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Royal Irish Academy

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George Petrie Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1038
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a small group of correspondence sent to the Irish antiquarian George Petrie from a wide variety of fellow antiquarians and historians over the course of forty-two years. The collection comprises twenty-two handwritten letters primarily dealing with various antiquarian interests and one printed portrait of George Petrie.Notable items in the collection include Irish nationalist Charles Gavan Duffy’s letter to Petrie, written while Duffy was imprisoned at...
Dates: 1822 - 1864