Record Number: 24215
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Robert Peel to John Wilson Croker [undated], to accompany 'a collection of choice documents' on Ireland: 'The little volume called "A Sketch of Irish History" is a more infamous work than Cox's magazine [Irish nationalist publication described earlier in letter, a copy of which also enclosed]. I have the volumes from which it contains some excerpta. They contain a regular history of Ireland, and on the first page are these words, printed at the bottom, "Intended chiefly for the Young Ladies educated at the Ursuline Convents. By a member of the Ursuline Community at Ash." 'This work is written with great care -- most mischievous and inflammatory -- and yet it is thought to be impossible to convict the printer for libel. [...] 'Perhaps the most noteworthy and extraordinary document of all is the letter which I send you. It was written by a priest in Longford to one of his flock, whom he suspected of giving information. He admitted the writing of it to Major Wiles, a police magistrate, but he has not been convicted yet, and therefore names must not be used. Pray read it, it is very curious -- an admirable example of the purposes for which the priests of Ireland exert their spiritual influence.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:(probably) Ireland
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1788
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Politician
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:(probably) Ireland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:letter to parishioner
Genre:Other religious, Politics
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:24215
Source:n/a
Editor:Louis L. Jennings
Title:The Croker Papers: The Correspondence and Diaries of The Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.,D., F.R.S.
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1884
Vol:1
Page:89-90; 90
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Louis L. Jennings (ed.), The Croker Papers: The Correspondence and Diaries of The Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.,D., F.R.S., (London, 1884), 1, p. 89-90; 90, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24215, accessed: 30 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Peel served as Chief Secretary for Ireland 1812-18; letter included in section of source covering period 1814-1816.