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From: "Don McMurray" <>
Subject: Re: Depositions of 1641
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 13:46:45 -0500


John, I believe the on-line catalog for the Library of Congress is
incomplete. It may pay to make a call to the reading room to confirm or
refute this. If it will help, I will volunteer to go to the reading
room and look for the information. We live close (32 miles) to
Washington, D.C. in a small community, Leesburg, Va. We own a B & B inn
there so you will have to be patient with me. I can get away for a
day's research this time of year but it may take a week or so to find
that day.

let me know what you find out.

Best regards, Don McMurray

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Sent: Sunday, March 21, 1999 12:04 AM
Subject: Depositions of 1641


> After the insurrection of 1641 there was a concerted effort by the
ruling
> powers in Dublin to collect first hand accounts of what happened from
those
> who were involved - for all of Ireland, not just the North. Mainly
this was
> done to collect evidence so that the perpetrators could be
appropriately dealt
> with, God save them. The resulting documents came to be known as the
> Depositions of 1641. I have not seen any of these yet but would expect
them to
> be highly biased against the (Roman) Catholics. Nevertheless they are
original
> source documents and may contain significant information to those of
us who
> are interested in that time period.
>
> These documents have been preserved and are kept in the Trinity
College Dublin
> manuscript collection. They are also now available on microfilm, but
require a
> modest investment to acquire (30 Punts per film + 6 for postage, 33
films).
>
> A few questions - Does anyone know of a library in Washington DC
region where
> these are already available? (Could not find them on Library of
Congress on-
> line catalog). Or is there any of this material available on line in
> transcribed or abstracted form? Are the manuscripts on microfilm
readable?
>
> Would also appreciate any commentary from anyone who has already had
access to
> these.
>
> John Polk
> Havre de Grace, MD
>
> ______________________________

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