, no date (not before 1810); `Lines on Woman' by Mrs Hosland, no date (not before 1810). See also Ms70, Mrs B G Ussher. |
| Access | By prior appointment. |
| Date | 1741-1850 |
| Century | 18th, 19th |
| Keywords | |
| Repository Name | Representative Church Body Library |
| Address | Braemor Park Churchtown Dublin 14 |
| Eircode | D14 N735 |
| Telephone | (01) 492-3979 |
| Email Address | library@ireland.anglican.org |
| Repository Web Address | https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library |
| Comment | Some of the information listed from this repository has been extracted from lists available in the archives. The lists were compiled by staff of the Representative Church Body and we are grateful for their assistance. Where no or partial lists were available staff of the Women's History Project compiled an outline list. Due to time constraints not all items in this repository were examined individually. |
| latitude | 53.30343 |
| longitude | -6.26691 |