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A letter from Compton Mackenzie to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. agreeing to contribute an article for a feature on John McCormack to be published in ‘The Capuchin Annual’.

A letter from Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter to Antionette MacKinlay (née Sterling) apologising for not meeting her as she was having important discussions with managers.

Letter from James Long, Secretary, Cork Harbour Commissioners, to Fr. Martin Hyland OFM Cap., Guardian, Capuchin Friary, Rochestown, conveying the condolences of the commissioners on the death of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., 'a distinguished Churchman and Irishman'. Copies of the letter were sent to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. and Fr. Pius Duggan OFM Cap.

A letter from C.P. Curran to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. offering praise for the latest edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ and suggesting that an ‘anthology of Irish letter writers’ would make for an interesting addition in a future edition.

A letter from C.P. Curran to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. relaying his thoughts on some organisational matters and expenditure for the Jack B. Yeats National Loan Exhibition.

A letter from Cyril Clemens, President of the Mark Twain Society, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., welcoming him to the Society. Clemens also refers to his request for images of the late Cardinal Joseph J. Glennon.

Letter from D. O’Callaghan, prisoner no. q 128, Lewes Prison, to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., concerning his conditions of imprisonment. He also expresses his joy on hearing that the ‘Gaelic League is doing splendidly and was never stronger’. He later claims that ‘my people are immigrated all over the world not through any fault of their own and not necessary for me to tell you the cause’. He has yet to receive a letter mailed to him from his brother in America.

Letter from D. O’Callaghan, prisoner no. q 128, Lewes Prison, to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., offering his thanks to all the ‘patriotic priests who offered up the Masses for the souls of our dear brothers, comrades and relatives …’. He assures that Fr. Albert that ‘all the men you mentioned De Velera [sic], J and G. Plunkett, J.J. Walsh, Desmond Fitzgerald and O’Hanrahan asked me to than you on their behalf, for kindly visiting their people … E. Duggan and P. Beasley were glad to hear from you’. O’Callaghan declares that he does not see much hope of any conciliation as ‘there has been so much blood and frightful suffering for the past seven hundred years, and foreign law is as hateful today as it was in the beginning’. He also gives news of the Jimmy Brennan and the ‘Church St. Boys’. The letter is written on an official form with regulations governing prisoner regulations printed on first page.

A letter from Dan Fraher (Domhnall Ua Fearachair), Dungarvan, County Waterford, to Fr. Richard Henebry referring to various consultations he has had with doctors regarding the possibility that he may have Bright’s disease. He adds ‘The 2 doctors told me never to touch liquor but if I did good whiskey was the best. I am told old Bowers is very good I believe in erbs. I also believe the old women in the county 50 years ago could cure all these diseases with erbs’.

A letter from Daniel Corkery to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. enclosing £2 2s for the Monteith fund.