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Lease of part of the lands of Derrygunnigan from Edward Earl Digby to William Daly for one life, or twenty-one years from 25 March 1818, at the yearly rate of £9-0-0.
Including 'A map of part of Derrygunningham Commonage in the Barony of Geashill and King's County. Part of the Estate of the Right Honourable Earl Digby. Surveyed by John Molloy 1815', hand coloured, scale 20 Perches to an Inch, with bordering land leased to William and John Gibbs.

Copies of approximately 1000 outgoing letters, averaging 1 per page. Good legibility.

Annual report, accounts and rental for year end June 1915, in which Digby describes in detail the events surrounding the Geashill Cattle Drive on the grasslands of Ballydownan in November 1914. Describes the bands and banners accompanying the drive, the injuring of several policemen, and the arrest of 46 men who subsequently pleaded guilty at the Winter Assizes in Dublin. Also notes that despite the jailing of the ring-leaders, agitation continued and boycotting and intimidation on the estate were rife. Also notes that inspection of the boundaries of the estate has been completed by the Land Commission but that the final inspection has yet to be made.

Original bundle of letters and papers concerning the 4th Earl’s patents for a machine which he had invented for removing leaves and other matter from turbines, 1901-4; together with notes on his experiments with electro-plating, 1908. [Not in chronological order.]

Statements of Accounts for St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg.

Letter from Eva Monteith at Ozone Park, Long Island, New York, United States of America, to her cousin Constance Lamb, at 13 Leinster Square, Rathmines, County Dublin, with best wishes for Alice Lamb's recovery. She writes about her own illness and her husband Jack Monteith.

Application of Doctor Francis William Lamb for the University Chair of Physiology at King's College, University of London.

Letter from Henry Crosbie at South Castle Street, Liverpool, to his friend John Colquhoun at 27 Upper Beau Street, Liverpool, regarding a deal selling 156 bottles of Overetts Premium Blacking, or shoe polish, acquired by his brother Richard Ussher. He also mentions his father Edward William Crosbie; mother, Eliza Crosbie; and sister, Mary Louisa Crosbie.

Photograph of an older woman in a white gown. Printed by G Schroeder, 28 Grafton Street, Dublin.

Photograph of the high cross at Clonmacnoise.