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A letter from Canon Patrick Rogers to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. congratulating him on the first edition of ‘Bonaventura’ and referring to his work on the suppression of the Irish monasteries.

A letter from Cardinal Charles Erskine to Ms Pergoli. The item has a printed extract from an auction catalogue describing the content of the letter. The letter is dated 23 January 1795 at London. Erskine states that when he entertained his correspondent at Chigiano, they never thought that one day 2,000 miles would separate them. The winter in London is very severe, but that of 1740, which doubtless his correspondent remembers, is nothing in comparison. The fog and the smoke prevents him from seeing the sun. He also affirms that he has taken care of the interests of the Holy Father.

A letter from Cardinal Charles Erskine. The letter provides information on the death of Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, an Anglican prelate, in Albano in Italy on 8 July 1803. The letter is addressed to a relation, most likely a daughter of Lord Bristol.

Letter from Cardinal Francis Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, seeking priests to act as chaplains in the British armed forces for the duration of the war.

Letter from Cardinal Michael Logue, Archbishop of Armagh, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, affirming that he has sent the name of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. to Cardinal Bourne for appointment as chaplain.

Letter from Carl Gilbert Hardebeck to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him and Fr. Gerald McCann for all their help and praising the content of ‘The Capuchin Annual’.

A letter from Carl Gilbert Hardebeck, 16 Limestone Road, Belfast, to Sir Bertram Windle. Hardebeck refers to the the value of Henebry’s manuscript on Irish music. Hardebeck writes 'Father Henebry, I understand played the Irish pipes and the violin in an inimitable manner, he had also excellent Gaelic, and surely, nothing could fit him better for writing Traditional music'.

A letter from Charles Hayden Coffin, Camden Hill Cottage, London, to John MacKinlay asking him to send the musical accompaniment to the song lyrics he has already sent.

A letter from Clara Butt to Louis Montagu, 2nd Baron Swaythling and his wife Gladys, Baroness Swaythling, regarding her subscription concert in aid of the British Red Cross and wounded soldiers.

Letter from Clement Shorter (British journalist and literary critic), 16 Marlborough Place, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., thanking him for the letter of sympathy on the death of his wife, Dora Sigerson Shorter.