LETTERS FROM ARCHBISHOP WHATELY

Notebook containing copies of letters from Richard Whately, Archbishop of Dublin, to Edward Copleston, Bishop of Llandaff, made by the former's chaplain John O'Regan, later (1862) Archdeacon of Kildare. They are as follows:

[1848], on infallibility (ff.1-2).

19 January 1832. Extract printed in E.J. Whately, Life and correspondence of Richard Whately, 1866, I, 126-30 (ff.2v-5).

15 February 1840. Printed op.cit., I, 446-7 (f.5).

30 July 1832. Printed op.cit., I, 166-7 (ff.6-7).

2 December 1845. Extract printed op.cit., II, 85-7 (ff.7-8v).

5 November 1839, on irrational argument (extract) (ff.8v-9).

17 October 1829. Extract printed op.cit., I, 72-4 (ff.9-10).

16 October 1836, commenting on Irish affairs (ff.10-12).

9 December 1836. Extract printed op.cit., I, 366-8 (ff.12-14v).

19 October 1836. Extract printed op.cit., I, 361-4 (ff.14v-16v).

25 July 1833, describing a debate in Parliament (ff.16v-17).

13 October 1831. Printed op.cit., I, 112-13 (ff.17-18).

28 October [1831], on his arrival in Ireland (f.18).

28 September 1831. Extract printed op.cit., I, 111-12 (ff.18v-20).

Brief undated extracts from letters to Copleston (ff.20-1).

Memorandum by Whately entitled, 'On Parliamentary Committees' enclosed in a letter to John O'Regan, 28 March 1854 (copy) (ff.22-23v).

Copies of verses (not by Whately) and some press cuttings of later date (ff. 29-31).

Given by J.W.H. O'Regan, 1981.