| Description | 52 boxes of Coopershill papers. A detailed calendar of this collection is available. Due to preservation considerations these records can only be consulted on microfilm, MIC 603. The collection includes, for example:
55 letters to Miss Mary O'Hara from her father relating to her education and domestic matters but also making numerous references to contemporary politics, c.1790-1803;1806; 1810-1811; 1814.
48 letters to Miss Mary O'Hara from her brother, Charles, c.1799; 1810; 1815; 1825; 1833-1839.
Letters to Miss Mary O'Hara from her sister, Charlotte, 1815.
Letters to Miss Mary O'Hara from a member of the Gore-Booth family of Lisadell, County Sligo [probably Miss Joanna-Arabella] who writes about visits, domestic matters, cures and recipes and includes a letters from 1st Lord Lynedoch to Lady Gore-Booth, 1838-1842.
Letters to Miss Mary O'Hara from friends such as Maria Straubenzee, 1815-1846.
Letters to Mrs O'Hara making reference to her own, and her children's, safety during the 1798 Rebellion, 1798; 1801; 1812-1814.
Letters from Margaret, wife of Charles O'Hara, Member of Parliament, late 18th-early 19th century.
Letters and receipts to Charles King O'Hara from his sister, Jane Frances and her daughters, concerning payments made by him on various sums of money, 1843-1850.
Letters and receipts to Arthur Cooper from Ann Millar, [?London] regarding his debt to her and her pecuniary needs, 1793-1794.
Letters and papers of Arthur Brooke Cooper about the abduction of Eleanor Conlon, County Sligo, her recapture and conviction of her abductor, 1819-1835.
Letters and papers of Mr and Mrs Arthur Brooke Cooper about servants and servants' references, 1839-1844.
Letters to Arthur Brooke Cooper from his mother about religious devotions, family affairs, 1844, and no date.
Personal letters, bills, etc., to the daughters of Arthur Brooke Cooper, mainly Miss Charlotte Cooper, 1830-1858.
Letters and papers of Jane Frances O'Hara, later Mrs Brooke Cooper, c.1790-1870, including letters from her sister, c.1805-1835.
Letters to Jane Frances Brooke Cooper from her husband, Arthur, c.1810-1835.
Letters to Jane Frances Brooke Cooper from her daughters, Jane, Mary and Margaret, c.1815; 1845; 1850.
Letters to Jane Frances Brooke Cooper from her sons, Charles and Arthur, 1826-1862.
Letters to Jane Frances Brooke Cooper from her friend, Anne Lindesay, 1837-1845, with additional undated letters.
Unbound and incomplete diaries in which Jane Frances O'Hara/Cooper recorded her engagements, devotions, etc., 1798-1854.
A vellum bound household account book kept by Mrs O' Hara, 1816-1819
An account book kept by Mrs O' Hara, 1813-1827.
4 miscellaneous depositions relating to rape, assault, etc., mostly in the County Sligo area, 1761; 1798; 1791 and no date.
A series of memorials to Edward Joshua Cooper from tenants, 1844-1846.
Letters to Edward Joshua Cooper from his wife, Annie, including a description of the welcome-home they received as newly weds, 1858.
Letters to Edward Joshua Cooper from his mother, Mrs Jane Frances Cooper, about financial, estate and family matters, 1842-1858.
Letters from Edward Joshua Cooper to his mother, Mrs Jane Frances Cooper, 1843-1844; 1850-1854; 1880.
4 letters to Miss Mary Jane Cooper and 2 letters from Jane Anne Perceval, c.1845; 1873.
4 boxes of letters and papers of Frank Cooper O'Hara and his wife, Joan, c.1920-1985.
A small servants' wages book, 1765-1785.
2 servants' wages books, 1850-1884; 1852-1877.
Account book of Miss Cooper, 1887-1888.
Emily O'Hara accounts with her stockbroker, 1890-1897.
A box of family photographs, c.1860-1930. |
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