O'Connell (Daniel) 'The Liberator' An original manuscript letter mostly in a secretarial hand, 3pp. (single folded sheet, the signature and final lines in O'Connell's own hand, dated 1st Sept....

O'Connell (Daniel) 'The Liberator' An original manuscript letter mostly in a secretarial hand, 3pp. (single folded sheet, the signature and final lines in O'Connell's own hand, dated 1st Sept. 1845, addressed to John A. O'Neill Esq. of William Park. Apparently an attempt to make up a quarrel, O'Connell expresses his 'affectionate gratitude' to O'Neill and says, 'If there be one single word in any letter of mine that could have left a painful sentiment in your mind, I beg to retract it and earnestly to intreat your forgiveness.' As a m/ss, w.a.f. * O'Connell died 15 May, 1847, aged 71. (1)

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