File 13 - Bound Volume

114 pp; Bound volume; 28 cm x 21.5 cm; Manuscript and typescript

A bound volume of letters to Fr. Henry Rope from Andrew Hilliard Atteridge (1852-1941), 3 Killowen Villas, Isleworth, Middlesex, a journalist, writer and war correspondent. The volume is annotated on the spine ‘Letters to Father H.E.G. Rope / I’. The content of the letters includes references to contemporary politics in Britain and Ireland, literary matters, Catholic publications, and general religious topics. Atteridge's letters suggest some support for Irish republicans and Éamon de Valera.

For an obituary record for Andrew Hilliard Atteridge see https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Times/1941/Obituary/Mr._A._H._Atteridge